Henry Beckles Gall

1. Henry Beckles Gall was the son of Dr Henry Beckles Gall and Sarah C Gall. He married Sarah Halman Gall neé Hitzler.

2. He was the brother of William Gall (q.v.). Their father Henry Beckles Gall was a merchant and 'Practitioner of Physic' in Demerara. The brothers are recorded leaving that colony in June 1816.

3. He was a founding member of the Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society in 1840 and later became the society's secretary and actuary. In January 1847 he became the Official Assignee of Barbados. In March 1853 he was appointed as secretary and actuary for the Savings Bank.

1. Barbados Museum & Historical Society Journal , vol IV page 26 [not seen]. Will of Henry Beckles Gall of St. Michael proved 22 August 1862 [not seen].

2. Will of William Gall of St. John proved 1 May 1839 [not seen]. The Essequebo and Demerary Gazette, 17 May 1806 [accessed 26/03/2013]. The Royal (Colophon) Gazette , 11 May 1816, http://www.vc.id.au/edg/18160511rg.html [accessed 26/03/2013].

3. Cecilia Karch and Henderson Carter, The Rise of the Phoenix: The Barbados Mutual Life Assurance Society in Caribbean economy and society, 1840-1990 (Kingston, Ian Randle Publishers, 2007) [not seen].

We are grateful to David O'Carroll for his assistance in compiling this entry.