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Dec 06, 1847 Died on 01 Jul 1928 (aged 80)
English politician and merchant
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About John Elmes Beale
- John Elmes Beale (December 6, 1847 – July 1, 1928) was an English politician and merchant.
- He was Mayor of Bournemouth in 1902, 1903 and 1904.
- He founded Beales, Bournemouth's largest department store. Born in Hartford Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England, Beale was also a stalwart of the Richmond Hill Congregational Church to which his great friend, Mr.
- Okey, introduced him.
- Beale was largely responsible for securing the services of the Rev.
- J.
- D.
- Jones for the church, after a previous preacher left.
- He also took over Mr.
- Okey's draper's store in Commercial Road and turned it into Bealesons.
- Mr Okey gave up the business following the death of three of his four sons in World War I. John Elmes Beale died at age 80 in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
- He and his wife, Sarah Ann Beale née Hussey Brickell, are buried in Wimborne Road Cemetery.
