Biography of Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe 1816-1905

Paternal Family Tree: Beckett

On 14th December 1814 [his father] Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 27) and [his mother] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 19) were married.

On 12th May 1816 Edmund Beckett 1st was born to [his father] Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 29) and [his mother] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 21) at Carlton Hall, Newark on Trent.

On 7th October 1845 Edmund Beckett 1st (age 29) and Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale (age 57) and Sophia Bolland.

On 17th November 1872 [his uncle] Thomas Beckett 3rd Baronet (age 93) died. He was buried at Corringham, Lincolnshire, 22nd November 1872. His brother [his father] Edmund (age 85) succeeded 4th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.

On 27th March 1874 [his mother] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett (age 78) died.

On 24th May 1874 [his father] Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet (age 87) died. His son Edmund (age 58) succeeded 5th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.

Around 1880. The West Facade of St Albans Cathedral [Map] designed by amateur architect Edmund Beckett 1st (age 63) replacing an earliesr design with the now lost Wheathampstead window.

In 1886 Edmund Beckett 1st (age 69) was created 1st Baron Grimthorpe. [his wife] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett (age 62) by marriage Baroness Grimthorpe.

On 8th December 1901 [his wife] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett (age 78) died.

On 29th April 1905 Edmund Beckett 1st (age 88) died after a fall. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map]. His nephew Ernest (age 48) succeeded 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, 6th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.

Ancestors of Edmund Beckett 1st

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase Beckett of Barnsley

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beckett

Great x 3 Grandfather: Jonas Clarke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Clarke

GrandFather: John Beckett 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joseph wilson of Monk Bretton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wilkson

Father: Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wilson

Great x 1 Grandfather: Bishop Christopher Wilson

GrandMother: Mary Wilson Lady Beckett

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop Edmund Gibson

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Gibson

Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe

GrandFather: William Beverley

Mother: Maria Beverley Lady Beckett

Great x 1 Grandfather: Johnathan Midgley

GrandMother: Mary Midgeley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Harrison

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Harrison

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Smithson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roundell Smithson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Smithson