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The Beckett baronetcy, of Leeds in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1813 for John Beckett, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a Tory politician.
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)
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.
Beckett was born at Gledhow Hall, in Leeds, on 29 January 1787. He was a son of banker Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826), and his wife, Mary, whose father was Christopher Wilson , Bishop of Bristol.
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 ...
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.
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Beckett was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, [1] though he failed to complete his first year at university and dropped out to travel abroad. He later became a partner in the banking firm of Beckett & Co, of Leeds, owned by his father.