1ST See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND BECKETT See also:

• 1ST BARON EDMUND BECKETT GRIMTHORPE (1816–1905)

GRIMTHORPE (1816–1905)  , son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund Beckett See also:

• DENISON
• DENISON, GEORGE ANTHONY (1805-1896)
• DENISON, GEORGE TAYLOR (1839- )

Denison, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 12th of May 1816 . He was educated at See also:

• DONCASTER

Doncaster and See also:

• ETON

Eton, whence he proceeded to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and graduated thirtieth wrangler in 1838 . He was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn in 1841 . Upon succeeding to the baronetcy in 1874 he dropped the name of Denison, which his See also:

• FATHER

father had assumed in 1816 . From 1877 to 1900 he was See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor and See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and he was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage in 1886 . He was made a Q.C. in 1854, and was for many years a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

Parliamentary Bar . He devoted himself to the study of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, horology and See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, more especially See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic ecclesiastical architecture . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1850 he had become a recognized authority on clocks, watches and bells, and in particular on the construction of See also:

• TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

turret clocks, for he had designed Dent's See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition See also:

• CLOCK

clock, and his Rudimentary See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise had gone through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . In 1851 he was called upon, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with the astronomer royal (Mr, afterwards Sir, G . B . See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

Airy) and Mr Dent, to See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design a suitable clock for the new Houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . The See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower clock, popularly known as " Big See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben," was constructed after See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• GRIMTHORPE, EDMUND BECKETT, 1ST BARON (1816–1905)

Grimthorpe's designs .

In a number of burning questions during his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Lord Grimthorpe took a prominent See also:

• PART

part . It is, however, in connexion with the restoration of St Albans See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey that he is most widely known . The St Albans Abbey Reparation See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee, which had been in existence since 1871, and for which Sir See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott had carried out some admirable See also:

• REPAIRS (from Lat. reparare, to make ready again)

repairs, obtained a See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty from the Diocesan See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court in 1877 to repair and restore the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• FIT

fit it for See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and parochial services . Very soon, however, the committee found itself unable to raise the necessary funds, and it was at this juncture that a new faculty was granted to Lord Grimthorpe (then Sir Edmund Beckett) to " restore, repair and refit " the abbey at his own expense . Lord Grimthorpe made it an See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express stipulation that the See also:

• WORK

work should be done according to his own designs and under his own supervision . His public spirit in undertaking the task was undeniable, but his treatment of the roof, the new See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west front, and the windows inserted in the terminations of the transepts, excited a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of adverse See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, and was the subject of vigorous protests from the professional See also:

• WORLD

world of architecture . He died on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1905, being succeeded as 2nd See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, E . W . Beckett (b . 1856), who had sat in parliament as conservative member for the See also:

• WHITBY

Whitby See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire from 1885 .