BECKETT— PASTON-BEDINGFELD. 39 "DECKETT, Sir Ed- -^ MUND (1813, U.K.), LL.D. Cantab. Q.C. 1854 chancellor and vicar- gen, of York 1877 ; s. his father as 5th Baronet in 1874; b. 12 May, 1816; m, 7 Oct. 1845, Fanny Catharine, dau. of Eight Kev. John Lonsdale, bishop of Lichfield; heir presumptive, his brother Christopher. Arms — Gu., a fesse between three boars' heads erminois. Crest— A boar's head couped or, pierced by a cross pat^e fitcb^e erect sa. Motto — Prodesse Civibus. Seat— Batch Wood, St. Albans. TOWN House— 33, Queen Anne Street, W. Hineage. SIR JOHN BECKETT, of Leeds, Yorks. J.P. W.R. and of Somerby Park, Line, [grandson of Gervase (son of Daniel) Beckett, of Barnsley, and his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Jonas Clarke, of the same place], mayor of Leeds, and created a Baronet 2 Nov. 1813 ; b. 30 April, 1743 ; d. 18 Sept. 1826 (bur. in the choir of Leeds parish church), having m. 3 Mar. 1774, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Christopher Wilson, D.D. bishop of Bristol ; she d. 21 Feb. 1833, having had with other issue 8 sons and a dau. (1) Right Hon. Sir John, 2nd Baronet, P.c. under-sec. of state, M.P. Cockermouth 1820/1, Hazlemere 1826/32, and Leeds 1835/7, bar.-at-law and bencher, judge-advocate-gen. ; b. 17 May, 1775 ; d. s. p. 31 May, 1847, having m. 20 Jan. 1817, Lady Anne Lowther, dau of William, Earl of Lonsdale, K.G. ; she d. 8 Nov. 1871. (2) Christopher, of Leeds, banker, b. 26 Jan. 1777 ; d. 5 Mar. 1847, s. p. (3) Sir Thomas, 3rd Baronet, b. 1 Jan. 1779; d. 17 Nov. 1872, having m. 3 Mar. 1825, his cousin Caroline, dau. of Joseph Beckett, Esq. of Barnsley; she d. 22 Jan. 1878, aged 91, having had 2 daus. (1) Mary. (2) Elizabeth, m. 17 Mar. 1853, to Sir Henry Hickman Bacon, Bart, who d. 14 Nov. 1872, leaving issue. (4) Richard, brigadier-major, capt. Coldstream guards; b. 18 June, 1782 ; slain at the battle of Talavera 28 July, 1809. (5) William, of Leeds, banker, m.p. 1841/52 ; b. 3 Mar. 1784 ; d. 26 Jan. 1863, s. p. having m. 20 Nov. 1841, Frances Adelina, sister of Hugo Meynell-Ingram, Esq. of Temple-Newsam, Yorks. (6) Sir Edmund, s. as 4th Baronet. (7) Henry, b. 11 April, 1791; d. at Bordentown, New Jersey, 11 Sept. 1871, having m. , Mary, dau. of James Lyle, of Philadelphia, merchant, and granddau. of James Hamilton, colonial gov. of Pennsylvania, and had with other issue an only son, Hamilton, b. 15 Oct. 1829; m. 14 Dec. 1854, Hon. Sophia Clarence Copley, 3rd dau. and coheir of John, Lord Lynd- hurst (ext.), and has a son and dau. /I/ Henry Lyndh^st, b. 8 April, 1857. /2/ Constance Mary, m. 10 Feb. 1880, to Hon. Henry Camp- bell Bruce, eldest son of Henry, Baron Abenlare. (8) George, prebendarv of Lincoln, rector of Epworth, vicar of Gainsborough; b. lO'Feb. 1793; d. 13 April, 1843. (9) Ann (3rd dau.), d. 20 Oct. 1867, having m. 7 Jan. 1811, to her cousin Lieut.-Gen. Thomas Marriott, E.i.O.s. ; he d. 16 Mar. 1847. SIR EDMUND, 4tll Baronet, of Grimthorpe, j.u. M.P. West Riding Yorks. 