Beckett Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for people with the surname Beckett. Both were members of the same family. The Beckett Baronetcy, of Leeds in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 2 November 1813 for John Beckett. His grandson, the fifth Baronet, was created Baron Grimthorpe in 1886. The Beckett Baronetcy, of Kirkdale Manor in Nawton in the North Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 June 1921 for the newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician Gervase Beckett. He represented Whitby, Scarborough and Whitby and Leeds North in the House of Commons. Beckett was the nephew of the first Baron Grimthorpe and the younger brother of the second Baron. As of 2006 the Baronetcy is held by his grandson, the third Baronet.
[edit] Beckett Baronets, of Leeds (1813)
- see the Baron Grimthorpe
[edit] Beckett Baronets, of Kirkdale Manor (1921)
- Sir (William) Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (1866-1937)
- Sir Martyn Gervase Beckett, 2nd Baronet (1918-2001)
- Sir Richard Gervase Beckett, 3rd Baronet (b. 1944)
