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