Thomas Alcock Beck
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Around 1819, he commenced the building of his regency mansion Esthwaite Lodge (subsequently a youth hostel), to the design of George Webster. The grounds were specially laid out with easy gradients for his wheelchair.[2] Besides other antiquarian interests, he also edited Dr. William Close's unfinished work An Itinerary of Furness.
Marriage
On 25 April 1838 he married Elizabeth Fell of Hawkshead[3] (formerly of Ulverston), having obtained a special license to allow the ceremony to take place within his own home.[4]
References
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- ↑ Thomas Alcock Beck: article in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition available by subscription, retrieved 4 December 2013
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- ↑ Original Hawkshead parish register, deposited with Cumbria Archive Service, Kendal.
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