Born in Islington (6 Hanbury Road).1,2

From Birth Certificate :-
1) Father - Edward Blake Beal
2) Mother - Frances Beal formerly Moule
3) Occupation of father - Secretary of fire office
4) Description and residence of informant - E Blake Beal, father, 6 Hanbury Road
5) When registered - 11 June 1846

Baptised in Islington, St Paul Canonbury.3

Father - Edward Blake Beal
Mother - Frances Beal
Father's occupation - Secretary to Fire Office
Abode - Hanley Road, Hornsey

Recorded in census in Hackney, Stoke Newington (Woodberry Down, 5).4

Occupation Student Kings College School.5

Recorded in census in Hackney, Stoke Newington (Woodberry Down).5

Educated London, University College.6

From the Times :-
The annual distribution of prizes and certificates to the students of the Faculty of Arts and Laws took place (...)
English. - (...) Junior class - 1st prize, E. W. Beal.

Occupation Attorney & Master of Arts.7

Recorded in census in St Albans (St Peter's Street).7

In lodgings
Head of household - Joseph Shearman, aged 82, a painter

Appointed.8

Deputy Clerk for the Peace for the County of Middlesex.

From the Times :-
"He is succeeded by Mr. Edward William Beal, M.A., late deputy clerk of the peace for Hertfordshire, and that gentleman had began to discharge his duties"

Married Louisa Amy EDLIN in Kensington, St Michael and All Angels Paddington, Market Street.39,40,41,42,43

From Marriage Certificate :-
1) By Banns
2) Vicar - Walter J Lawrence, Rector of St Albans
3) Witnesses - Peter Henry Edlin, Richard Nicholson, James Payn and Sophia Florence Edlin.
4) Groom - Edward William Beal, 31, bachelor, solicitor, 34 Southwick Street
5) Father of the groom - Edward Blake Beal, esquire
6) Bride - Louisa Amy Edlin, 22, Spinster, 64 Queensborough Terrace
7) Father of the bride - Peter Henry Edlin, Queens Counsel

From the Pall Mall Gazette :-
"BEAL - EDLIN - At St Michael's, Paddington, by the Rev. W. J. Lawrence, M.A., Rector of the Abbey Church of St Albans, assisted by the Rev. G. F. Prescott, M.A., Vicar of the parish, Edward W. Beal, Esq., M.A., eldest son of E. Blake Beal, Esq., to Louise Amy, second daughter of P. H. Edlin, Esq., Q.C., Assistant-Judge, June 21"

From the London Daily News :-
"BEAL. - EDLIN. - June 21, at St. Michael's, Paddington, E. W. Beal, Esq., son of E. B. Beal, Esq., to Amy Louisa, daughter of P. H. Edlin, Esq., Q.C., Assistant Judge"

Birth of son Richard Edward Bruce BEAL in Kensington, St Mary Paddington.16,30,31

Birth of son Eardley Carew BEAL in Kensington, St Mary Paddington.11,9,33

Registered birth in Kensington.9

Of unnamed male Beal

Executor.10

Of the Will of William James Edlin (1823-1880)
Annotated as "of the Sessions House Clerkenwell"
Joint Executor with :-
Thomas Webster
Philip Hughes

Occupation Solicitor Master of Arts.11

Recorded in census in Kensington, St Mary Paddington (Portsdown Road, 182).11

Head of household
Staff x 4

Published.12

The Practice of the Court of Assessment Sessions under the Valuation (Metropolis) Act, 1869.

Birth of son Hastings Evelyn John BEAL in Sevenoaks.34,18,35,36

Executor.13,14

Of the Will of Cecilia Elizabeth Edlin (1838-1885)
Annotated as "of the Sessions House Middlesex Solicitor"
Joint Executor with Edward Holberton Edlin

Death of son Eardley Carew BEAL in Paddington.32

Occupation Solicitor.15

Recorded in census in Paddington, St John (Gloucester Place, 67).15

Head of household
Staff x 3

Occupation Solicitor.16

Recorded in census in Kensington (Pitt Street, Bullingham Mansions, 29).16

Head of household
Staff x 2
Visitor - Ernest S Brand, aged 22, born in Hackney, Army Lieutenant

Attended the funeral.19

Of Sir Peter Henry Edlin

Witness at wedding in St George Hanover Square, Parish Church.17

Of Richard Edward Bruce Beal & Winifred Morgan

Executor.20

of the estate of William Haviside Tyser, of Binfield House, Bracknell & Ormonde House, Eaton Terrace
Joint Executors :-
Henry Erskine Tyser, esquire
Edward William Beal, solicitor
Effects - GBP 76,659. 9s. 9d.

Occupation Solicitor.21

Recorded in census in Kensington (Palace Gardens Terrace, 10).21

Head of household
Staff x 4
Rooms x 12
Also resident :-
Hastings Evelyn Beal
Ruth Ragna Beal
Thetis Beal

Executor.22

of Henry Erskine Tyser of 11 Park-place St James and 9 and 11 Fenchurch-avenue, second Lieutenant 8th Battalion Black Watch
Executor - Edward William Beal solicitor
Effects - GBP 51,655 10s. 1d.

Mentioned in Will.23

of Louisa Amy Beal

Death of Louisa Amy EDLIN in Kensington.37,38,24

Executor.24

Of the Will of Louisa Amy Beal née Edlin (1853-1930)
Annotated as "solicitor"
Joint Executor with Ernest Henry Bonney, surgeon

Wrote will.25

1) I, Edward William Beal of Number 10 Palace Gardens Terrace
2) Kensington W.8. Solicitor Hereby Revoke all wills and
3) testemamentary instruments ... ...

Some names mentioned :-
1) my granddaughter Mary Ruth Thetis Beal commonly known as Thetis Beal
2) my son Richard Edward Bruce Beal
3) my son Hastings Evelyn Beal
4) my sister Frances Maria Beal

Codicil to Will.25

First Codicil
Names mentioned :-
Hastings Evelyn Beal
Thetis Beal

Codicil to Will.25

Second Codicil
Names mentioned :-
Richard Edward Bruce Beal

Died in Kensington (Palace Gardens Terrace, 10).26,27,28,29

From the Times :-
1) "On April 21, 1936, at No. 10 Palace Garden Terrace, W.8. EDWARD WILLIAM BEAL, formerly and for 45 years Clerk to the Justices of the Tower Division, in his 90th year. Funeral, after cremation, at Kensal Green, on Friday, April 24, at 12.30."

2) "Mr. Edward William Beal, for 45 years clerk to the justices of the Tower Division, died in London yesterday in his ninetieth year."

Buried in Kensal Green All Souls Cemetery

Probate in London.29,25

"of 10 Palace Gardens Terrace"
Executors :-
George Hugh Blount, solicitor
Thetis Mary Ruth Beal, spinster
Effects - £24,953 1s. 0d.

Occupation Solicitor.17,18,9

Information from :-
1880 - Birth Certificate of unnamed male Beal
1883 - Birth Certificate of Hastings Evelyn Beal
1904 - Marriage Certificate of Richard Edward Bruce Beal & Winifred Morgan