Ernest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.
Ernest Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe
"Whitby". Beckett as caricatured by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, January 1904
Villa Cimbrone
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Villa Cimbrone is a historic villa in Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of southern Italy. Dating from at least the 11th century, it is famous for its scenic belvedere, the Terrazza dell'Infinito.
Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
…southern Italy. He transformed it into a fortified palace with towers, battlements and a mixture of Arabic, Venetian and Gothic details, and called it Villa Cimbrone. Between the house and the cliff edge, he built a garden, high above the Gulf of Salerno. The garden is an eccentric mixture of formal, English rose…
Villa Cimbrone
Terrazza dell'lnfinito, Villa Cimbrone's belvedere
The Cloister
The Temple of Bacchus