Thomas Miller Beach
(1841-1894), Government spy, known as 'Major Le Caron'Sitter in 5 portraits
Beach, known as Major Henri Le Caron, went to the United States in 1861 and soon afterwards joined Irish nationalist organisations there. For twenty-five years he acted as a paid spy on the Fenian movement for both the British and Canadian governments. His evidence to the Parnell Commission meant his blowing his cover.
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 9 February 1889
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
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by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 23 February 1889
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Thomas Miller Beach, John Patrick Murphy, Sir Henry James and Sir Charles Russell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
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Charles Stewart Parnell, Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, and Thomas Miller Beach
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
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