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People

Emma Beamish Emma Alice Beamish (born 29 November 1982) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 6 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Ireland between 2003 and 2010. She also play ...

(born 1982), Irish cricketer *

Francis Beamish Francis Bernard Beamish (5 April 1802 – 1 February 1868) was an Irish Whig and Liberal politician. Beamish was the son of William Beamish and Anne Jane Margaret (née Delacour) and, in 1837, married Catherine Savery de Lisle de Courcy, daug ...

(1802-1868), Irish Whig and Liberal politician *Sir

George Beamish Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to the Second World War, while Beamish was in the R ...

(1905–1967), British air marshal and Irish rugby player *

Harold Beamish Harold Francis Beamish, (7 July 1896 – 16 October 1986) was a New Zealand flying ace of the First World War. Born in 1896 at Hastings, Beamish joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. His training was completed by early 1917 and he was p ...

(1896–1986) was a flying ace of World War I *

Henry Hamilton Beamish Henry Hamilton Beamish (2 June 1873 – 27 March 1948) was a leading British antisemitic journalist and the founder of The Britons in 1919, the first organisation set up in Britain for the express purpose of diffusing antisemitic propaganda. Afte ...

(1873–1948), British racist and Rhodesian politician *

Olive Beamish Olive Beamish (1890–1978) was an Irish-born suffragette, who wore a Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) badge whilst still at school, and became involved in the militant suffragette movement, including attacking postboxes and arson. Bea ...

(1890–1978), Irish-born suffragette * Richard J. Beamish (1869–1945), Pennsylvania lawyer, journalist, author, and public official * Robert Beamish (1916–2001), Canadian physician and cardiologist *

Sally Beamish Sarah Frances Beamish (born 26 August 1956) is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music, theatre, film and television, as well as composing for chi ...

(born 1956), British composer * Tufton Beamish (Royal Navy officer) (1874–1951), rear admiral in the Royal Navy and member of Parliament for Lewes *

Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood (27 January 19176 April 1989) was a British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament for Lewes for 29 years (1945–1974), and an author. During the Second World War, he served in Fran ...

of Lewes (1917–1989) son of the above; British Army officer and member of Parliament for Lewes * Beamish Murdoch (1800–1876), Canadian lawyer, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia

Fictional characters

*Chet Beamish, a character from the television series ''

The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western drama television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour e ...

'' *Dr. Beamish, a character from the film ''

Dracula's Daughter ''Dracula's Daughter'' is a 1936 American vampire film, vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film ''Dracula (1931 English-language film), Dracula''. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett F ...

'' *Leonard Beamish, a character from the film ''

Carry On Regardless ''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hands', run by Sid James's character, Bert Handy ...

'' *Bert Beamish, Mrs. Beamish and Major Beamish, characters in ''

The Ickabog ''The Ickabog'' is a fairy tale by J. K. Rowling. The story was published in installments by Rowling online, before its official publication in November 2020. ''The Ickabog'' is Rowling's first children's book since '' Harry Potter and the Dea ...

'' by J. K. Rowling * Wendy Beamish, a character from the film ''

St. Elmo's Fire St. Elmo's fire — also called Witchfire or Witch's Fire — is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal hornHeidorn, K., Weather Element ...

Places

Beamish, County Durham Beamish, previously named 'Pit Hill', is a village in County Durham, England, situated to the north east of Stanley. The village is contained within Hell Hole Wood and is home to Beamish Museum, an open-air museum seeking to replicate a north ...

, a village in England ** Beamish Museum, an open-air museum *

Beamish Hall Beamish Hall is a mid-18th-century country house, now converted to a hotel, which stands in of grounds near the town of Stanley, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The history of Beamish Hall can be traced back to the No ...

, a mid-18th-century country house near the town of Stanley, County Durham

Other uses

*Beamish, a nonsense word from the 1872 poem "

Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel ''Through the Looking-Glass'', the sequel to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865). The bo ...

" by Lewis Carroll *Beamish Stout, an Irish stout formerly brewed by

Beamish and Crawford Beamish and Crawford was a brewery and brewing company based in Cork, Ireland, established in 1792 by William Beamish and William Crawford on the site of an existing porter brewery. In the early 1800s, it was the largest brewery in Ireland. Be ...

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