Thomas Chay Beale (13 December 1805 – 3 November 1857) was a Scottish merchant and diplomat operating in the Far East during the 19th century. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and of the Portuguese Order of Christ.[1]

Biography

Chay Beale was a nephew of opium trader and merchant Daniel Beale and his brother Thomas Beale.[2][3] As early as 1826, he was a partner in the trading firm of Magniac & Co. in Canton, China. In the 1830s he left Magniacs and operated on his own until 1845 when he established the Shanghai based agency house of Dent, Beale & Co. with Lancelot Dent. By 1851, Beale was Portuguese Consul and Dutch Vice Counsel in the city.[4]

He is buried in the Shantung Road Cemetery in Shanghai and there is a memorial to him in the church of St. Mary the Virgin in Brettenham, Suffolk.

Memorial to Thomas Chay Beale in St Mary the Virgin, Brettenham

References

  1. ↑ "Deaths". The Gentleman's Magazine. R. Newton: 225. February 1858. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Le Pichon, Alain (2006). China Trade and Empire: Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Origins of British Rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843. OUP/British Academy. p. 93. ISBN 9780197263372. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Old Protestant Cemetery in Macau" (PDF). Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Cranmer-Byng J.L. and Ride, Lindsay T., Journal of Occurrences at Canton 1839 [sic] in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch; Vol. 4 (1964) p. 37


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