Edward Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe

Edward John "Teddy" Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe and 9th Baronet Beckett of Leeds (born 20 November 1954) is a British peer. He is racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah.

Lord Grimthorpe is the elder son of the late Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, and Elizabeth, Lady Grimthorpe, formerly Lady Elizabeth Lumley, daughter of Lawrence Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, of Lumley Castle, County Durham. He became 5th Baron Grimthorpe on the death of his father in 2003. The family home is Westow Hall, Westow, near York.

Lord Grimthorpe's father, the 4th Baron, was a keen horseman with a reputation as a shrewd gambler. He was a member of the Jockey Club, a director of Thirsk Racecourse, and kept a number of horses in training. 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. Grimthorpe's grandfather, the 3rd Baron, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Fortina in 1947.

The present Lord Grimthorpe was a keen racegoer from an early age. In an interview with the Racing Post he remembered having two shillings with his mother on Larkspur to win the Derby in 1962. As a schoolboy he saw Brigadier Gerard's only loss, to Roberto at York in 1972.

Grimthorpe was educated at Harrow School.

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

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