English: Memorial to Dr Stephen Beckwith (1771-1844), of No. 19, Bishophill, York, Medical Doctor, in the north choir aisle of York Minster. A notable benefactor to the City of York. Effigy by Joseph Bentley Leyland. The chapter house was restored between 1843 and 1845 under the will of Dr. Stephen Beckwith who also gave the peal of twelve bells in the south-west tower to replace the peal of ten destroyed in the fire of 1840. The base, which had 6X4 panels with details of Dr Beckwith's benefactions, was removed in 1955 (now in store); brass inscriptions around the effigy. He died aged 73 on 26 December 1844 at his home, no. 19, Bishophill, York, and bequeathed over £40,000 to various charities in York (Obituary, Gentlemans' Magazine, Volume 21; Volume 175, p.221[1]). No. 19, Bishophill, York, is of the early 18th century and retains some original features. Built on part of the great Fairfax estate, it was a town house of standing, with a very large garden, extending from Bishophill almost to Skeldergate. The home for many years of the famous benefactor of York, Dr. Stephen Beckwith, M.D., who died there on 26 December 1843, the property was sold (Yorks. Gazette, 16 March 1844) to become the York Female Penitentiary ('Secular Buildings: Miscellaneous', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west (London, 1972), pp. 48-68. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/york/vol3/pp48-68 [accessed 17 December 2020]. He was vice-president of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. He was connected for 34 years with the York Dispensary, to which he acted as Physician until his retirement in 1842 due to a "serious illness".(Oswald Allen, History of the York Dispensary, p.96[2])

Ray Beckwith (1760-1799), of York, Medical Doctor, was a son of w:Thomas Beckwith (1731-1786) of Yorkshire, a painter, genealogist and antiquary.

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