Rev. Arthur Beanland was born on December 9, 1828, in Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

He was converted to Primitive Methodist in his 14th year. Soon after the conversion, Arthur became a Sunday School teacher. In 1846, he became a local preacher and entered the ministry in 1852. He also studied geology and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1873. He was the author of “Glances through the gates: or, sketches of paradise”, 1873 and “The world before Adam: or, geological footprints of Jehovah”, 1876.

He died on December 6, 1883, in Long Ditton, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.

Sir Edward Beatty was born in Thorold, Ontario; his father Henry Beatty, was the founder of Beatty Lines, a Great Lakes steamship company. After completing his education at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, Beatty joined the legal department of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1901. He was promoted to general solicitor in 1910, vice president in 1914 and in 1918, he succeeded Lord Shaughnessy as president. As president of C.P.R. he steered the company through boom and depression, expanding its operations into steamships and hotels. Beatty was involved with philanthropic and educational work and was particularly active in hospitals and boys' associations. He served as Chancellor of Queen's University from 1918 to 1921, and of McGill from 1921 until his death. Knighted in 1935, he was appointed representative of Britain's Ministry of War Transport in Canada at the outbreak of World War II.

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, was born on February 20, 1872, in London, England.

He was a British Liberal politician. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1891 and served as mayor of Worcester between 1895 and 1896. He also served as the 20th Governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1899 to 1901. In 1902, Beauchamp joined the Liberal Party and was appointed Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1906. In 1907, he became Lord Steward of the Household and, in 1910, the First Commissioner of Works, a position he held until 1914. He was also the leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1924 and 1931. While his homosexuality was widely known, it was finally exposed in 1931 by his brother-in-law, the Duke of Westminster. Beauchamp was made an offer to separate from his wife Lettice without a formal divorce and then leave the country. He refused, and, shortly afterwards, Countess Beauchamp obtained a divorce. Beauchamp resigned all his offices except that of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and went into exile on the Continent to avoid imprisonment. He received the honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Glasgow in 1901.

In 1902, he married Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor (1876–1936) and divorced in 1931. He died on November 15, 1938, at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, New York City, New York.

Rev. William Martin Beauchamp was born on March 25, 1830, in Coldenham, Orange County, New York.

He was an American ethnologist and Episcopal clergyman. He received his education at Skaneateles Academy until 1845. He graduated from the DeLancey Divinity School, and in 1886, he received a degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology from Hobart College, Geneva, New York. He was ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopalian Church in 1863 and spent most of his career at Grace Church in Baldwinsville, New York (1865-1900). He then moved to Syracuse where he researched and wrote on the Iroquois. In 1893, he published “Indian Names of New York “ and in 1905, "History of the New York Iroquois, now Commonly Called the Six Nations". He was president of the Onondaga Academy of Science in 1901 and 1902 and vice president of the Onondaga Historical Association from 1909 until 1919. The Beauchamp Branch of the Onondaga County Public Library in Syracuse is named for him.

He died on December 13, 1925, in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.