GEACH

Charles ( son of George Geach of St. A us tell, Cornwall ). b. St. A us tell 1808; clerk in Bank of England, Birmingham 1826–36; manager of Birmingham and Midland bank 1836; purchased Park Gate iron manufacturing co. 1840 and Patent Shaft and Axle-tree co. 1840; made a fortune in railroad iron 1844–5; mayor of Birmingham 1847; M.P. for Coventry 8 April 1851 to death. d. 9 Park st. Westminster 1 Nov. 1854. E. Edwards’s Personal recollections of Birmingham (1877) 125–31; Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xiv , 148–51 (1855); I.L.N. xxi , 377, 378 (1852), portrait . GEARY, Stephen . Architect and civil engineer at Hamilton place, New road, London; erected an octagonal structure with a colo al statue of George iv. on the top, in the centre of the 6 roads uniting at Battle Bridge 1831 when the name was changed to King’s Cro ; took out patents for artificial fuel, paving streets, water supply, obtaining motive power, and 3 other patents 1838–47; designed the first gin palace in London about 1830; founded the London Cemetery Co. 1838 for which he laid out High gate cemetery, opened 20 May 1839. d. 19 Euston place, London 28 Aug. 1854 in 75 year. A. W. Pugin’s Contrasts (1841), plate xiv .