# Samuel Beale

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Not to be confused with [Samuel Beall](/source/Samuel_Beall) or [Samuel Bealey](/source/Samuel_Bealey).

**Samuel Beale** (4 June 1803 – 11 September 1874)[1] was a [British](/source/Great_Britain) [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) politician, banker and industrialist.[2]

## Early life

Beale was born in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) in 1803 to William and Sarah and, in 1823, married Emma Butcher, daughter of Unitarian minister [Edmund Butcher](/source/Edmund_Butcher).[3] At some point this marriage ended, and he remarried to a Mary. He had at least two sons, William Lansdowne (born 1828–29) and Arthur, and two daughters.[2] He was also the uncle of [William Beale](/source/Sir_William_Beale,_1st_Baronet), a barrister and fellow Liberal politician.[4]

In early life he was a glass and lead merchant before, in 1836, founded the [Birmingham and Midland Bank](/source/Midland_Bank).[2] He also became Director of [Union Bank UK](/source/Union_Bank_UK).[3]

In 1844, he became Chairman of the [Midland Railway](/source/Midland_Railway), a post he held for 20 years, and in 1849 a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) for Birmingham. In 1853, he was an ironmaster and partner in the [Park Gate Iron and Steel Company](/source/Park_Gate_Iron_and_Steel_Company).[2]

## Political career

Beale started his career in politics in 1841 when he was appointed [Mayor of Birmingham](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Birmingham), and became one of the town's first councillors.[2]

Beale was elected MP for [Derby](/source/Derby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [1857](/source/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election) and held the seat until [1865](/source/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election).[5]

## Unitarian activities

Beale was an active [unitarian](/source/Unitarianism) follower, becoming a Member of Church of the Messiah, Birmingham and vice-president of the [British and Foreign Unitarian Association](/source/British_and_Foreign_Unitarian_Association). During the 1857 general election, which he was contending, Beale attended a service despite being warned that he would lose if he did so.[3]

## References

1. ["Samuel Beale"](https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Samuel_Beale). *Grace's Guide to British Industrial History*. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

1. ["Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society Supplement"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200729161200/https://www.unitarianhistory.org.uk/Unitarian%20Members%20of%20Parliament%20in%20the%20Nineteenth%20Century.pdf). *Unitarian History*. April 2009. p. 5. Archived from [the original](http://www.unitarianhistory.org.uk/Unitarian%20Members%20of%20Parliament%20in%20the%20Nineteenth%20Century.pdf) on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2018.

1. Andrew Rowley, Beale family in *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*, OUP online, 2004–12

1. *British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885*. 1st ed. London: Macmillan Press. 1977. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

## External links

- [Beale of Drumlamford and Standen House, baronets](https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2021/12/503-beale-of-drumlamford-and-standen.html) on the 'Landed families of Britain and Ireland' site

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