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Suffragette

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 10:28 pm
by Gerard Killoran
The British Newspaper Archive features Agness Olive Beamish who was force-fed and drugged in Holloway Prison.

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co ... e-beamish/

... and was the sister of Ferdinand Uniacke Beamish.

A photo of her here...

http://www.museumoflondonprints.com/ima ... -1913-1914

Re: Suffragette

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 4:12 pm
by MJMcCready
Which club was her brother most prominent at? I don't have my resources in my current location so cannot check. I have a feeling I have a game of his against William Ward, who played for either City or Lyceum at the time.

Re: Suffragette

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:56 am
by Gerard Killoran
F U Beamish played club chess for Bristol & Clifton, county chess for Gloucestershire and correspondence chess for Ireland.