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Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, Deputy Lieutenant ( 1891 – 1963 ), was a banker and breeder of racehorses.

He was a partner in the Leeds firm of Beckett & Co., which later became part of the Westminster Bank, and in the aeronautical firm Airspeed Ltd. His racehorses included Fortina, which won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1947, and Fragrant Mac, which won the Scottish Grand National in 1952.

He married twice.