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Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet
Sir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet (January 19, 1903 – 12 May 1994)〔(Diaries will stay secret 'to protect the Queen' ) — ''The Times'', 11 September 2006〕 was a British Conservative Party politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen.
==Family background==
His uncle was Alfred Beit, a South African mining millionaire, after whom he was named when he was born in London on 19 January 1903. His father Otto Beit (1865-1930) was awarded the in 1920 and was created a baronet in February 1924. His mother was Lilian, daughter of Thomas Lane Carter of New Orleans, US. On Sir Otto's death in 1930, Alfred inherited a large fortune as well as numerous works of art, including works by Goya, Vermeer, Rubens and Gainsborough. Having lived at 49 Belgrave Square, he bought a mansion on Kensington Palace Gardens (the most exclusive address in London), where these paintings were put on display.
Beyond personal wealth, by 1930 the Beit family had philanthropically supported primarily the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the Rhodes Trust and had established the Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, besides many smaller donations to other groups.
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