ETYMOLOGY
from the name of Sir Edmund Beckett, first Lord Grimthorpe (1816–1905), whose restoration of St. Albans Cathedral, completed in 1904, aroused fierce criticism and controversy
EXAMPLE
“…Talking of Lord Grimthorpe reminds us of an honour that has recently been done unto his name. It shall not be the Antiquary’s fault if this honour is not perpetuated; so that, perchance, the dictionaries of the future may immortalize his titular name in the same way as they have already treated the family appellation of Boycott. Last November, a group of appreciative visitors were standing in the nave of the abbey church of Selby, discussing its probable reparation. “Ah!” remarked one, “if only the wealthy and generous man could be found, what a fine field for his labours!” To this a keen and well-known Yorkshire ecclesiologist replied: “Heaven forbid! the building might be grimthorped!…”
From: The Antiquary,
A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, Vol. XXI, January – June, 1890
‘Notes of the Month’
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