Beamish may refer to:

People

Alfred Beamish Alfred Ernest Beamish (6 August 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a British tennis player born in Richmond, Surrey, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the i ...

(1879–1944), English tennis player * Charles Beamish (1908–1984), Irish rugby player and RAF pilot * David Beamish (born 1952) British public servant * Emma Beamish (born 1982), Irish cricketer * Francis Beamish (1802-1868), Irish Whig and Liberal politician * Geordie Beamish (born 1996), New Zealand athlete *

George Beamish Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, (29 April 1905 – 13 November 1967) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force from the Second World War to his retirement in the late 1950s. Prior to the Second World War, while Beamish was in the R ...

(1905–1967), British air marshal and Irish rugby player *

Geraldine Beamish Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (''née'' Ramsey; 23 June 1883 – 10 May 1972) was an English tennis player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Biography Winifred Geraldine Ramsey was born on 23 June 1883 at Forest Gate, London. S ...

(1883–1972), English tennis player * Harold Beamish (1896–1986), New Zealand flying ace of World War I *

Henry Hamilton Beamish Henry Hamilton Beamish (2 June 1873 – 27 March 1948) was a leading British antisemitic journalist and the founder of The Britons in 1919, the first organisation set up in Britain for the express purpose of diffusing antisemitic propaganda. Af ...

(1873–1948), British antisemitic journalist and Rhodesian politician * Kevan Jones, Baron Beamish (born 1964), British Labour politician * Olive Beamish (1890–1978), Irish-born suffragette * Richard J. Beamish (1869–1945), Pennsylvania lawyer, journalist, author, and public official * Robert Beamish (1916–2001), Canadian physician and cardiologist *

Sally Beamish Sarah Frances Beamish (born 26 August 1956) is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music, theatre, film and television, as well as composing for ch ...

(born 1956), British composer *

Tufton Beamish (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, CB, DL (26 July 1874 – 2 May 1951) was an English naval officer and Conservative Party politician. His brother Henry Hamilton Beamish was a leading British antisemitic journalist and the founder of ...

(1874–1951), rear admiral in the Royal Navy and member of Parliament for Lewes *

Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood (27 January 19176 April 1989) was a British Army officer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Lewes (UK Parliament constituency) ...

(1917–1989) son of the above; British Army officer and member of Parliament for Lewes * Victor Beamish (1903–1942), RAF fighter pilot * Beamish Murdoch (1800–1876), Canadian lawyer, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia

Fictional characters

* Chet Beamish, from the television series ''

The Big Valley ''The Big Valley'' is an American Western television series that originally aired from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969 on ABC. The series is set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in Stockton, California, from 1884 to 1888. The one-hour epis ...

'' * Dr. Beamish, from the film '' Dracula's Daughter'' * Leonard Beamish, from the film ''

Carry On Regardless ''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hand', run by Sid James's character, Bert Handy ...

'' * Bert Beamish, Mrs. Beamish and Major Beamish, in '' The Ickabog'', a fairy tale by J. K. Rowling * Wendy Beamish, from the film '' St. Elmo's Fire'' * the protagonist of ''

The Adventures of Willy Beamish ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

'', a 1991 computer game

Places

Beamish, County Durham Beamish, previously named "Pit Hill", is a village in County Durham, England, situated to the north east of Stanley, County Durham, Stanley. The village is contained within Hell Hole Wood and is home to Beamish Museum, an open-air museum seek ...

, a village in England **

Beamish Museum Beamish Museum is the first regional open-air museum, in England, located at Beamish, County Durham, Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By di ...

, an open-air museum * Beamish Hall, a mid-18th-century country house near the town of Stanley, County Durham

Other uses

*Beamish, a nonsense word from the 1872 poem "

Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a Nonsense verse, nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel ''Through the Looking-Glass'', the sequel to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ...

" by Lewis Carroll *Beamish Stout, an Irish stout formerly brewed by

Beamish and Crawford Beamish and Crawford was a brewery in Cork, Ireland, established in 1792 by William Beamish and William Crawford on the site of an existing porter brewery. In the early 1800s, it was the largest brewery in Ireland. Beamish and Crawford operat ...

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