Horatio Beeching was born in 1798 in Tonbridge, the second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Beeching. His father had set up the Beeching Banking business at Church Lane which was inherited by Horatio and the rest of the family. Horatio expanded the banking business into Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, St Leonards and Folkestone which was later (in 1890) sold to Lloyds Bank Ltd. Horatio acquired Ferox Hall and the Bordyke estate in 1843 and lived there untill 1855 when he and his second wife moved to Tunbridge Wells where he died in 1878.
| Thomas Beeching | m: 12th Sep 1793 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex | Elizabeth Blundell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 24th May 1767 | b: c 1775 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | Horatio | Stephen | Anna | Elizabeth | Mary | Alfred John | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1796 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1798 Tonbridge, Kent d: 1878 | b: 4th Jan 1800 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 22nd Apr 1800 Independent Chapel | b: May 1802 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 18th Jun 1802 Independent Chapel | b: 7th Oct 1806 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 31st Oct 1806 Independent Chapel | b: 8th Jul 1808 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 10th Feb 1809 Independent Chapel | b: 29th Jun 1812 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 30th Aug 1812 Independent Chapel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st marriage | Horatio Beeching banker | m: 11th Aug 1825 Saint Giles, Camberwell, Surrey | Susanna Pierce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1798 Tonbridge, Kent d: 1878 | b: c 1805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Susanna Mary | Joanna Elisabeth Crattall | Catharine Ann | Horatio Benjamin | John | Arthur Thomas | Ellen Pierce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 6th Oct 1826 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 23rd Dec 1826 Grove Independent Chapel, Camberwell, Surrey | b: 19th Jul 1828 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 4th Dec 1828 Independent Chapel | b: 1831 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 13th May 1831 Lady Huntingdons Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 1833 Tonbridge, Kent ch: Before 3rd Jan 1833 | b: 17th May 1834 ch: 21st Nov 1834 Lady Huntingdons Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 25th Jul 1836 The Elms, Tonbridge, Kent ch: 22nd Feb 1837 Lady Huntingdons Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d: Feb 1912 | b: 1842 Tonbridge, Kent ch: 9th Aug 1842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd marriage | Horatio Beeching banker | m: Oct to Dec 1846 | Catharine Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1798 Tonbridge, Kent d: 1878 | b: 1823 Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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