Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe
Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe OBE, DL (1915-2003). He was a soldier, company director, landowner and peer of the turf. Christopher John Beckett was born 16 September 1915, eldest son of Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, (1891-1963), a partner in the banking firm of Beckett and Co., of Leeds, Yorkshire, by his first wife, Mary Alice, daughter of Colonel Mervyn Archdale, 12th Lancers and Mary de Bathe, daughter of Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet.
Personal life
Christopher Beckett was educated at Eton.
In February, 1954, he married Lady Elizabeth Lumley, daughter of the Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, of Lumley Castle, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen.
The wedding took place at the Queen's Chapel, Marlborough Gate, sometimes called the Marlborough House Chapel, by special permission of the sovereign, and the wedding reception took place at St James's Palace. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, & the Duchess of Gloucester attended.
Christopher Beckett
Christopher Beckett may be:
See also
Baron Grimthorpe
Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for the lawyer and architect Sir 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 Grimsby in Parliament. As of 2014 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 Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1813 for John Beckett, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a Tory 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 West Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Grimthorpe in 1886.
