George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans explained

The Duke of St Albans
Birth Date:25 June 1730
Death Place:Brussels
Office:Duke of St Albans
Term:1751–1786
Predecessor:Charles Beauclerk
Successor:George Beauclerk
Office2:Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
Term2:1751–1761
Predecessor2:The Duke of St Albans
Successor2:The Lord Vere
Office3:Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
Term3:1771–1786
Predecessor3:The Lord Vere
Successor3:The Lord Craven
Father:Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans
Mother:Lucy Werden

George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans (25 June 1730 – 1 February 1786), styled Earl of Burford until 1751, was a British peer.

Early life

He was the son of Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans, and his wife, Lucy Werden. His paternal grandfather, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwynne.

Marriage

On 23 December 1752[1] at St George's, Hanover Square, in London, Beauclerk married Jane Roberts (d. 16 Dec 1778[2]), daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Roberts, 6th Baronet of Glassenbury (1691–1745), and his wife, Elizabeth Slaughter (only daughter and heiress of William Slaughter, of Rochester, county Kent). Jane Roberts died on 16 December 1778 without issue. On Beauclerk's death in 1786, his titles passed to his second cousin George Beauclerk.

He was High Steward of Windsor in 1751, a Lord of the Bedchamber in the same year, and Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 1751 to 1760 and again from 1771 to 1786. He died in Brussels.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St Albans, Duke of (E, 1683/4). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110603130932/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/StAlbans1683.htm. 3 June 2011. 5 July 2020. cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  2. Web site: Sir Walter Roberts, 6th Bt. . The Peerage . 18 August 2003 .