- BEECHY, REAR-ADMIRAL
- born in London, son of the following; accompanied Franklin in 1818 and Parry in 1819 to the Arctic regions; commanded the Blossom in the third expedition of 1825-1828 to the same regions; published "Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole" (1796-1856).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.