Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe
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Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe
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, (16 September 1915 – 6 July 2003), was a soldier and company director. He was the eldest son of Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
. He married Lady Elizabeth Lumley, of the Earls of Scarbrough, in 1954, and was awarded the OBE in 1958.
Baron Grimthorpe
Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for the lawyer and architect Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. He was succeeded according to the special...
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
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Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
, (16 September 1915 – 6 July 2003), was a soldier and company director. He was the eldest son of Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, Deputy Lieutenant , was a banker and breeder of racehorses. He was a partner in the Leeds firm of Beckett & Co., which later became part of the Westminster Bank, and in the aeronautical firm Airspeed Ltd...
. He married Lady Elizabeth Lumley, of the Earls of Scarbrough, in 1954, and was awarded the OBE in 1958.