Edmond Beales
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Edmond Beales was the President of the Reform League
and was a central figure in the 19th century British reform movement.
and was born 3 July 1803. He was educated at Eton
and Trinity College, Cambridge
, gaining a B.A. in 1825 and an M.A. in 1828. He became a Barrister in 1830. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of James Marshall, manager of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
Edmond is most famous for being the President of the Reform League
who campaigned for representation of the working classes in parliament and whose efforts culminated in the Reform Act 1867
.
At the height of the Reform League
's popularity it arranged for a meeting to he held at Hyde Park
. The procession started off from the Reform League
's headquarters, at 8 Adelphi Terrace
, headed by a cab containing Edmond, his friend Colonel Dickson and a few other aristocratic supporters. As they headed up Regent Street
it was decided that these gentlemen would visit Gunter's Tea Shop
in Berkeley Square and so left the procession. This left John Bedford Leno
and a few others, at the head of the procession who proceeded to face the police at Marble Arch and to hold the famous 1867 Hyde Park demonstration.
Edmond died at Osborne House, Bolton Gardens South, Brompton, Middlesex on 26 June 1881.
Reform League
The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill 1866 and the successful Reform Act 1867...
and was a central figure in the 19th century British reform movement.
Biography
Edmond Beales was the son of Samuel Pickering Beales, a merchant of Newnham, CambridgeshireNewnham, Cambridgeshire
Newnham is a district of the city of Cambridge in England. Historically, the name refers to a hamlet centred on a mill on the River Cam, a short distance to the southwest of the city centre. The modern council ward of Newnham covers much of the west of the city...
and was born 3 July 1803. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, gaining a B.A. in 1825 and an M.A. in 1828. He became a Barrister in 1830. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of James Marshall, manager of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
Edmond is most famous for being the President of the Reform League
Reform League
The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill 1866 and the successful Reform Act 1867...
who campaigned for representation of the working classes in parliament and whose efforts culminated in the Reform Act 1867
Reform Act 1867
The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales....
.
At the height of the Reform League
Reform League
The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill 1866 and the successful Reform Act 1867...
's popularity it arranged for a meeting to he held at Hyde Park
Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, United Kingdom, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...
. The procession started off from the Reform League
Reform League
The Reform League was established in 1865 to press for manhood suffrage and the ballot in Great Britain. It collaborated with the more moderate and middle class Reform Union and gave strong support to the abortive Reform Bill 1866 and the successful Reform Act 1867...
's headquarters, at 8 Adelphi Terrace
Adelphi, London
Adelphi is a district of London, England in the City of Westminster. The small district includes the streets of Adelphi Terrace, Robert Street and John Adam Street.-Adelphi Buildings:...
, headed by a cab containing Edmond, his friend Colonel Dickson and a few other aristocratic supporters. As they headed up Regent Street
Regent Street
Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations...
it was decided that these gentlemen would visit Gunter's Tea Shop
Gunter's Tea Shop
Gunter's Tea Shop in London's Berkeley Square had its origins in a food business named “Pot and Pine Apple” started in 1757 by Italian Domenico Negri. Various English, French and Italian wet and dry sweetmeats were made and sold from the business. In 1777 James Gunter became Negri’s business...
in Berkeley Square and so left the procession. This left John Bedford Leno
John Bedford Leno
John Bedford Leno was a Chartist, Radical, Poet and printer who acted as a "bridge" between Chartism and early Labour movements, as well as between the working and ruling classes. He campaigned to give the vote to all common men and women, driven by a strong desire for "justice and freedom for all...
and a few others, at the head of the procession who proceeded to face the police at Marble Arch and to hold the famous 1867 Hyde Park demonstration.
Edmond died at Osborne House, Bolton Gardens South, Brompton, Middlesex on 26 June 1881.
Career
- 25 Jun 1830 - Barrister M.T. (Conveyancer)
- 1862-66 - Revising Barrister for Middlesex
- 1863 - President of National League for Independence of Poland
- ???? - Chairman of Circassian Committee
- 1865-69 - President of the Reform League
- 1868 - Parliamentary Candidate for Tower Hamlets
- 1870-81 - Judge for county courts of Beds and Cambs