Social Victorians/People/Grimthorpe

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

Ernest William Beckett[edit | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

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

Timeline[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

Black-and-white photograph of a standing man richly dressed in an historical costume with a sword, cape and hat with a tall feather plume
Ernest William Beckett in costume as Sir Walter Raleigh. ©National Portrait Gallery, London.
Old drawing of a man with a ruff around his neck and a hat with a feather plume
Engraving of a portrait of Walter Raleigh, 1872

Ernest William Beckett[edit | edit source]

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]

Old portrait of a woman with two strands of pearls around her neck
Marie Eleonore z Lichtenštejna (1745–1812)

Mr. and Mrs. Gervase Beckett[edit | edit source]

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 | edit source]

Old painting of a woman very richly dressed and holding some flowers
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 | edit source]

  • Nationality: British

Residences[edit | edit source]

  • Yorkshire

Family[edit | edit source]

  • 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 | edit source]

  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 | edit source]

  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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