Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the

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, is a title in the

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. 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. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron. He had earlier represented

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in Parliament. the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003. The Beckett baronetcy, of Leeds in the County of York, was created in the

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in 1813 for John Beckett, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a

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politician. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet, and then to another brother, the fourth Baronet. The latter represented the

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in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Grimthorpe in 1886. Another member of the Beckett family was the

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politician

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-Deniso ...

. He was the younger brother of the second Baron Grimthorpe.

Beckett baronets, of Leeds (1813)

* Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826) *

Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, FRS (17 May 1775 – 31 May 1847) was a British lawyer and Tory politician. Beckett was the son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826), and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Wilson (bishop), Bisho ...

(1775–1847) * Sir Thomas Beckett, 3rd Baronet (1779–1872) *

Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet Sir Edmund Beckett-Denison, 4th Baronet (28 January 1787 – 24 May 1874) was a railway promoter and politician. Early life Beckett was born at Gledhow Hall, in Leeds, on 29 January 1787. He was a son of the banker Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet ...

(1787–1874) * Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet (1816–1905) (created Baron Grimthorpe in 1886)

Barons Grimthorpe (1886)

Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, KC (12 May 1816 – 29 April 1905), known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison, was a "lawyer, mechanician and controversialist" as well as a noted horologist and archite ...

(1816–1905) * Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917) *

Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe 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 pa ...

(1891–1963) * Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915–2003) * Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (born 1954) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Harry Maximilian Beckett (born 1993).

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