Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (born 20 November 1954) is a British peer

Peerage

The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...

. He is the elder son of the late Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe

Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe

Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, OBE, DL, , 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.- External links :*...

 and of the Dowager Lady Grimthorpe, the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley; daughter of the 11th Earl of Scarbrough

Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough

Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, KG, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, DL TD was a British Conservative statesman....

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Marriage

Beckett married Elizabeth Carey Graham in her second marriage in 1992. She became The Hon. Mrs Beckett upon marriage and Lady Grimthorpe when her husband succeeded to the barony in 2003.

They have one child:

• The Hon. Harry Maximillian Beckett (28 April 1993–) - heir apparent
  Heir apparent
  An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
  
  

Source

• GRIMTHORPE, 5th Baron, Who's Who 2009, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008 accessed 6 April 2009