Beckford family
The Beckford family was an English family which emigrated to Jamaica in the 17th century.[1] There, they became members of the colony's planter class, acquiring great wealth through ownership of sugar plantations and slaves.[2]
Family members
- Peter Beckford of Maidenhead
- Peter Beckford (1643 – 3 April 1710) also had brothers Sir Thomas Beckford (1618–1685) and Richard Beckford
- His son Peter Beckford junior
- His son Richard Beckford (c. 1711 – 1756)
- His son William Beckford of Somerley (1744–1799) (married Charlotte Beckford, who died in 1833)
- His son William Beckford (1709–1770) (married Maria Marsh, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton)
- His only child by this marriage was William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844) but also had eight children born out of wedlock including Richard Beckford (died 1796)
- His son Julines Beckford (c. 1717 – c. 1764)
- His son Peter Beckford (married Louisa Pitt)
- Their son Horace Beckford (later Horace Pitt-Rivers) married Frances Rigby on 9 February 1808, daughter of Francis Hale Rigby, and had four children
- George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers (1810–1866)
- Horace Pitt-Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers (1814–1880)
- Fanny Pitt (d. 1 February 1836), married Frederick William Cox on 24 July 1834
- Harriet Elizabeth Pitt (1816 – 18 July 1876), maid of honour to Queen Victoria, married on 18 September 1841 Charles Dashwood Bruce (1802–1878), without issue
- Their son Horace Beckford (later Horace Pitt-Rivers) married Frances Rigby on 9 February 1808, daughter of Francis Hale Rigby, and had four children
- His son Peter Beckford (married Louisa Pitt)
- Peter Beckford juniors other son William Beckford
- His son William Thomas Beckford
- His daughter Susan Hamilton married Alexander Hamilton
- His son William Thomas Beckford
- His son Richard Beckford (c. 1711 – 1756)
- His son Peter Beckford junior
- Peter Beckford (1643 – 3 April 1710) also had brothers Sir Thomas Beckford (1618–1685) and Richard Beckford
- James Beckford Wildman, son of James Wildman of Chilham and Joanna Harper of Jamaica, was a godchild of William Beckford.[3]
Places of interest
Related families
- Pitt family
References
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Big Spenders: The Beckford's and Slavery". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-17.