Ronald Brymer Beckett

Ronald Brymer Beckett (17 January 1891 - 1 December 1970) was a British administrator in the Indian Civil Service and later an art historian.

Early life and education Ronald Beckett was born on 17 January 1891 in Rawdon, Yorkshire, to James Robertson Beckett, a wool and silk merchant, and his wife Annie Bertha Murray, a schoolteacher. At the age of four, his family relocated to Pocklington. When in response a large Indian crowd proceeded to Irving's residence to request their release, Beckitt was assigned to prevent their entry into the European residential quarter. Later that year he gave testimony to the official British inquiry into the Punjab disturbances, the Hunter Committee.

During his career in India Beckett's posts included being guardian to the Nawab of Mamdot, and Judge at the High Court of Lahore.

Personal and family Beckett married Norah Ford Anderson in 1918. She would later return to England on two occasions to give birth to their two daughters. He wrote two novels and became a collector of stamps, Indian miniatures, and sculptures.

Death Beckett died on 1 December 1970 in Northmoor, Oxfordshire.