Beecham
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- Thomas Beecham (chemist)Thomas Beecham (chemist)Thomas Beecham was the founder of Beechams, which became one of the United Kingdom's largest pharmaceutical businesses.-Career:...
(1820–1907), British chemist, grandfather of the conductor - Thomas BeechamThomas BeechamSir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet CH was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras...
(1879-1961), British conductor - Sir Joseph Beecham, 1st BaronetSir Joseph Beecham, 1st BaronetSir Joseph Beecham, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman.Beecham was the eldest son of Thomas Beecham and Jane Evans. He played a large part in the growth and expansion of his father's medicinal pill business which he joined in 1866. He was responsible for Beechams' factory and office in...
(1848–1916), eldest son of Thomas Beecham the chemist - Jeremy BeechamJeremy BeechamJeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, Kt, DL is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of theLocal Government Association...
(born 1944), British Labour politician - Sinclair BeechamSinclair Beecham-Education:Beecham was educated at Lancing College, an independent school near the town of Lancing in West Sussex, on England's south coast, followed by the Polytechnic of Central London in London, where he studied Property Law, and first met his later business partner, Julian Metcalfe.-Life and...
, British entrepreneur - Betty Humby BeechamBetty Humby BeechamBetty Humby Beecham, Lady Beecham was a British pianist, who married the English conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham in February 1943. She was 29 years his junior....
(died 1958), British pianist and wife of the conductor Thomas Beecham - Emily BeechamEmily BeechamEmily Beecham is an English film, television and stage actress who, since the start of her career in 2006, has amassed over thirty credits, including the leading role of a postulant nun entering an unconventional convent depicted in The Calling, a film which, following its premiere in June 2009 at...
(born 1984), English actress
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- Beecham BaronetsBeecham BaronetsThe Beecham Baronetcy, of Ewanville in the Parish of Huyton in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1914 for the Lancashire pill manufacturer Joseph Beecham. Joseph was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas, the second Baronet...
, a baronetcy created for Joseph Beecham - Beecham (pharmaceutical company)Beecham (pharmaceutical company)Beecham was a British pharmaceutical company. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Beecham, after having merged with SmithKline Beckman, merged with GlaxoWellcome to become GlaxoSmithKline .-History:...
, a British pharmaceutical business founded Thomas Beecham, now part of GlaxoSmithKline- Beecham's PillsBeecham's PillsBeecham's Pills were a laxative first marketed around 1842 in St Helens, Lancashire. They were invented by Thomas Beecham , grandfather of Thomas Beecham ....
. a laxative and first product
- Beecham's Pills