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Beatty to my lady

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[]

Play[]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mr. Pakenham Beatty, Obituary, The Times, April 11, 1930. Wikisource, Web, Feb. 22, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pakenham Thomas Beatty, AllPoetry. Web, Jan. 29, 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Search results = au:Pakenham Beatty, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 29, 2017.

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