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Sir Harold Beauchamp (15 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a New Zealand businessman and later two times chairman of the Bank of New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of author Katherine Mansfield .
Businessman, banker, philanthropist. This biography, written by Roberta Nicholls, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1993. Harold Beauchamp was born at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, on 15 November 1858, the son of Arthur Beauchamp, an auctioneer, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Stanley.
Sir Harold Beauchamp died in Wellington in 1938 leaving a notable legacy. He had served as Vice-President of the War Memorial Carillon Society and a portion of his estate was donated to the New Zealand Academy for Fine Arts.
Husband of Annie Burnell Beauchamp (née Dyer; 1864-1918); and in 1920, after Annie Beauchamp's death he married Laura Kate Beachamp (née Newton; widow of Lewis Bright). Katherine Mansfield's father.
Beauchamp was a director of the Bank of New Zealand for almost 38 years, and its chairman for some periods; but he will be remembered longer and more widely as the father of Katherine Mansfield, in some of whose stories he is sharply portrayed (e.g., as “Stanley Burnell” in Prelude and At the Bay ).
Sir Harold Beauchamp (15 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a New Zealand banker, and is remembered as the father of author Katherine Mansfield. Harold Beauchamp was born at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, on 15 November 1858, the son of Arthur Beauchamp, an auctioneer, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Stanley.
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Aug 7, 2022 · Sir Harold Beauchamp, born on 15th November 1858 at Ararat, Victoria, Australia, was the son of auctioneer and one-time Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Arthur Beauchamp, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Stanley.
