However, Beckford was bisexual and chose self-exile from British society when his letters to William Courtenay, later 9th Earl of Devon, were intercepted by the boy's uncle, who advertised the affair in the newspapers .. Courtenay was just ten years old on first meeting Beckford.

He was briefly trained in music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but his drawing master Alexander Cozens was a greater influence, and Beckford continued to correspond with him for some years until they fell out.

Beckford lived in Fonthill Abbey until 1822 when he lost two of his Jamaican sugar plantations in a legal action.

The children's author Ursula Moray Williams lived on the hill in Beckford from 1945 until her death in 2006

At the age of ten, he inherited a fortune from his father William Beckford, usually referred to as " Alderman Beckford ", who had been twice a Lord Mayor of the City of Londonconsisting of £ 1 million in cash (£ as of ),, land at Fonthill ( including the Palladian mansion Fonthill Splendens ) in Wiltshire, and several slave ( sugar ) plantations in Jamaica.

William Beckford ( 19 December 1709 – 21 June 1770 ) was a well-known political figure in 18th century London, who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London ( 1762 and 1769 ).

U-Roy ( born Ewart Beckford, 21 September 1942, Jones Town, Jamaica ), OD, is a Jamaican musician, also known as The Originator.

The 2003 – 04 season saw Jason Beckford replace Pickering as manager just prior to the season's start and the club embarked on a 21 match unbeaten run leading up to the New Year.

William Beckford wrote Vathek in French in 1782, when he was 21.

Gordon., " The counter-cult monitoring movement in historical perspective ," in Challenging Religion: Essays in Honour of Eileen Barker, edited by James A. Beckford & James T. Richardson, ( Routledge, London, 2003 ), pp. 102 – 113.

Eighteenth century Gothic horror drew on these sources in such works as Vathek ( 1786 ) by William Beckford, The Mysteries of Udolpho ( 1794 ) and The Italian ( 1796 ) by Ann Radcliffe and The Monk ( 1797 ) by Matthew Lewis.

This was further undermined by the ruling in Beckford v Hood, where the Court of King's Bench confirmed that, even without registration, copyright could be enforced against infringers.

He also drew up plans to attack French islands in the Caribbean the following year at the suggestion of a Jamaican sugar planter William Beckford.

Encouraged to study music by his father, he was sponsored as a young composer by Sir Peter Beckford, a wealthy Englishman who took him to England to advance his studies.

In 1766, Sir Peter Beckford ( 1740 – 1811 ), a wealthy Englishman and cousin of the novelist William Thomas Beckford, twice Lord Mayor of London, visited Rome.

In 1774, Clementi was freed from his obligations to Peter Beckford.

Eriksson spent big in a bid for promotion in the summer of 2011, including multi-million pound transfer fees on Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford.

Beckford Junction was abandoned in 1940.

Beckford Junction was a train switch that allowed trains to go to Suffolk, Elizabeth City, or Edenton.

Patrons who have influenced taste are also represented by works of art from their collections, these include: Horace Walpole ( a major influence on the Gothic Revival ), William Thomas Beckford and Thomas Hope.

There are also several primary schools in Hamilton, including, St Cuthbert's, Our Lady and St Anne's, St Elizabeth's St Peter's, St Paul's, St Mark's, St Ninian's, St Mary's, Glenlee, Townhill, Udston, Woodhead, Beckford, St John's, Woodside and Chatelherault Primary Schools.

* Tyson Beckford ( born 1970 ), male supermodel.

* Tyson Beckford ( born 1970 ), model.

Other ancestors include William Thomas Beckford, the scandalous 18th century English collector, tastemaker, writer, and eccentric.

Vathek ( 1786 ), by William Beckford, and The Monk ( 1796 ), by Matthew Lewis, were further notable early works in both the Gothic and horror genres.

* James A. Beckford and James T. ( Jim ) Richardson, eds., Challenging Religion: Essays in Honour of Eileen Barker ( London: Routledge, 2003 ).

" In a letter to Frank Belknap Long, Lovecraft ties this plot germ to Vathek, a novel by William Beckford about a supernatural caliph.