1841/59; he assimied the additional surname and arms of Denison by R. L. 8 Sept. 1816, and resumed his patronymic by R.L. 9 Dec. 1872; b. 29 Jan. 1787; d. 24 May, 1874, having m. 14 Dec. 1814, Maria, dau. of AVilliam Beverley, Esq. of Beverley [and great-great-niece of Anne (dau. and coheir of Roundell Smithson, of Millfield, near Harewood, gent.), wife of Sir Thomas Denison, Knt. justice of the King's Bench, 1742]; she d. 27 Mar. 1874, having had 3 sons and 4 daus. [1] Sir Edmund Beckett, Sth and present Baronet, formerly Edmund Beckett-Denison. [2] Christopher Beckett-Denison, M.P. West Riding Yorks. eastern division, 1868,80, deputy-chairman G.N. railway 1880, B.c.s. 184.5/65, civil commissioner at siege of Lucknow, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy ; b. 9 May, 1825. [3] William Beckett-Denison, of Nun Appleton, Yorks. M.P. East Retford 1876/80 capt. Yorks. hiissar yeo. since 1871 ; b. 10 Sept. 1826; m. 18 July, 1855, Hon. Helen Duncombe, dau. of William 2ud Lord Feversham, and has 3 sons and 4 daias. (1) Ernest William Beckett-Denison, lieut. Yorks. hussars 1881; b. 25 Nov. 1856.— (2) William Gervase, b. 14 Jan. 1866.— (3) Rupert Evelyn, b. 2 Nov. 1870.— (4) Helen Louisa. (5) Adeline Gertrude, m. 19 Oct. 1880, to Su- Frederick George Milner, Bart. (6) Katharine Violet. (7) Maud Augusta. [4] Mary, m. 21 Jime, 1837, to Charles Wilson Faber, Esq. of Northaw, Herts. J.P. D.L. Midd.x. who d. 1 April, 1878, having had 6 sons and 5 daus. (1) Edmund Beckett FABER, banker. (2) Arthur de Dibon. (3) George Denison. (4) John David Beverley, inspector of schools, m. 2 May, 1878, Caroline Georgina Alice, 3rd dau. of late Lieut.-Col. Broadley. (5) Walter Vavasom-. (6) Charles Lewis. (7) Mary Sophia, d. 25 Dec. 1875, having m. 19 July, 1864, to Rev. Arthm- Henry Faber, m.a. rector of Spotborough since 1880, head master of Malvern Coll. 1865/80. (8) EHzabeth, m. 12 June, 1873, as 2nd wife, to Hon. Mortimer Sackville-West, created LORD Sackville 2 Oct. 1876. (9) Alice Martha, m. 16 Oct. 1861, to John Blandy-Jenkins, of Kingston Bagpuize, Berks, high sheriff 1866, and of Tregoes, co. Glam. nom. high sheriff 1881, and has a son and 4 daus. John Blandt-JENKINS, b. 9 July, 1865. Mary.— Alice. — Eva. — Ethel. (10) Augusta. (11) Helen Margaretta, m. 11 Oct. 1881, to John, eldest son of John Bourne, Esq. of Hilderstone Hall, Staff. [5] Elizabeth, d. 26 July, 1870, having m. 25 Mar. 1841, to AVilliam Frogatt Bethell, of Rise, Yorks. who d. 7 Mar. 1879, having had 5 sons and 5 daus. (1) William Bethell, of Rise, bp. 15 Oct. 1847 ; m. 1 Jan. 1880, Hon. JIairi Mj-rtle Willoughby, dau. of Henry, 8th Baron Middleton. (2) George Richard, bp. 27 June, 1849.— (3) Edward Hugh, Ueut. R.E. assistant field engineer Khyber field force 1879/80; bp. 5 Mar. 1854.— (4) Christopher, ijp. 3 April, 1856.— (5) Alfred James, b. 1862.— (6) Maria.— (7) Lucy.— (8) Charlotte. (9) Elizabeth, m. 11 Aug. 1874, to Edwyn Walker, late capt. 15th hussars. (BART.) (10) Catherine. [6] Sophia, m. 19 Oct. 1847, to Rev. Thomas Bradley Paget, vicar of Welton and Melton, rural dean and canon of York, and chaplain to the archbishop of York, and has 4 daus. (1) Ada Elizabeth, m. 21 Dec. 1875, to Robert Stanley Schol- field, bar.-at-law, and has a son — Edward Paget. (2) Agnes Mary. m. 11 May, 1881, to Charles William Henry, eldest son of late James WiUiam Wall, of Coolnamuck Court, CO. Waterford. (3) Mildred Augusta m. 27 July, 1876, to Sir Henry Boynton, Bart. (4) Mabel Sophia. [7] Augusta. PASTON-BEDINGFELD, Sir Henry George, of Oxburgh, Norfolk (16G0/1, E.), on roll highsherifE 1881, coheir to the barony of Grandison, formerly capt. West Norfolk mil. and served in the Austrian cavalry; s. his father as 7th Baronet in 1862; b. 21 June, 1830; m. 17 Oct. 1859, Augusta,
