Beckingham (surname) explained

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Lower, Mark Antony. Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom. 1860. J. R. Smith.