. ▁ ▁Christopher ▁Beck ett ▁Den ison ▁( 1 8 2 5 – 1 8 8 4 ), ▁who ▁died ▁un mar ried . ▁ ▁Mary ▁Beck ett , ▁who ▁married ▁Charles ▁Wilson ▁Fab er ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁Edmund ▁Beck ett ▁Fab er , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron ▁Fab er . ▁ ▁Through ▁his ▁wife ▁Beck ett ▁inherited ▁the ▁estate ▁of ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁Den ison ▁( d . ▁ 1 7 6 5 ). ▁On ▁ 1 7 ▁November ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁he ▁inherited ▁the ▁baron et cy ▁of ▁Beck ett . ▁He ▁had ▁assumed ▁the ▁additional ▁surname , ▁Den ison , ▁by ▁letters ▁pat ent ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁but ▁res umed ▁his ▁original ▁surname ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁process ▁on ▁succeed ing ▁to ▁the ▁baron et cy ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁surv iving ▁evidence ▁shows ▁Beck ett ▁to ▁be ▁t ough ▁and ▁un comp rom ising . ▁At ▁his ▁death ▁even ▁the ▁local ▁T ory ▁paper , ▁in ▁its ▁ob itu ary , ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁" br us que ▁in ▁his ▁manner , ▁imp at ient ▁to ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁human ▁van ity ▁in ▁all ▁its ▁ugly ▁shapes , ▁and ▁with ▁little ▁trace ▁of ▁sentiment ▁or ▁poetry ▁of ▁any ▁description ". ▁ ▁Beck ett ▁died ▁at ▁Don c aster , ▁aged ▁ 8 7 , ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁May ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁his ▁wife ▁having ▁died ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁March ▁that ▁year .