Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet
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Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (14 January 1866 – 24 August 1937), born William Gervase Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician.
Beckett was the son of William Beckett-Denison MP. He was educated at Eton College and joined the family banking business, Beckett & Co, in Leeds. After the firm was taken over by the Westminster Bank he joined the bank's board. He was also chairman of the Yorkshire Post and proprietor and editor of the Saturday Review. His elder brother, Ernest, succeeded his uncle as 2nd Baron Grimthorpe in 1905 and Beckett was granted the precedence of a baron's son and the right to use the style "The Honourable".
He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for Whitby. When that constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election, he was returned for the new Scarborough and Whitby constituency. He lost his seat at the 1922 general election, but returned to the House of Commons at the 1923 general election as Member of Parliament for Leeds North, and held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1929 election.
Beckett was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Green Howards in 1884,[1] but resigned his commission in 1886.[2] He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Hussars in 1888[3]. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1895[4] and Captain in 1898,[5] and resigned his commission in 1901[6] During the First World War he returned to service as Assistant Military Secretary of Northern Command from 1914[7] to 1916.[8] He was Assistant Director of the Department of War Trade from 1918 to 1919.
He was created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours,[9] as Sir Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet Beckett, of Kirkdale Manor in the County of Yorkshire.
Beckett's third daughter, Beatrice, married Anthony Eden.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25349, page 1983, 2 May 1884.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25646, page 5599, 19 November 1886.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25776, page 361, 13 January 1888.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 26621, page 2555, 3 May 1895.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 26996, page 4939, 16 August 1898.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27311, page 3132, 7 May 1901.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29082, page 1952, 23 February 1915.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 29621, page 5829, 13 June 1916.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32346, page 4530, 4 June 1921.
[edit] References
- Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page.
- Obituary, The Times, 25 August 1937
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Noel Buxton |
Member of Parliament for Whitby 1906–1918 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby 1919–1922 |
Succeeded by Sidney Herbert |
| Preceded by Hugh Myddleton Butler |
Member of Parliament for Leeds North 1923–1929 |
Succeeded by Osbert Peake |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new title) |
Baronet of Kirkdale Manor, Yorkshire 1921–1937 |
Succeeded by Martyn Gervase Beckett |
