Talk:David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

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So, was he born in Ireland or Cheshire? (One web page says Howbeck, Cheshire, other Nantwich, Cheshire) Pibwl 16:54, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

...According to [1] he was born in Nantwich, Cheshire. I'm changing. Pibwl 16:59, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

...I was born in Enniscorthy (Co. Wexford), and I was always told that he was a local. Reading that he was born in Cheshire was confusing, so I thought perhaps the second Earl was born in Wexford; BUT: http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/David_Beatty_Beatty "DAVID BEATTY BEATTY, 1ST Earl (1871-), British admiral, was born in Ireland in 1871, the son of Capt. D. L. Beatty, 4th Hussars, of Borodale" Someone really needs to sort this one out authoritatively. See also http://www.new-zealands.com/slaney/history.htm "Admiral Earl Beatty Born at Borodale near Wexford in 1871 and died in London in 1936." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.18.164.7 (talk) 05:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

The entry in the Dictionary of National Biography by the editor of The Beatty Papers" has him being born in Cheshire. I'll have a look in Roskill's "intimate biography" later today. Harlsbottom (talk) 10:37, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Roskill and http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013970/David-Beatty-1st-Earl-Beatty both list Howbeck. Also local school in Stapeley have a Beatty House as one of their houses in his honour and he is considered a local hero. 86.133.57.180 (talk) 09:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)