
Pakenham Beatty, To My Lady, and other poems, Provost, 1879. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Pakenham Thomas Beatty (June 23, 1855 - April 1930)[1] was an English poet.[2]
Life[]
Beatty was born in Maranham, Brazil, the eldest son of Mr. Pakenham William Beatty, of Mount Pleasant, Dundalk, co. Louth, Ireland.[1]
He enrolled at Harrow School in 1869.[1]
He settled in London in the 1870s, living on an inheritance. He was married to Edith "Ida" Beatty, and had a son, Mazzini.[3]
Beatty was an amateur boxer, and a friend of George Bernard Shaw.[2] He lent money to Shaw in the early days, got him interested in boxing, and became his sparring partner. Their friendship survived Beatty's alcoholism and his romantic pursuit of Shaw's sister.[3]
Beatty also knew William Morris, Walter O'Shaughnessy, Hengist Horne, G.W.E. Russell, and George Moore.[1]
By Shaw's account, Beatty was a playboy and not "sensible" about money. He spent generously and spontaneously, without thought, until he had spent everything.[2] Shaw in turn lent money to Beatty, and paid towards his son's education.[3]
Recognition[]
Shaw satirized Beatty in his novel An Unsocial Socialist, and adopted his nickname, "Paquito," for the title character of his play, Captain Brassbound's Conversion.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- To My Lady, and other poems. London: Provost, 1879.
- Three Women of the People, and other poems. Newman, 1881.
- Spretae Carmina Musae: First series: Songs of love and death. London: George Bell, 1893.
- Songs for Hellas.
- Songs of Adieu. Hansebooks, 2016.
Play[]
- Marcia: A tragedy. London: Modern Press, 1884.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mr. Pakenham Beatty, Obituary, The Times, April 11, 1930. Wikisource, Web, Feb. 22, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pakenham Thomas Beatty, AllPoetry. Web, Jan. 29, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pakenham Thomas Beatty, Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews, 1884-1950 (edited by Bryan Tyson). Philadelphia: Penn State University Press, 1990, 29. Google Books, Web, Jan. 29, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:Pakenham Beatty, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 29, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- "To Thine Own Self Be True"
- Beatty in A Victorian Anthology: "Charles Lamb," "The Death of Hampton"
- Pakenham Thomas Beatty at AllPoetry (5 poems)
- Books
- Pakenham Beatty at Amazon.com
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