Background
In 1832, he had married Ann, the daughter of James McKowen of Dublin.
In 1832, he had married Ann, the daughter of James McKowen of Dublin.
He was educated at Upper Canada College from 1842 to 1845. He articled with John Leys and attended lectures at Osgoode Hall.
James had operated the British Woollen and Cotton Warehouse on the south side of King Street and had served in the militia, rising to the rank of Colonel. Some years later Beatty decided to study law. On Tuesday 28 June 1864, Chadwick married Beatty"s sister, Ellen at Saint James Cathedral.
Regrettably Ellen, the woman who had brought the two partners together, died suddenly in February of the following year, after only a few hours of illness.
Chadwick"s short-lived marriage to Ellen may have helped cement the partnership, but the success of the firm was intimately connected with Beatty"s marriage. Beatty and Chadwick remained partners for almost 50 years.
Of the two, it was Beatty who made the firm Canada"s largest law firm, numbering 16 lawyers in 1901. As a lawyer, Beatty helped his clients establish and manage their businesses.
He remained the managing partner of the firm until 1906, personally overseeing the many details of its operation.
Beatty was also a businessman. At various times, he served as a director of Gooderham & Worts, Limited. He was active in the Toronto Board of Trade, co-authoring with Wallace Nesbitt a set of arbitration rules for the board.
He also represented the Board in 1896 at the Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire in London, England.
By 1890 he had become the principal legal and business adviser to the Gooderham and Worts business empire and was one of the most prominent members of the developing Canadian financial community.