Born Horncastle, York, England, eldest son of artist and farmer William Beetham and his wife Mary, née Horsley. To Australia 1853, and was in Wellington by 1855, when his parents and the rest of his family arrived on 1 December. Initially worked as a surveyor on the Rimutaka Hill Road in Wellington. Visited Samoa in the 1880s. Resided in the North and South Islands and held office in the public service and as a stipendiary magistrate at Napier, Timaru, and Christchurch. Died in Masterton. Exhibited oil paintings in New Zealand in 1880s and 1890s. Married (1) Lucelle Frances Swainson (died 1910) and (2) Helen Hampton, in 1910. There were no children. See Southern People; a dictionary of Otago Southland biography for further details. Brother of William Henry Beetham (1837-1925) and George Beetham (1840-1915)
Beetham, Richmond, 1836-1912
Bechstein - Beetham
Date: 1866-1884
From: Haast family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-0037-030
Description: Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Correspondence
Date: Mar-Apr 1896
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-218
Description: Identified correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes thank-you letter from Sister Edith, St Asaph Street, Christchurch and letter from I I or J J Thomson supplying Hall with Ursula Bethell's address, three copies of a voting paper and letter regarding assistance for Brunnerton people Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Beetham, Richmond 1836-1912 :The Roman Catholic Mission, Apia, Samoa [1882?]
Date: 1882 - 1883
By: Beetham, Richmond, 1836-1912
Reference: C-070
Description: Mission buildings in the middle distance, in a bay, lush vegetation in the foreground, hills in the background. Possibly one of the 'three paintings, two of Samoa' shown by the artist at the Colonial and Indian exhibition, London, 1886. Exhibited at the Fine Arts Association, Wellington, July 1883. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 460 x 760 mm (encapsulated and hinged to acid-free board)