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Beckford (surname)
Beckford is an English surname derived from Beckford, Worcestershire, or from a similar toponym. Notable people of this name include the following: *Allison Beckford (born 1979), Jamaican sprinter * Chris Beckford-Tseu (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player *Darren Beckford (born 1967), English professional football player *Ethan Beckford (born 1999), Canadian soccer player *James Beckford (athlete) (born 1975), Jamaican long jump athlete in the 1996 Olympics *James A. Beckford * Jason Beckford (born 1970), English professional football player *Jermaine Beckford (born 1983), English professional football player * Lily Beckford (born 1997), English sprinter *Peter Beckford (colonial administrator), Jamaican planter and slave owner * Peter Beckford (junior), Jamaican planter, slave owner and politician *Peter Beckford, English fox hunter, author and Member of Parliament * Reginald Beckford ( fl. 20th century), Panamanian sprinter and businessman *Richard Beckford (died 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beckford, Worcestershire
Beckford is a small village on the main Cheltenham to Evesham Road, five miles north-east of Tewkesbury, on the Worcestershire—Gloucestershire border. The village straddles the A46 and is one of the villages at the foot of Bredon Hill. The Carrant Brook runs between Beckford and Little Beckford and there was a ford across the brook which gave rise to the original name. There is no link between the village of Beckford and the family with the name of Beckford who are considered to be among the original Jamaican slaveowners. An intensive poultry unit and market garden lies to the east of the village. A planning application was made in early 2016 to redevelop this as a retirement settlement with social care facilities. Beckford Nature Reserve lies immediately north of the village. History Railways Beckford railway station Beckford railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It was designed by the architect George Hunt and op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Beckford (junior)
Peter Beckford ( – 3 April 1735) was a Jamaican-born planter, politician and merchant who served as speaker of the House of Assembly of Jamaica from 1707 to 1713, and again in 1716. The son of one of the richest men in the colony of Jamaica, Beckford sat in the House of Assembly of Jamaica for three decades and acquired a vast financial estate. His wealth would go on to support the political careers of his children in Great Britain. Born into the Jamaican planter class, Beckford was educated in England at Oxford before pursuing a government career as the Receiver General of Jamaica. In 1697, he killed fellow official Samuel Lewis and fled to France; thanks to the effort of his father, the case was declared ''nolle prosequi'' and Beckford returned to Jamaica and entered into a political career, serving as the colonial assembly's speaker and politician William Congreve's deputy. Beckford frequently came into conflict with successive governors of Jamaica, including Thomas Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beckford Of Somerley
William Beckford of Somerley (13/24 September 1744 – 5 February 1799) was an English-West Indian slave-owner in Jamaica, and an author of works on Jamaican topography and conditions in slavery, and ancient French history. Born into a very prominent and wealthy slave-holding family, he was educated in England, lost his father at the age of 10, and rounded off his gentleman's upbringing through Westminster School and Oxford University with a Grand Tour. He inherited his estates around Hertford in western Jamaica around 1765 at the age of 21. In a different mould from his colonial ancestors, he was considered a cultivated and personally sensitive man who, after he married and went to live in Jamaica in 1774 to supervise his affairs personally, became preoccupied with the welfare and conditions of the African and Creole workers in his estates, deplored their mistreatment and hardships and sought to deal with them more humanely. However, he had too open and naive a nature to survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beckford (politician)
William Beckford (baptised 19 December 1709 – 21 June 1770) was a well-known political figure in 18th-century London, who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London (1762 and 1769). His vast wealth came largely from his plantations in Jamaica and the large numbers of enslaved Africans working for him and his family. He was, and is, often referred to as Alderman Beckford to distinguish him from his son William Thomas Beckford, author and art collector, and from his nephew William Beckford of Somerley (1744–1799), author and planter. He was a supporter of liberty at home and championed the citizens of London upon being summoned to King George III with the City Remonstrance in 1770. Early life In 1709, William was born in the colony of Jamaica, the son of Peter Beckford, Speaker of the House of Assembly there, and the grandson of Colonel Peter Beckford, sometime Governor of the colony. He was sent to England by his family in 1723 to be educated. He studied at Westm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyson Beckford
Tyson Beckford (born December 19, 1970) is an American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program '' Make Me a Supermodel''. Beckford has been described as one of the most successful black male supermodels of all time, achieving fame and huge contracts similar to the female models that had huge success in the 1990s. Early life Beckford was born in The Bronx, New York City, on December 19, 1970, to a Jamaican mother, Hillary Dixon Hall, and a Panamanian father of Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent, Lloyd Beckford. Soon after he was born, his mother took the family back to Jamaica, where they lived for seven years before moving to Rochester, New York, where he attended and graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School. During his school years, Tyson was often teased about his looks. Career In 1992, "Erik Lauren Counsel" of the hip hop magazine ''The Source'' approached Beckford "in Washington Square P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxanne Beckford
Roxanne Beckford-Hoge (born November 17, 1969) is a Jamaican-born American actress. Career She has acted in numerous television series and played minor roles in films, including ''Bewitched (2005 film), Bewitched'' (2005) ''Something's Gotta Give (film), Something's Gotta Give'' (2003), and ''Father of the Bride Part II'' (1995). Beckford began her career in acting as a child in Jamaica in a radio play and starred in a television commercial for Fab laundry detergent. Her husband, Bob Hoge, is also an actor. They have four children, including twins who were featured on episode one of TLC (TV channel), TLC's ''Bringing Home Baby'' in 2005. Personal life Beckford married actor/writer/director Bob Hoge in 1996. Her husband also runs a maternity business. When she appeared on the TLC Channel reality series ''Bringing Home Baby'' with her husband in 2005, Beckford had just given birth to their twins. Filmography Film/Movie Television Video games References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
