Paternal Family Tree: Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet
On 3rd March 1774 [his father] John Beckett 1st Baronet [aged 30] and [his mother] Mary Wilson [aged 25] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Christopher Wilson [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Anne Gibson [aged 47].
In 1785 Anne Smithson died. Her estates and those of her late husband passed to her great-niece Mary Harrison, then to her daughter Mary Midgeley [aged 10] and then to her daughter [his future wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett and her husband Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet who adopted the surname Denison.
On 29th January 1787 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet was born to John Beckett 1st Baronet [aged 43] and Mary Wilson Lady Beckett [aged 38].
On 14th December 1814 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 27] and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 19] were married.
In 1816 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 28] took the additional surname Denison in 1816 in accordance with the terms of the will of his wife's great-great-aunt, but reverted to Beckett only by royal licence when he succeeded his elder brother as 4th baronet in 1872.
On 12th May 1816 [his son] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 29] and [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 21] at Carlton Hall, Newark on Trent. He married 7th October 1845 Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett, daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale and Sophia Bolland.
In 1823 [his mother] Mary Wilson Lady Beckett [aged 74] died.
In 1826 [his father] John Beckett 1st Baronet [aged 82] died. His succeeded son [his brother] John [aged 50] succeeded 2nd Baronet Beckett of Leeds. Anne Lowther Lady Beckett by marriage Lady Beckett of Leeds.
On 10th September 1826 [his son] William Beckett-Denison was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 39] and [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 31]. He married 1855 Helen Duncombe, daughter of William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham and Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park, and had issue.
In 1841 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 53] was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1847.
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On 7th October 1845 [his son] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 29] and [his daughter-in-law] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale [aged 57] and Sophia Bolland.
In 1848 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 60] was elected MP West Riding of Yorkshire which seat he held until 1859.
In 1855 [his son] William Beckett-Denison [aged 28] and [his daughter-in-law] Helen Duncombe [aged 23] were married.
On 17th November 1872 Thomas Beckett 3rd Baronet [aged 93] died. He was buried at Corringham, Lincolnshire, 22nd November 1872. His succeeded brother Edmund [aged 85] succeeded 4th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
On 27th March 1874 [his wife] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 78] died.
On 24th May 1874 Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 87] died. His succeeded son Edmund [aged 58] succeeded 5th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gervase Beckett of Barnsley
GrandFather: John Beckett
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jonas Clarke
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Clarke
Father: John Beckett 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph wilson of Monk Bretton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Wilkson
Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Wilson
GrandFather: Bishop Christopher Wilson
Mother: Mary Wilson Lady Beckett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bishop Edmund Gibson
GrandMother: Anne Gibson