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Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created on 17 February 1886 for the lawyer and architect Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet, with remainder to the heirs male of his father.
In 1868 he worked with W. H. Crossland to design St Chad's Church, Far Headingley in Leeds on land given by his family. The Trinity College Clock mechanism was designed by Lord Grimthorpe [4] He was also responsible throughout the 1880s and 1890s for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense.
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Beckett family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both are extant as of 2023. Beckett baronets of Leeds, Yorkshire (1813): see Baron Grimthorpe; Beckett baronets of Kirkdale Manor (1921)
Duke of Leeds, 1694: Thomas Osborne (1632–1712) 1st Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, Earl of Danby, Viscount Osborne, Viscount Latimer, and Baron Osborne, 2nd Baronet: Viscounty of Osborne surrendered, 1674: Baron Godolphin of Rialton in the County of Cornwall (1st creation), 1684 Earl of Godolphin and Viscount Rialton, 1706: Edward ...
His wealth came from his share in the Beckett family bank. He became active in municipal and county politics, and in the 1841 general election was elected Tory MP for the West Riding . Having expected an unopposed return in 1847, he withdrew when the Liberals nominated Richard Cobden , but was returned at a by-election in 1848 and sat until 1859.
Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, DL (1891–1963), was a banker and breeder of racehorses. Beckett was son of Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe . He was a partner in the Leeds firm of Beckett & Co. , which later became part of the Westminster Bank , and in the aeronautical firm Airspeed Ltd.
Ernest Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe. Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (born Ernest William Beckett-Denison; 25 November 1856 – 9 May 1917), was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.
They lived at Meanwood Park in Leeds and at Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, and were the parents of at least seven children, including: [8] Ernest William Beckett (1856–1917), who became the 2nd Baron Grimthorpe. [9] Helen Louisa Beckett-Denison (1858–1935). [9] Adeline Gertrude Beckett-Denison (1859–1902), who married Sir Frederick Milner, 7th ...