Biography of Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe 1856-1917

Paternal Family Tree: Beckett

Maternal Family Tree: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge 1742-1817

In 1855 [his father] William Beckett-Denison (age 28) and [his mother] Helen Duncombe (age 23) were married.

On 25 Nov 1856 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe was born to William Beckett-Denison (age 30) and Helen Duncombe (age 25).

On 04 Oct 1883 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 26) and Lucy Tracy Lee were married.

On 24 Nov 1885 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 28) was elected MP Whitby which seat he held until 29 Apr 1905 when he succeeded to his title.

On 09 Mar 1891 [his wife] Lucy Tracy Lee died from childbirth six days after the birth of her son [his son] Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe.

On 03 May 1891 [his son] Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe was born to Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 34) and [his former wife] Lucy Tracy Lee.

On 06 Jun 1894 Violet Keppel was born to George Keppel (age 28) and Alice Frederica Edmonstone aka Keppel (age 26). Her family considered her father was Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 37).

1897 Devonshire House Ball

1897. Henry van der Weyde (age 59). Photograph of Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 40) as "Sir Walter Raeligh" at the 1897 Devonshire House Ball.

The London Gazette 27169. War Office, Pall Mall, 27th February, 1900. The Imperial Yeomanry.

Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Beckett (age 43), Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry.

The London Gazette 27173. War Office, 18th March, 1900. Yeomanry Cavalry.

Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Wales's Own) Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Beckett (age 43). Dated 14th March, 1900

In 1901 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 44) and Eve Fairfax (age 30) were engaged around which time he commissioned a bust of Eve from sculptor Auguste Rodin, which was the first of several Rodin made using Eve as a model. the wedding never took place. It was rumoured Eve and Rodin had a love affair.

The London Gazette 27454. War Office, 15th July, 1902. Imperial Yeomanry. Memorandum. The undermentioned Officer resigns his Commission, and receives a new Commission subject to the provisions of the Militia and Yeomanry Act, 1901, retaining his present rank and seniority, viz.:—

Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Walesjs Own). Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Beckett (age 45).

1903. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 46).

In 1904 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 47) purchased Villa Cimbrone, Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of southern Italy, from the Amici’s of Atrani who had inherited the villa in the second half of the nineteenth century.

In 1905 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 48) was sacked as a senior partner from the family banking firm Beckett & Co. by his two brothers because of his expensive tastes and personal debts.

On 29 Apr 1905 [his uncle] Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe (age 88) died after a fall. He was buried at St Alban's Cathedral [Map]. His nephew Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 48) succeeded 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, 6th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.

On 03 Sep 1914 [his son] Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Alice Archdale Baroness Beckett were married.

In Mar 1916 Eve Fairfax (age 45) entered a nursing home at 15 Welbeck Street in the west end of London, and on 7 March her son was born. She named him John Francis Mordaunt. Eve and her son were well looked after by the matron there, Clara Nelson Smith, who was present at the birth. Clara Nelson Smith had been awarded the Royal Victorian Order after a member of the royal family had died in the Welbeck nursing home. The cause of his death was unknown and his will was sealed, creating a precedent for future royal wills. The child's father is suspected to be her former fiance Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 59).

On 09 May 1917 Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (age 60) died at a sanatorium in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. His son [his son] Ralph Beckett 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (age 26) succeeded 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, 7th Baronet Beckett of Leeds. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Alice Archdale Baroness Beckett by marriage Baroness Grimthorpe. His ashes are interred in the gardens of Villa Cimbrone, Ravello.

Royal Ancestors of Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe 1856-1917

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Ancestors of Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe 1856-1917

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beckett 1st Baronet

GrandFather: Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Wilson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop Christopher Wilson

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Wilson Lady Beckett

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bishop Edmund Gibson

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Gibson

Father: William Beckett-Denison

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Beverley

GrandMother: Maria Beverley Lady Beckett

Great x 2 Grandfather: Johnathan Midgley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Midgeley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen Harrison

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Harrison

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roundell Smithson

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Smithson

Ernest William Beckett 2nd Baron Grimthorpe 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Browne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Duncombe

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary aka Ursula Duncombe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Slingsby Duncombe 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Slingsby 4th Baronet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sarah Slingsby 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah or Susan Savile

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Duncombe 1st Baron Feversham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: William Duncombe 2nd Baron Feversham 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Legge 1st Earl Dartmouth

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Legge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Finch Countess Dartmouth 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Legge 2nd Earl Dartmouth 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Kaye 3rd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Kaye Baroness North and Guildford

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Legge Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Gounter

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Gounter Nicoll

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Catherine Gounter Nicoll Countess Dartmouth

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Blundell of Basingstoke in Hampshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blundell

Mother: Helen Duncombe 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 7th Earl Galloway 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Stewart 8th Earl Galloway 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dashwood

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Dashwood 2nd Baronet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Reade

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Dashwood Countess Galloway

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Spencer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Spencer Lady Dashwood

GrandMother: Louisa Stewart Baroness Feversham Duncombe Park 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bayly-Paget 1st Earl Uxbridge 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Paget 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Paget Lady Plas Newydd Anglesey 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Paget Countess Galloway 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Very Reverend Arthur Champagné

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Champagné Countess Uxbridge