Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1886 for the lawyer and architect Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet

Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe

Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. , known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison was a lawyer, horologist, and architect...

, 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. 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. 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

West Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England from 1832 to 1865. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-Boundaries and History:...

 in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Grimthorpe in 1886.

Another member of the Beckett family was the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Gervase Beckett

Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet

Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet , born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician.-Business Career:...

. He was the younger brother of the second Baron Grimthorpe.

Beckett Baronets, of Leeds (1813)

• Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826)
• Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, FRS was a British lawyer and Tory politician.Beckett was the son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet , and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Wilson...
  
   (1775–1847)
• Sir Thomas Beckett, 3rd Baronet (1779–1872)
• Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet
  Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet
  Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet , known until 1816 as Edmund Beckett and from 1816 until 1872 as Edmund Beckett Denison, was a younger son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet and brother of Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet....
  
   (1787–1874)
• Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet (1816–1905) (created Baron Grimthorpe in 1886)

Barons Grimthorpe (1886)

• Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
  Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
  Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. , known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison was a lawyer, horologist, and architect...
  
   (1816–1905)
• Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
  Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
  Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe , born Ernest William Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.-Biography:Beckett was the eldest son of William Beckett, younger son of Sir...
  
   (1856–1917)
• Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
  Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
  Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, Deputy Lieutenant , was a banker and breeder of racehorses. He was a partner in the Leeds firm of Beckett & Co., which later became part of the Westminster Bank, and in the aeronautical firm Airspeed Ltd...
  
   (1891–1963)
• Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe
  Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe
  Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, OBE, DL, , was a soldier and company director. He was the eldest son of Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. He married Lady Elizabeth Lumley, of the Earls of Scarbrough, in 1954, and was awarded the OBE in 1958.- External links :*...
  
   (1915–2003)
• Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe
  Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe
  Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe is a British peer. He is the elder son of the late Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe and of the Dowager Lady Grimthorpe, the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley; daughter of the 11th Earl of Scarbrough.-Marriage:Beckett married Elizabeth Carey Graham in...
  
   (b. 1954)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Harry Maximillian Beckett (b. 1993)