Henry Beesley
20 February 1831 — 5 February 1894
Henry Beesley (13‑26‑3)
The Shirt and Collar Box, three doors down from the GPO, was the business of Henry Beesley, a draper who migrated to Queensland in 1870 on the Indus with his wife Elizabeth (née Gough). Henry was born on 20 February 1831 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to George Beesley and Eliza (née Hawksley). He died on 5 February 1894 at his home, Twickenham Lodge, in West End.
Advertisments in the The Telegraph, 14 December 1877 including Herny Beesley's Shirt and Collar Box, Edwards and Chapman, Clark and Treleaven, and Tutty and Finney - National Library of Australia.