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A Book of
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Coat of arms of Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
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Beckett is also believed to have been the father of
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757:contributions in Parliament by Ernest Beckett
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209:Austro-Hungarian Minister to Bulgaria
66:William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham
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295:(1913–1962) was a distinguished
218:Helen Muriel Beckett (1886–1916)
137:on 28 February 1900, during the
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676:"The Gardens of Villa Cimbrone"
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611:"Trefusis, Violet (1894–1972)"
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144:In 1885, Beckett was elected
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406:"Debrett's House of Commons"
301:Special Operations Executive
222:Ralph William Ernest Beckett
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