Peter Beckford of Stepleton

Profile & Legacies Summary

1739 - 1811

Biography

MP for Morpeth 1768-1774, son of Julines Beckford, father of Horace William Beckford, 3rd baron Pitt-Rivers.

Will of Peter Beckford of Stepleton [sic] Dorset [made in 1810] proved 28/03/1811. Under the will he left his estates and enslaved people in Jamaica and elsewhere in the West Indies (his trustees included his cousin the Earl of Effingham), to pay a number of annuities and legacies, including: to his daughter Harriet, wife of Henry Seymour Esq. an annuity of £200 p.a. over and above her entitlement under his marriage settlement, 'which I beg her to accept'; and £60 p.a. to Signora Rosa Buggiani of Florence. Subject to these charges, he left his estates to his son Horace William Beckford for life.

Sources

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/beckford-peter-1739-1811

PROB 11/1520/427

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Hon. Louisa Pitt

Associated Estates (5)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1766 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Owner

Bull Head Pen [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

1766 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner

Eaton [ Jamaica | Hanover ]

1766 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner

Shrewsbury [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

1740 [EA] - → Previous owner

Two Mile Wood Pen [ Jamaica ]

1766 [EA] - 1769 [LA] → Owner

Windsor [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]

Legacies Summary

Cultural (1)

Patron

Muzio Clementi ... ...

Details

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Muzio Clementi, brought to Britain as a young prodigy by Peter Beckford, on whose Dorset estate Clementi lived for seven years. Paul Griffiths, Penguin Companion to Classical Music...