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Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet
The Honourable Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937), born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Business career Beckett was the son of William Beckett-Denison MP. He was educated at Eton College and joined the family banking business, Beckett & Co, in Leeds. After the firm was taken over by the Westminster Bank he joined the bank's board of directors, board. He was also chairman of the ''Yorkshire Post'' and proprietor and editor of the ''Saturday Review (London), Saturday Review''. His elder brother, Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, Ernest, succeeded his uncle as 2nd Baron Grimthorpe in 1905 and Beckett was granted the precedence of a baron's son and the right to use the style "The Honourable". Parliamentary career He was elected at the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervase Beckett
The Honourable Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937), born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician. Business career Beckett was the son of William Beckett-Denison MP. He was educated at Eton College and joined the family banking business, Beckett & Co, in Leeds. After the firm was taken over by the Westminster Bank he joined the bank's board. He was also chairman of the ''Yorkshire Post'' and proprietor and editor of the '' Saturday Review''. His elder brother, Ernest, succeeded his uncle as 2nd Baron Grimthorpe in 1905 and Beckett was granted the precedence of a baron's son and the right to use the style "The Honourable". Parliamentary career He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for Whitby. When that constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election, he was returned for the new Scarborough and Whitby constituency. He did not contest the 1922 general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |