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Edward John "Teddy" Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe and 9th Baronet Beckett of Leeds (born 20 November 1954) is a British peer.〔"Grimthorpe, 5th Baron", ''Who's Who'', London: A & C Black (2012). (Link to online reference (requires login) ). Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕〔("Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe" ), The Peerage. Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 He is racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah. ==Family background and early life== Lord Grimthorpe is the elder son of the late Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, and Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe, formerly Lady Elizabeth Lumley, daughter of Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, of Lumley Castle, County Durham. He became 5th Baron Grimthorpe on the death of his father in 2003.〔 The family home is Westow Hall, Westow, near York. Lord Grimthorpe's father, the 4th Baron, was a keen horseman with a reputation as a shrewd gambler.〔Mottershead, Lee. "Death of Lord Grimthorpe at age of 87", ''Racing Post'', 11 July 2003. (Link to article on The Free Library ). Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 He was a member of the Jockey Club, a director of Thirsk Racecourse, and kept a number of horses in training.〔("Lord Grimthorpe dies" ), ''The Press'', 23 July 2003. Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 His stud at Westow Hall, which he re-established in 1965, was responsible for breeding Mrs McArdy, winner of the 1,000 Guineas in 1977.〔〔("Newly Elected Members of the Jockey Club & Appointments for 2008" ), The Jockey Club, 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕〔Carroll, Steve. ("Wonderhorse Frankel rules even for York’s Lord" ), ''The Press'', 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 Grimthorpe's grandfather, the 3rd Baron, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Fortina in 1947.〔 The present Lord Grimthorpe was a keen racegoer from an early age. In an interview with the ''Racing Post'' he remembered having two shillings with his mother on Larkspur to win the Derby in 1962.〔Downe, Alastair. "Lord Grimthorpe Interview", ''Racing Post'', 23 July 2010. (Link to article on The Free Library ). Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 As a schoolboy he saw Brigadier Gerard's only loss, to Roberto at York in 1972.〔Hayler, Will. ("Memories of Brigadier Gerard stalk Frankel before York's International" ), ''The Guardian'', 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.〕 Grimthorpe was educated at Harrow School.〔 Grimthorpe served as a page at the wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/yorkshire-s-own-royal-wedding-stirs-golden-memories-1-3447411 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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