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.

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

Thus, in English law, the general common law principle is stated in Beckford v R ( 1988 ) 1 AC 130:

Amongst its earliest records were " Easy Snappin '" by Theophilus Beckford, backed by Clue J & His Blues Blasters, and " This Man is Back " by trombonist Don Drummond.

Gabbidon lives in Birmingham, England, and is currently touring a new album Reggae Rockz featuring Paul Beckford ( bass guitar ), Colin Gabbidon ( drums ), Faisal x ( keyboards ), Sonia Clarke ( vocals ), Anne Marie Chambers ( vocals ), Candi Gabbidon ( vocals ) and various other sessions players.

Vathek ( alternatively titled Vathek, an Arabian Tale or The History of the Caliph Vathek ) is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford.

Like Lovecraft's novel fragment " Azathoth " ( 1922, published 1938 ), The Dream-Quest appears to have been influenced by Vathek, a 1786 novel by William Thomas Beckford that " is similarly an exotic fantasy written without chapter divisions ".

Publicizing the names of celebrity clients, including Shaquille O ' Neal, Kid Rock, Keanu Reeves, Ty Law of the Denver Broncos, wrestling star Bill Goldberg, actor Tyson Beckford, and NFL running back Jamal Anderson, is a central feature of the WCC marketing strategy.

As the video begins, Beckford is seen leaving their home, with Braxton giving him a goodbye kiss and going to check the mail box.

Tyson Beckford ( born December 19, 1970 ) is an American fashion model and actor, best known as a Calvin Klein model.

Though this is unlikely, the notion that he did so encouraged many later travellers to visit the place, including William Beckford, J. R. Cozens, William Wordsworth, Crabb Robinson, Frances Trollope, Mary Shelley and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Its site is in the midst of of the former Lansdown estate of the famous nineteenth-century millionaire eccentric, William Thomas Beckford.

Allison J. Beckford ( born May 8, 1979 in Westmorland is a Jamaican.

Beckford is a relative

Beckford judged and mentored the contestants of the first few episodes of the Australian version of Make Me a Supermodel with model and former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins.

Taylor and male model Tyson Beckford co-hosted the new Bravo series Make Me a Supermodel.

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.

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.

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.

A few weeks later, on 23 May, Beckford publicly admonished George III.

King George was reportedly more enraged by the breach of protocol than by the nature of the request, yet it attracted the support of the Common Councilmen of London who expressed their gratitude by erecting a monument in the Guildhall, London including a life-size statue of Beckford ( pictured ), surmounting a stone tablet on which the words Beckford had used to admonish the king are engraved in gold.

Beckford was born on 1 October 1760 in the family's London home at 22 Soho Square.

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.

Having studied under Sir William Chambers and Alexander Cozens, Beckford journeyed in Italy in 1782 and promptly wrote a book on his travels: Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents ( 1783 ).

An important commission in terms of the client, were alterations to William Pitt the Younger's house at Holwood House in 1786, Soane had befriended William Pitt's uncle Thomas on his grand tour ; In ( 1787 ) Soane remodelled the interior of Fonthill Splendens ( later replaced by Fonthill Abbey ) for Thomas Beckford, adding a picture gallery lit by two domes and other work.

Soane called on William Thomas Beckford both in London and when he was taking the waters in Bath, Somerset in 1829.

Although suffering from a strained, at times, relationship, Beckford and Wyatt engaged, thus, in the construction of the Abbey, but it stands clear that, due to Wyatt's constant absences from the site, and because of the overt personal interest that Beckford had for this enterprise, he often took on the roles of construction site supervisor, general organizer, patron, and client all at the same time.

The villages of Sedgeberrow ( bypassed ) and Beckford are on the route.

* James Wyatt's biography at Beckfordiana, the website for resources on the life and work of William Beckford of Fonthill.

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.

He married Susan Euphemia Beckford, daughter of William Thomas Beckford and Lady Margaret Gordon-daughter of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne, on 26 April 1810 in London, England.

Between 1745 and 1753 William Beckford re-aligned the estate making the main entrances to the north and the south, he added a five arched bridge over the lake, placed a folly on the high ground to the west of the house and demolished the old parish church.

* Vathek ( based on the novel by William Beckford, 1830 )

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

Beckford has a son, Jordan Beckford ( born in 1998 ), from a previous relationship with celebrity stylist April Roomet, who appears on the E!

Beckford was named " Man of the Year " in 1995 by the cable television music channel VH1 & one of the " 50 Most Beautiful People in the World " by People magazine.

In March 1770 following the release of John Wilkes, of whom Beckford had been an ardent supporter, Beckford decorated his house with a large banner, which according to Horace Walpole bore the word Liberty written in embroidered white letters.

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.

For many years Beckford was believed to have conducted a simultaneous affair with his cousin Peter's wife Louisa Pitt ( c. 1755-1791 ).

In 1784 Beckford was accused by Courtenay's uncle, Alexander Wedderburn Loughborough, 1st Lord ( later Earl of Rosslyn ) of having had a homosexual affair with William Courtenay.

Consequently, he seems also to have caused the ire of many a client of his — including Beckford — because of his all too common absences from client meetings, for a general disregard for supervising the construction works he was in charge of, and for not delivering the promised results in time, with clients accusing him — in certain instances — of years of delay.

Beckford immediately started to build another one, this time with stone, and this work was finished in seven years.

Beckford's decidedly obsessive haste to erect the building as fast and as grandiosely as he could, coupled with the decision ( ultimately pushed by Beckford ), of reaching structurally unsound heights in the building's tower spire, and utilizing for this a method of building labeled " compo-cement " by Wyatt, which consisted in using timber stuccoed with cement, led to the eventual collapse of the tower — damaging the western wing of the building too — in 1825, when Beckford had already sold the building ( for a good price of £ 275, 000 ) to John Farquhar.

* Past Present Future ( 2011 ) features " Soul Makossa 2. 0 " with vocals performed by Wayne Beckford

Reformers like William Beckford and Radicals beginning with John Wilkes called for reform of the system.

Trials in this hall have included those of Anne Askew ( Protestant martyr ), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, Lady Jane Grey, Guildford Dudley, Thomas Cranmer, Henry Peckham, John Daniel, John Felton ( Catholic ), Roderigo Lopez, Henry Garnet ( in connection with the Gunpowder Plot ), Sir Gervase Helwys ( in connection with the Overbury plot ) and it contains memorials to Pitt the Elder, Pitt the Younger, Admiral Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, William Beckford, and Winston Churchill.

If one can imagine a combination, in almost equal parts, of Walter Scott, William Beckford, Dumas père, and Charles Dickens, together with a strong hint of Hungarian patriotism, one may perhaps form a fair idea of the character of the work of this great Hungarian romancer.

He won the outdoor title with a winning margin of four centimeters over James Beckford of Jamaica.

He was educated at Eton, where he was contemporary with Charles James Fox, the 2nd Baron Lyttelton and William Beckford.

Fonthill House burnt down in 1755 and was replaced with a new one — Fonthill Splendens built by William Beckford — to the south of the old one.

Dubbed ‘ The Phoenix ’ by William Beckford, Hayter showed a pomposity that irritated his fellow artists, but he mixed freely with many aristocratic families.

The concept evolves around the ending of Braxton's relationship with her fictional boyfriend, played by model Tyson Beckford.

She then walks around the house, remembering the good moments she had with Beckford, such as swimming in the pool and playing Twister.

In 1992, he was recruited to hip hop magazine The Source by a talent scout, Jeff Jones, who has been credited with ' discovering ' Beckford in New York City.