Notables
The East German dissident and writer Thomas Brasch was born in Westow in 1945. He was widely known in Anglo-German and left-wing circles in Britain. Thomas was the son of German Jewish Communist émigré parents. In 1981 he received Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director.
Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, OBE, DL, (16 September 1915 – 6 July 2003), was a soldier and company director and resided in Westow Hall. He was the eldest son of Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe who in 1851 designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He married Elizabeth Lumley in 1954, and was awarded the OBE in 1958.
Lady Elizabeth Lumley was born in July 1925. She is the daughter of Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough and Katherine Isobel McEwen. She married Christopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, son of Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe and Mary Alice Archdale, on 17 February 1954. Baroness Grimthorpe's home is Westow Hall.
Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (20 November 1954–) is a British peer and Westow Hall his childhood home. His father was Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe and his mother Lady Elizabeth Beckett, Baroness Grimthorpe (née Lumley).
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