North L.A Beamish

North L.A Beamish
Born	North Ludlow Axel Beamish (1842-06-14)14 June 1842 County Cork, Ireland
Died	16 May 1923(1923-05-16) (aged 80) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)	Businessman, agriculturalist
Known for	Director of Beamish and Crawford, treasurer of Munster Agricultural Society
Relatives	North Ludlow Beamish (father)

North Ludlow Axel Beamish (1842-1923), known as North L.A Beamish, was born on 14 June 1842 in Annemount, Glounthaune, County Cork, the eldest son of North Ludlow Beamish.[1] He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and later became a director of the family-held Beamish and Crawford brewery.[2]

A cattle breeder and exhibitor, he served as treasurer of the Munster Agricultural Society for a number of years.[2] He was a supporter of the society's accompanying Munster Dairy Institute and was credited by the Cork Examiner as a pioneer in the establishment of its Agricultural Showgrounds in Ballintemple.^[citation needed] He was an advocate of expanding education,^[citation needed] and was involved in the Free Library Movement and served as chair on the committee of the Carnegie Free Library in Cork.[3] He also served on the committee which organised the Cork International Exhibition of 1902-1903.[2]

On 16 November 1869, Beamish was married to his cousin Edith Anne.[4]^[better source needed] By 1895, he was living at Ashgrove, Queenstown, County Cork.[5] Beamish bought Ballymacshanroe Castle on Great Island in the late 19th century.[6]

He died on 16 May 1923,[7][8] while staying at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin and was buried in Old Church Cemetery, Cobh.[2]

References

1. Burke, Bernard (1868). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. North-Lurlow, of Lota Park, co. Cork b. 31 Dec 1797 [..] has issue, North-Ludlow-Axel, b.1841
2. Cadogan, Tim; Falvey, Jeremiah (2006). "Beamish, North L.A". A Biographical Dictionary of Cork. Four Courts Press. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 978-1-84682-030-4.
3. "Beamish & Crawford brewers left their mark on Cork". Irish Examiner. 27 October 2015. North Ludlow Axel Beamish, served for many years as chairman of the Cork Carnegie Library Committee
4. "North Ludlow Axel Beamish". wc.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
5. The London Gazette. T. Neuman. 1895. Ludlow Axel Beamish, of Ashgrove Queenstown, County Cork
6. Evening Echo. 6 June 1966. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^[not specific enough to verify]
7. "A New Beamish Book". beamishbook3.tripod.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021. In 1923 North Ludlow died
8. "North L.A Beamish". Cork Examiner. 18 May 1923.