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Also Known As edit

  • Family name: Beckett
  • Before 1886, Ernest William Beckett-Denison
  • Baron Grimthorpe
    • Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (29 April 1905 – 9 May 1917)[1]
  • Baronet Beckett, of Kirkdale, York
    • Sir Gervase (William Gervase) Beckett, 1st Bt. (28 June 1921 – 24 August 1937)[2]

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies edit

Organizations edit

Ernest William Beckett edit

  • Member of Parliament for Whitby (1885 – 1905)[1]
  • York Hussars, Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel[1]
  • Imperial Yeomanry, DAG[1]
  • Beckett & Company, bank in Leeds, senior partner[1]

Gervase Beckett edit

  • Saturday Review, proprietor and editor in chief[2]
  • Westminster Bank, director[2]
  • Yorkshire Hussars, Captain[2]
  • Member of Parliament for Whitby (1906 – 1918)[2]
  • Conservative Party[2]

Rupert Beckett edit

  • Eton College[3]
  • Trinity College, Cambridge[3]
  • Yorkshire Hussars, Major[3]
  • Westminster Bank, director[3]

Timeline edit

1883 October 4, Ernest William Beckett-Denison and married.

1896 February 12, William Gervase Beckett and Hon. Mabel Theresa Duncombe married.[4]

1896 December 21, Rupert Evelyn Beckett and Muriel Helen Florence Paget married.[5]

1897 July 2, Friday, Ernest William Beckett attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. Also present were a Mr. and Mrs. G. Beckett and Mr. and Mrs. R. Beckett.

1905 July 17, Gervase Beckett was granted the rank of the son of a baron.[2]

1917 November 1, William Gervase Beckett and Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville married.[6]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball edit

 
Ernest William Beckett in costume as Sir Walter Raleigh. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
 
Engraving of a portrait of Walter Raleigh, 1872

Ernest William Beckett edit

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Ernest William Beckett (at 313) was dressed as Sir Walter Raleigh, at the head of the Queen Elizabeth procession, immediately after the Heralds.[7]:p. 32, Col. 3c [8]

Henry Van der Weyde's portrait of "Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe as Sir Walter Raleigh" in costume is photogravure #198 in the album presented to the Duchess of Devonshire and now in the National Portrait Gallery.[9] The printing on the portrait says, "Mr E. W. Beckett, M.P. as Sir Walter Raleigh."[10] Ernest William Beckett was widowed at this point.

The engraving (right) is of a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh originally painted by Federico Zuccari, engraving by Thomas Phillibrown, which was published in 1872 in Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., Vol. III.[11]

 
Marie Eleonore z Lichtenštejna (1745–1812)

Mr. and Mrs. Gervase Beckett edit

Mabel (Mrs. Gervase) Beckett (at 359) was dressed as Princess Elenora of Lichtenstein in the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille.[8][12] Gervase Beckett (at 483) also attended.[12]

Maria Eleonore of Liechtenstein (7 July 1745 – 26 November 1812) was with her sister appointed maid of honor to Marie-Thérèse when she was 15. Intelligent and influential, she had a salon (1768–1790) in Vienna attended by Emperor Joseph II.[13] Her salon was called the circle of five princesses, all present and active in Marie-Thérèse's court; the princesses were Princess Eleonore, "Princess Maria Josepha von Clary und Aldringen (1728–1801), Princess Maria Sidonia Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1729–1815), and Princess Leopoldine of Liechtenstein (1733–1809)" [sic number of princesses]; the late-19th-century Thérèse, Countess Clary and Aldringen and her sister Countess Josephine Kinsky attended the ball, dressed as sisters of Napoleon Buonaparte.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Beckett edit

 
Princess Isabella of Parma, 1758

Muriel (Mrs. R. Beckeet[12] [sic]) Beckett (at 482) was dressed as Princess Isabella of Parma in the Austrian Court of Maria Theresa Quadrille.[8] She is likely Mrs. Rupert Beckett; Rupert Beckett (at 481) also attended.[12]

Princess Isabella of Parma (31 December 1741 – 27 November 1763) lived only 22 years, dying as a result of childbirth and smallpox.[14] Born in Spain, she was married to Archduke Joseph of Austria, later Joseph II, and was thus a part of the court of Marie-Thérèse.[14] The portrait (left), painted in 1758 when she was about 17, is by Jean-Marc Nattier and possessed by the Art Museum of Vienna.

