Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe

Edward John "Teddy" Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe DL (born 20 November 1954), is a British peer.

[1] Lord Grimthorpe's father, the 4th Baron, was a keen horseman with a reputation as a shrewd gambler.

[3] 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.

[1] Grimthorpe served as a page at the wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, to Katharine Worsley on 8 June 1961.

[14][15] Lord Grimthorpe was elected to the Jockey Club in December 2007[1][4] and in 2011 he was appointed chairman of the race committee at York Racecourse.