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. It was created on 17 February 1886 for the lawyer and architect Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron. He had earlier represented

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in Parliament. the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003. The Beckett baronetcy, of Leeds in the County of York, was created in the

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in 1813 for John Beckett, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the

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. His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a

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politician. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet, and then to another brother, the fourth Baronet. The latter represented the

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in Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Grimthorpe in 1886. Another member of the Beckett family was the

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politician Gervase Beckett. He was the younger brother of the second Baron Grimthorpe.

Beckett baronets, of Leeds (1813)

* Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet (1743–1826) * Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet (1775–1847) * Sir Thomas Beckett, 3rd Baronet (1779–1872) * Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet (1787–1874) * Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet (1816–1905) (created Baron Grimthorpe in 1886)

Barons Grimthorpe (1886)

* Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe (1816–1905) * Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856–1917) * Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe (1891–1963) * Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915–2003) * Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (born 1954) The

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is the present holder's son, Hon. Harry Maximilian Beckett (born 1993).

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