Demographics edit

  • Nationality: British

Residences edit

  • Yorkshire

Family edit

  • William Beckett-Denison (10 September 1826 – 23 November 1890)[15]
  • Hon. Helen Duncombe ( – 22 or 24 November 1896)[16]
  1. Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (25 November 1856 – 9 May 1917)
  2. Helen Louisa Beckett-Denison (25 February 1858 – 26 April 1935)
  3. Adeline Gertrude Denison Beckett-Denison (14 May 1859 – 7 July 1902)
  4. Violet Katharine Beckett-Denison (25 July 1860 – 18 March 1883)
  5. Maud Augusta Beckett-Denison (12 June 1864 – 15 July 1927)
  6. Sir Gervase (William Gervase) Beckett, 1st Bt. (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937)
  7. Hon. Rupert Evelyn Beckett (2 November 1870 – 25 April 1955)


  • Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (25 November 1856 – 9 May 1917)[1]
  • Lucy Lee ( – 9 May 1891)[17]
  1. Hon. Lucy Katherine Beckett (10 July 1884 – )
  2. Hon. Helen Muriel Beckett (23 August 1886 – 16 June 1916)
  3. Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (3 May 1891 – 22 February 1963)


  • Sir Gervase (William Gervase) Beckett, 1st Bt. (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937)[2]
  • Hon. Mabel Theresa Duncombe (16 October 1877 – 2 April 1913)[4]
  1. Marion Frances Theresa Beckett (8 November 1896 – 2 February 1972)
  2. Cynthia Maud Beckett (15 December 1900 – 25 December 1969)
  3. Beatrice Helen Beckett (26 July 1905 – 29 June 1957)
  4. Ann Prunella Beckett (16 September 1907 – 17 March 2001)
  • Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville (25 October 1884 – 25 July 1964)[6]
  1. Sir Martyn Gervase Beckett, 2nd Bt. (6 November 1918 – 5 August 2001)


  • Hon. Rupert Evelyn Beckett (2 November 1870 – 25 April 1955)[3]
  • Muriel Helen Florence Paget (3 January 1878 – 20 April 1941)[5]
  1. Gwladys Helen Beckett ( – 22 February 1943)
  2. Marjorie Nell Beckett ( – 10 February 1965)
  3. Pamela Thetis Beckett ( – 13 March 1951)
  4. Violet Consuelo Beckett ( – 15 August 1975)

Questions and Notes edit

  1. The 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Edmund Beckett, was William Beckett-Denison's brother, so the 2nd Baron Grimthorpe was his nephew.
  2. Present at the ball were, besides Ernest William Beckett, were a Mr. and Mrs. G. Beckett and Mr. and Mrs. R. Beckett. I think R. Beckeet must be a typo. R. Beckett could have been Rupert Beckett. William Gervase Beckett went by "Gervase."
  3. Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville had been married before she married Gervase Beckett.[6]

Footnotes edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Bt.." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Hon. Rupert Evelyn Beckett." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hon. Mabel Theresa Duncombe." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Muriel Helen Florence Paget." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  9. ↑ "Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515.
  10. ↑ "E. W. Beckett, M.P. as Sir Walter Raleigh." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158561/Ernest-William-Beckett-2nd-Baron-Grimthorpe-as-Sir-Walter-Raleigh.
  11. ↑ Bray, William[, and William Upcott]. Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. Vol. III. London, 1872: facing p. 301.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.
  13. ↑ "Eleonore of Liechtenstein". Wikipedia. 2021-09-03. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleonore_of_Liechtenstein&oldid=1042131460.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonore_of_Liechtenstein.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Princess Isabella of Parma". Wikipedia. 2021-11-24. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Isabella_of_Parma&oldid=1057000352.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Isabella_of_Parma.
  15. ↑ "William Beckett-Denison." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  16. ↑ "Hon. Helen Duncombe." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  17. ↑ "Lucy Lee." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
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