Show Famous Old English Beau I The sobriquet Beau 13 Nash was bestowed bestowed be be- stowed upon Richard lUchard Nash a n fashionable fashionable fashion fashion- able personage of the Eighteenth cen tur tury He was born in Wales Vales in 1674 and studied law but later became a u gambler for which he seemed to haa ha have havea a u greater reater liking and aptitude de and from which he lie derived an on ample revenue In 1704 he transformed Bath from tram a aul ul vulgar ar and neglected watering place into a gay and fashionable resort The city of or Bath in gratitude for his services servIces services ices placed his liis statue between those of Neu Newton ewton ton and Pope He lived to be eIght seven eighty en but his last years were spent in ill poverty owing to the act of parliament that suppressed gambling Kansas Cit City Star |