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BECHER, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of Michael Becher, Cork, Ireland, and Catherine French; bapt. 23 Dec 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1783; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - 23 Oct 1802 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Rampton and Midsomer Norton); BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1788; ordained deacon 15 Jul 1792 (York), priest 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York); Perpetual Curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts., from 13 Dec 1799; Vicar of Rampton, Notts., and Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 11 Mar 1802 (but year of grace from 3 Nov 1801); Prebendary and Vicar-General of Southwell, Notts., from 22 Jan 1818; Vicar of Farnsfield, Notts., 1827 (still 1829); Rector of Barnborough, Yorks., from 1830; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, North Notts., 1806-36; devoted himself to local administration and took a great interest in the social condition of the people; author, The Anti-Pauper System, 1830, and other works on social economy; m. 6 Jan 1802 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Becher, Rector of Cole Orton, Leics., and Prebendary of Southwell; d. 3 Jan 1848. DNB.

BECKFORD, ----; b. ; in under school lists 1715-7. [Probably Peter Beckford, elder brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); bapt. 18 Feb 1704/5; succeeded to father’s Jamaican estates 1735; d. 16 Aug 1737]

BECKFORD, BALLARD, son of Thomas Beckford, Spanish Town, Jamaica, and his first wife Mary Tolderby; bapt. 28 Jul 1709; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1720/1; in under school list 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1726; m. Ann, dau. of John Clark, Governor of New York; d. in Jamaica 23 May 1760.

BECKFORD, FRANCIS, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan 1718/9, qv); b. 23 Feb 1722/3; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1730; left 1737; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1741; of Basing Park, Hampshire; contested Boston 1747; m. 1st, 8 Mar 1743/4 Lady Albinia Bertie, sister of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (qv); m. 2nd, 1755 Susannah, only dau. of Richard Love, Basing, Hampshire; d. 25 Nov 1768.

BECKFORD, GEORGE, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan 1718/9, qv); bapt. 14 Dec 1715; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1724; d. at school in 1725.

BECKFORD, JULINES, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1725; in school list 1731; landowner in Jamaica; purchased Iwerne Stepleton estate, Dorset, 1745; High Sheriff, Dorset 1749; MP Salisbury from 1754; m. 17 Jan 1739 Elizabeth, dau. of Solomon Ashley MP, merchant, London and Ashby St. Ledgers, Northants.; d. 27 Nov 1764.

BECKFORD, NATHANIEL, brother of William Beckford (adm. Jan. 1718/9, qv); b. 3 Dec 1713; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1721/2; in school list 1727/8; d. unm. 27 Nov 1764.

BECKFORD, PETER, only son of Julines Beckford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Butler's); in school list 1752; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Apr 1757; of Iwerne Stepleton, Dorset; travelling in Italy 1765-6; High Sheriff, Dorset 1780; MP Morpeth 1768-74; a man of many accomplishments, and a famous sportsman; hunted the country subsequently known as the South Dorset; went to live permanently in Italy 1783; author, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, 1781, Essays on Hunting, 1781, and Familiar Letters from Italy to a Friend in England, 1805; m. 22 Mar 1773 Hon. Louisa Pitt, dau. of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.