George Skirrow Beecroft (16 November 1809 – 18 March 1869)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician and ironmaster.
Together, they had two children: George Audus Beaumont (1844–1873) and Mary Alice, who died in infancy.
He then moved into the iron trade, working with his father and uncle, Thomas Butler (senior), at Kirkstall Forge, eventually becoming partners.
[2][4] Beecroft began his career as a member of the Leeds Town Council in 1849, holding office there until 1856.
[4] He was elected a Liberal-Conservative, nominally a Conservative, MP for Leeds at a by-election in 1857 - with politics supporting the Church of England, encouraging popular education, and extending the franchise - and held the seat until he stood down at the 1868 general election, owing to ill health.