New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-09
a[ORD OF THE CLOCKS. "
Eccentric Peer of Whom Ernest
psc1.ett. N. p, Noe Here, Is Heir.

x,.cye.. NJ p who arrived here yester-
=. an heard the Oceanic, is heir to the peerage
- haronetcy Of his aged uncle LORD Grim
- and cannot be regarded as stranger TO
'nO-p1 ., seene that he married a particularly
t i and fascinating American girl, Miss Lucy
oe3, child Of William Tracy Lee, who
- ebout twelve years ago. leaving three chill
-. . hoy and two girls, the elder or whom mar
- lest year Count Otto Czernin, secretary OF the
-, Hungarian Embassy at Rome Nor was
A1'.0 -.sqa Of Ernest Beckett the only connec-
- :, his family with this country. for Henry BECK
N :. tb. close Of the eighteenth century. mar
60 MISS Mary Lyle. OF Philadelphia granddaugh-
- - lanes Hamilton, the Colonial Governor o.
Pennsylvania ,-,.,. -, ,,+.,o a.
-. -, the head Of the old established banking
NC that bears hts family name at Leeds and
= an art connolsseur while he has MADE his
- both In Parliament and in society," oelng
.so,,1ar favorite Of the King whom he has fire.
cyently entertained at his house III Town ana at
rtl-stau Grange his beautiful place IN Yorkshire.
h,is Ernest Beckett is very much up to date, his
- yo-a Grtu,thcrpe now near ninety years Of
.1s e a very eccentric old gentleman, and notod
For his many fads and hobbies one OF which is
.iocA making The new clock OF St PauFs Cathe-
araI which was completed and set up only about
cen Years or so ago. and which is the biggest time
rieca an Great Britain was designed by him, and
sbe great clock Of the Victoria Tower of the
4Eo1,ses Of Parliament is also his creation. Under
sire circumstances & IS only fitting that ne should
hold the position OF president Of the British Horo
logical Institute
e,or have his energy and industry been confined
- nIoo,,n,akine upon which subject, as also upon
bells and watches he has written and printed
r,anv useful and practical ireatises. He has also
baen very active as an ecclesiastical architect
nFo.t ~ the new works at ST Paul's Cathedral
rL,c, nave been carried on since 1878 have been
des,gnea bv Kim He also designed many churches
80 ,s largely responsible for the restoration Of the
Cathedral OF ST. Adams
TIE only objection that be made to this activ-
Inv for which be declines any remuneration is
tbas he insists Epon placing his crest In conspicrl
rs positions in al the sacred ediices with which
he has been connected either All architect or as
q cockmaker. Unfortunately. his crest happens to
be the head OF boar which resembles far less the
savage denizen Of the German forest than the
commonplace hog Of the British pigsty
Lord Grimrhorpe is likewise president OF the
Church Of England Burial Reform Association or
gained for the express purpose of abolshing all
forms Of interment and enaba1ming hermeti-
cally sealed caskets. etc, which are calculated IN
Interfere with that process of nature which ,s so
fioquently described In the solemn words Earth
to earth. dust to dust" Among those who have
expressed their strong sympathy with the objects
OF this association. which recommends the use OF
"lckerWork coflns and the abolition OF brick wants
ana stone tonbs. is no less parsonage than King
Edward, the supreme head Of the Church of Eng
land LIS