Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet
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Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet (28 January 1787 – 24 May 1874), 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
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He was twice Conservative
Member of Parliament
for the West Riding of Yorkshire
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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...
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He was twice Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for 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:...
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