Background
Beverley was born August 26, 1911, in Alexandria, Virginia. The son of Richard H. Carter Beverley, Senior and Elizabeth Winter Jones, Beverley was a cousin of long-time Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senior
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Beverley was born August 26, 1911, in Alexandria, Virginia. The son of Richard H. Carter Beverley, Senior and Elizabeth Winter Jones, Beverley was a cousin of long-time Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, Senior
He was a banker with the Washington, District of Columbia-based Riggs National Bank from 1929 to 1935 and then joined Alexandria"s Burke and Herbert Bank. A veteran of World World War II, he left the service with the rank of lieutenant commander. In 1947, Beverley married Janet deNeale English.
They had four children: Janet deNeale Beverley, Barbara Beverley, Marshall J. Beverley, Junior. and Richard Byrd Beverley.
He was named to the Board of Visitors of Mount Vernon in 1964 and served on the board until 1995. Beverley served as a federal bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank and later retired as Senior Vice President of United Virginia Bank in 1976.
The Beverleys retired to Berkeley County, West Virginia and he died in Martinsburg, West Virginia in 2000.
Beverley entered the military in 1938 as a member of the United States. Naval Reserve and was commissioned an officer in the United States. Navy on December 10, 1941. Beverley was elected a member of the Alexandria City Council in 1949 and was elected mayor as a Democrat from 1951 - 1955.