BCN Minor Piece 73: Alexander Spink Beaumont

[John Upham]

Richard James has completed his investigation into

Alexander Spink Beaumont (of Beaumont Cup fame)

via

https://britishchessnews.com/2024/05/07 ... -beaumont/


Enjoy!

[Mike Gunn]

Great stuff. It's actually the Beaumont Cup of course, not the Beaumont Trophy.

[John Upham]

Great stuff. It's actually the Beaumont Cup of course, not the Beaumont Trophy.

Thanks for that. I was using "trophy" in the generic sense but am grateful for the correction.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Really good, Richard. I knew he was "Captain", and that was about it. I'll keep an open mind on the accusations against him. On the dispute with Harmsworth, a newspaper magnate accused of dishonesty, shock horror!

[Gerard Killoran]

More background...

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892.png

[Geoff Chandler]

Fascinating. A wee slip about halfway down.

Spink v Rossi, Casual game, Florence January 1898. We have the moves to see how the game ended but not the diagram.

[Richard James]

Thanks, Geoff. Now added.

Thanks to all for reading and commenting.

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Richard,

They did not have a page for Beaumont at chessgames.com I have submitted his game v Edith Margaret Thomas to get his page set up. Whilst here, I'll ask on their behalf, can they use a credited picture of Beaumont from BCN.

Personally I'd use the one of him in the car with his chauffeur Walter Goldsack.
(what make is it, a Ford?)

[Richard James]

Hi Richard,

They did not have a page for Beaumont at chessgames.com I have submitted his game v Edith Margaret Thomas to get his page set up. Whilst here, I'll ask on their behalf, can they use a credited picture of Beaumont from BCN.

Personally I'd use the one of him in the car with his chauffeur Walter Goldsack.
(what make is it, a Ford?)

I asked John Upham about the car, as it's a subject outside my sphere of knowledge. He's sure it's American and was going to do some further research.

The car photograph is wonderful, isn't it? It was submitted to ancestry.co.uk by a descendant of his brother. Posting photos on public trees puts them in the public domain so I guess it would be OK to use, but otherwise you could use the BCM 1901 photo.