Born in Kensington, St Mary Paddington (Blomfield Road, 55).1,2,3

From the Birth Certificate :-
1) Father - Edward William Beal
2) Mother - Louisa Amy Beal formerly Edlin
3) Occupation of father - Solicitor
4) Description & residence of informant - Edw. Wm. Beal, father, 55 Blomfield Road
5) When registered - 19 September 1878

Christened in Paddington, St Mary Magdalene, Woodchester Street.4

Father - Edward William Beal
Mother - Louisa Amy Beal
Father's occupation - Solicitor
Abode - 55 Blomfield Road

Baptised in Paddington, St Mary Paddington, Paddington Green.4

Father - Edward William Beal
Mother - Louisa Amy Beal
Father's occupation - Solicitor
Abode - 55 Blomfield Road

Recorded in census in Kensington, St Mary Paddington (Portsdown Road, 182).5

Occupation Articled Clerk.1

Recorded in census in Kensington (Pitt Street, Bullingham Mansions, 29).1

Attended the funeral.6

Of Sir Peter Henry Edlin

Married Winifred MORGAN in St George Hanover Square, Parish Church.18,19,20

From the Marriage Certificate :-
1) By Banns
2) Vicar - David Anderson
3) Witnesses - Edw. W Beal, John H Morgan & John C Morgan
4) Groom - Richard Edward Bruce Beal, 25, bachelor, solicitor, 10 Palace Gardens Terrace
5) Father of the groom - Edward William Beal - Solicitor
6) Bride - Winifred Morgan, 21, spinster, 68 Grosvenor Street
7) Father of the bride - John Hammond Morgan, Surgeon

Birth of son John Hugh Bruce BEAL in Fulham.16,17

Occupation Solicitor.7

Recorded in census in Kensington (8 Camden House Road).7

Head of household
Rooms x 8
Staff x 3

Executor.8

Of the Will of Louisa Harriet Beal (1854-1913)
Annotated as "solicitor"
Joint executor with Frances Maria Beal spinster

World War 1.9,10

1) Captain - Royal Army Service Corps
2) Major - Royal Army Service Corp

Addresses given :-
404a Kings Road, Chelsea
AND
41 Finsbury Pavement, London

Military.9,10

Theatre of war first served in Palmia

Executor.11

of the estate of Rev. Edward Jarratt Tyser, of 68 Ebury Street, Westminster, clerk
Joint Executors :-
Midland Bank Executor & Trustee Company Ltd.
Richard Edward Bruce Beal, solicitor
Effects - GBP 22,862. 12s. 5d.

Mentioned in Will.12

Of Edward William Beal
Described as "my son Richard Edward Bruce Beal"

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.12

Second codicil of Edward William Beal
Described as "Richard Edward Bruce Beal"

Died in Paddington.13,14,15

From the Times :-
"On April 6, 1942, suddenly RICHARD EDWARD BRUCE BEAL, O.B.E., M.C., formerly Clerk to the Paddington and Tower Divisions. Funeral private, no flowers."

Probate in Llandudno.15

of the estate of Richard Edward Bruce Beal, of Flat 5 Connaught-court, Connaught-street, Paddington
Executor - Winifred Beal, widow
Effects - GBP 7,127 19s. 8d.