He was, and is, often referred to as " Alderman Beckford " to distinguish him from his son William Thomas Beckford, the author, art collector and builder of follies.

After Trumbo and the others were blacklisted, some Hollywood actors and directors, such as Elia Kazan and Clifford Odets, agreed to testify and to provide names of fellow communist party members to Congress.

The United States agreed to provide assistance to both Ethiopia and Eritrea, conditional on continued progress toward democracy and human rights.

Local jurisdictions of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church agreed to appropriate $ 3 million to purchase land adjacent to Mason to provide for a Fairfax Campus in 1966 with the intention that the institution would expand into a regional university of major proportions, including the granting of graduate degrees.

Sams related the story to Gates, who had already agreed to provide a BASIC interpreter and several other programs for the PC.

As dramatised in the film Topsy-Turvy, the author and composer were at an impasse until 8 May 1884, when Gilbert dropped the lozenge idea and agreed to provide a libretto without any supernatural elements.

After some negotiations BMB and IKEA agreed to provide Onis with a feature page on the IKEA campaign site linking through to Onis's. co. uk site, for a period of 1 year.

The January 2003 CIA paper Iraqi Support for Terrorism states that al-Libi told a foreign intelligence service that " Iraq — acting on the request of al-Qa ' ida militant Abu Abdullah, who was Muhammad Atif's emissary — agreed to provide unspecified chemical or biological weapons training for two al-Qa ' ida associates beginning in December 2000.

France agreed to rotate between 200 and 300 artworks during a 10-year period ; to provide management expertise ; and to provide four temporary exhibitions a year for 15 years.

The board agreed that, as a first step, Lyons would provide Hartree and Wilkes with £ 3, 000 funding for the EDSAC project, and would also provide them with the services of a Lyons electrical engineer, Ernest Lenaerts.

Political parties agreed in 1991 that the monarchy would remain to enhance political stability and provide an important symbol of national identity for the culturally diverse Nepali people.

When the expense of mechanisms to provide QoS is justified, network customers and providers can enter into a contractual agreement termed a service level agreement ( SLA ) which specifies guarantees for the ability of a network / protocol to give guaranteed performance / throughput / latency bounds based on mutually agreed measures, usually by prioritizing traffic.

The former colonial power, Portugal, has been focusing on enhancing the capabilities of the STP Coast Guard, and agreed to provide the force with training under a two-year military co-operation agreement signed in 2004.

It was agreed that Portugal would provide training, education, logistical support and health care to the forces.

A new Constitutional Charter was agreed to provide a framework for the governance of the country.

As part of the privatisation contract, Deutsche Telecom agreed to provide full digitalisation of the fixed line network by the end of December 2004.

In 1954, the United States and Canada, as part of the Atoms for Peace policy, agreed to provide and established the small research reactor, CIRUS, also at Trombay.

The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar and the Government of Norway signed an agreement in August, 2008 whereby Norway agreed to provide funds for the Tanga-Pemba Sub Sea Cable Project, which will enable Pemba Island to receive electricity from the National Grid from the Tanga Region ; the laying of a 40 megawatts marine cable started in December 2009.

In the Kingsbury Commitment, actually a letter from AT & T Vice President Nathan Kingsbury of December 19, AT & T agreed with the Attorney General to divest itself of Western Union, to provide long distance services to independent exchanges under certain conditions and to refrain from acquisitions if the Interstate Commerce Commission objected.

Margaret's uncle Charles VII, who also claimed the crown of France, agreed to the marriage of his niece to his rival on the condition that he would not have to provide the customary dowry and instead would receive the lands of Maine and Anjou from the English.

The Qing government agreed to make Hong Kong Island a crown colony, ceding it to the British Queen " in perpetuity " to provide British traders with a harbour where they could unload their goods ( Article III ).

Italy agreed to an armistice with the Allies on September 3, 1943, with the stipulation that the Allies would provide military support to Italy in defending Rome from German occupation.

The rumor that his birth name was " Matuschanskayasky " was given additional credence by the release of the 1974 film Earthquake in which Matthau had agreed to provide a cameo performance without compensation on the condition that he not be credited under his real name.