Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe 1816-1905

Paternal Family Tree: Beckett

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

On 12th May 1816 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 29] and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 21] at Carlton Hall, Newark on Trent.

On 7th October 1845 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 29] and Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale [aged 57] and Sophia Bolland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ancestors of Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe 1816-1905

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