Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe

The Right Honourable
The Lord Grimthorpe
QC
Born
Edmund (Mackenzie Sidmouth) Beckett Denison

(1816-05-12)12 May 1816
Carlton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
Died29 April 1905(1905-04-29) (aged 88)
Batchwood Hall, St Albans
NationalityBritish
EducationDoncaster Grammar School; Eton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Parliamentary barrister, mechanic, architect

Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, QC (12 May 1816 – 29 April 1905), known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison, was a "lawyer, mechanician and controversialist" as well as a notable horologist and architect.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.