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Name: BEAK, George Bailey
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1872 Stanmore, Berks.
Death Date: 30 May 1934 Midsummer Common, Cambridge
First Date: 1907
Profession: British Agent, Zanzibar, Consular Service
Area: Katanga and Zanzibar
Married: 1. In Louisville, Kentucky 20 Apr 1901 Jesse Walker; 2. In Florence, Italy 9 Apr 1912 Adina Terrasina Rosina Orsi b. 4 Apr 1889 Florence, d. 1971 Bury St Edmunds
Children: George Orsi (23 Mar 1918 Zurich-25 Sep 1993 Gipping and Hartismere, Suffolk)
Author: The Aftermath of War
Book Reference: Gillett
War Service: 2nd Boer War
School: Salisbury School; Queen's Coll. Oxford
General Information:
In 1907 he trekked across Africa from West to East on behalf of the Foreign Office. In 1908 he was appointed Vice-Consul for Katanga and in 1913 acted as British Agent in Zanzibar