Harold Beauchamp
| Sir Harold Beauchamp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 November 1858 Ararat, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 5 October 1938 (aged 79) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation | banker |
| Known for | Chairman of the Bank of New Zealand father of Katherine Mansfield |
| Children | Katherine Mansfield |
| Parent(s) | Arthur Beauchamp |
Sir Harold Beauchamp (15 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a New Zealand banker, and is remembered as the father of author Katherine Mansfield.
Born in Ararat, Victoria, Australia on 15 November 1858 to Arthur Beauchamp and Mary Elizabeth Stanley, the family moved to Nelson in 1861 and then Picton. His father successfully contested the 1866 election for the Picton electorate but resigned in 1867, sold up and moved to isolated Beatrix Bay in Pelorus Sound.
After they moved to Wanganui in 1869, Harold attended Wanganui Collegiate School and left at 14 to work for his father's general merchant and auctioneering business. He moved to Wellington and did well in business. He married in 1884 Annie Burnell Dyer, daughter of Margaret Isabella Mansfield and the late Joseph Dyer; his mother-in-law moved in with him. The first family home where Kathleen Mansfield was born was in Thorndon; in 1893 they moved to a larger home, Chesney Wold, in Karori. He became a partner of the business in 1889, and a member of the Wellington Harbour Board in 1895. A personal friend of Richard Seddon, he was appointed to the board of the Bank of New Zealand in 1898, rising to chairman and remaining on the board until 1936.
As a member of the 1901 Royal Commission on Federation he advised against New Zealand joining the Australian federation. Between 1903 and 1906 Beauchamp's three daughters attended Queen's College, London; when he returned to London to collect them, he attended the Sixth Congress of Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire and was received by King Edward VII.
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