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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe

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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 noted horologist and architect. [1]

35 relations: Baron Grimthorpe, Batchwood Hall, Big Ben, Bishop of Lichfield, British Horological Institute, Carlton in Lindrick, Chancellor (ecclesiastical), Church of St Peter, St Albans, Diocese of York, Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, Eton College, George Gilbert Scott, Hall Cross Academy, Horology, John Lonsdale, Leeds, Matthew the Apostle, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nottinghamshire, Palace of Westminster, Queen's Counsel, Royal Astronomical Society, Saint Alban, Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet, St Albans, St Albans Cathedral, St Chad's Church, Far Headingley, St Michael's Church, St Albans, Transept, Trinity College, Cambridge, Vicar general, Victorian restoration, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency), William Henry Crossland, Wrangler (University of Cambridge).

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.

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Batchwood Hall

Batchwood Hall is a large country house in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

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Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower.

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Bishop of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.

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British Horological Institute

The British Horological Institute (also known as the BHI) is the representative body of the horological industry in the United Kingdom.

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Carlton in Lindrick

Carlton-in-Lindrick is a village and civil parish about north of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Chancellor (ecclesiastical)

Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some Christian churches.

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Church of St Peter, St Albans

St Peter's Church is a parish church in the Church of England.

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Diocese of York

The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York.

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Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe

Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (25 November 1856 – 9 May 1917), born Ernest William Beckett-Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.

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Eton College

Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.

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George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), styled Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.

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Hall Cross Academy

Hall Cross Academy (formerly Hall Cross School and Doncaster Grammar School), founded in 1350, is a co-educational academy in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

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Horology

Horology ("the study of time", related to Latin horologium from Greek ὡρολόγιον, "instrument for telling the hour", from ὥρα hṓra "hour; time" and -o- interfix and suffix -logy) is the study of the measurement of time.

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John Lonsdale

The Right Reverend John Lonsdale (17 January 1788 – 19 October 1867) was the third Principal of King's College, London, and later served as Bishop of Lichfield.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Matthew the Apostle

Matthew the Apostle (מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattityahu or Mattay, "Gift of YHVH"; Ματθαῖος; ⲙⲁⲧⲑⲉⲟⲥ, Matthaios; also known as Saint Matthew and as Levi) was, according to the Christian Bible, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to Christian tradition, one of the four Evangelists.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (pronounced or; abbreviated Notts) is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west.

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Royal Astronomical Society

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).

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Saint Alban

Saint Alban (Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, and he is considered to be the British protomartyr.

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Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet

Sir Edmund Beckett-Denison, 4th Baronet (28 January 1787 – 24 May 1874) was railway promoter and politician who was born at Gledhow Hall, in Leeds, on 29 January 1787.

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St Albans

St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans.

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St Albans Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral, sometimes called the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, and referred to locally as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England.

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St Chad's Church, Far Headingley

St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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St Michael's Church, St Albans

St Michael's Church, St Albans is a Church of England parish church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.

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Transept

A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the edifice.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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Vicar general

A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary.

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Victorian restoration

The Victorian restoration was the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria.

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West Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England from 1832 to 1865.

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William Henry Crossland

William Henry Crossland (Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, 1835Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed 14 July 2010 – 14 November 1908, London, (stroke)) was a 19th-century architect and a pupil of George Gilbert Scott.

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Wrangler (University of Cambridge)

At the University of Cambridge in England, a "Wrangler" is a student who gains first-class honours in the third year of the University's undergraduate degree in mathematics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beckett,_1st_Baron_Grimthorpe

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