Beckingham (surname)
Beckingham or De Beckingham is a surname of English origin, derived from the parishes of the same name in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.[1]
People with the surname include:
- Charles Beckingham (1699–1731), English poet and dramatist
- Charles Fraser Beckingham, British orientalist
- Elias Beckingham (died 1307), English judge
- John Beckingham (1510–1566), English politician, MP for Salisbury
- Peter Beckingham (born 1949), British diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Steven Beckingham (born 1978), English actor
- Stuart Beckingham (born 1981), Australian figure skater
People born with the surname but known by other names include:
- Anne Dudley (born 1956), musician (Art of Noise) and film score composer, born Anne Beckingham
- Simon Pegg (born 1970), English actor, born Simon Beckingham
- Bobby Valentino (British musician), born Robert Beckingham
References
- Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. J. R. Smith.
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