Paternal Family Tree: Beckett
On 14th December 1814 [his father] Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 27] and [his mother] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 19] were married.
On 12th May 1816 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe was born to Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 29] and Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 21] at Carlton Hall, Newark on Trent.
On 7th October 1845 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 29] and Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of Bishop John Lonsdale [aged 57] and Sophia Bolland.
On 17th November 1872 [his uncle] Thomas Beckett 3rd Baronet [aged 93] died. He was buried at Corringham, Lincolnshire, 22nd November 1872. His brother [his father] Edmund [aged 85] succeeded 4th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
On 27th March 1874 [his mother] Maria Beverley Lady Beckett [aged 78] died.
On 24th May 1874 [his father] Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet [aged 87] died. His son Edmund [aged 58] succeeded 5th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
Around 1880. The West Facade of St Albans Cathedral [Map] designed by amateur architect Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 63] replacing an earliesr design with the now lost Wheathampstead window.
In 1886 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 69] was created 1st Baron Grimthorpe. [his wife] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett [aged 62] by marriage Baroness Grimthorpe.
On 8th December 1901 [his wife] Fanny Catherine Lonsdale Baroness Beckett [aged 78] died.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 29th April 1905 Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe [aged 88] died after a fall. He was buried at St Albans Cathedral [Map]. His nephew Ernest [aged 48] succeeded 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, 6th Baronet Beckett of Leeds.
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gervase Beckett of Barnsley
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Beckett
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jonas Clarke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Clarke
Grandfather: John Beckett 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Joseph wilson of Monk Bretton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wilkson
father: Edmund Beckett aka Denison 4th Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wilson
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bishop Christopher Wilson
Grandmother: Mary Wilson Lady Beckett
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bishop Edmund Gibson
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Gibson
Edmund Beckett 1st Baron Grimthorpe
Grandfather: William Beverley
mother: Maria Beverley Lady Beckett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Johnathan Midgley
Grandmother: Mary Midgeley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Harrison
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Harrison
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Smithson
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roundell Smithson
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Smithson