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William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans (18 December 1766 – 17 July 1825)[1] was an English aristocrat.
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Born | William Beauclerk 18 December 1766 |
Died | 17 July 1825 58) | (aged
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Relations | William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans (grandson) Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 3rd Baronet (grandson) Diana de Vere Beauclerk (granddaughter) |
Children | 14, including William |
Parent(s) | Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans Lady Catharine Ponsonby |
William was born on 18 December 1766. He was the second son of Lady Catharine Ponsonby and Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, a Whig Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1761 to 1768 and for Aldborough from 1768 to 1774. His elder brother was Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans (father of Aubrey Beauclerk, 7th Duke of St Albans). His younger brothers were Adm. Lord Amelius Beauclerk (principal Naval aide de camp to King William IV and Queen Victoria) and the Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk (Vicar of Kimpton, Redbourn and St Michael's who married Hon. Charlotte Dillon-Lee, the daughter of Charles Dillon-Lee, 12th Viscount Dillon). His sisters included Lady Catherine Beauclerk (wife of Rev James Burgess, Vicar of Hanworth), Lady Caroline Beauclerk (wife of Hon. Charles Dundas, fourth son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas).[2]
His father was eldest surviving son of Mary Chambers (eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Chambers of Hanworth) and Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (third son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, himself the illegitimate son of Charles II of England and his mistress, Nell Gwyn). His mother was the eldest daughter of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough and Lady Caroline Cavendish (eldest daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire).[2]
He entered the Royal Navy in 1782 and was made a Lieutenant in 1788.[2]
His father succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth on 1 October 1781. In 1787, his father succeeded his childless cousin, George as the 5th Duke of St Albans. The 4th Duke had inherited the dukedom from his childless second cousin, George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans (the only son of the 2nd Duke).[2]
When his father died on 9 February 1802, his elder brother Aubrey succeeded to the Dukedom, holding the title until his death on 12 August 1815 when he was succeeded by his five-month old son, Aubrey. Upon his death the following year on 19 February 1816, William became the 8th Duke of St Albans holding the title until his death in 1825.[2]
On 20 July 1791, He married, firstly, Charlotte Thelwell (c. 1769–1797), the daughter and heiress of Rev. Robert Carter Thelwall of Redbourne Hall, Lincolnshire. and Charlotte Nelthorpe (a daughter of Sir Henry Nelthorpe, 5th Baronet).[3] Before her death on 19 October 1797, they were the parents of one child:[2]
He married, secondly, Maria Janetta Nelthorpe (c. 1779–1822), on 4 March 1799. Maria was the only daughter and heiress of John Nelthorpe of Little Grimsby Hall (the former High Sheriff of Lincolnshire) and Mary Cracroft (second daughter, by his first wife, of Robert Cracroft of Hackthorn Hall). Before her death in 1822, they were the parents of thirteen children:[2]
The Duchess died on 17 January 1822. The Duke of St Albans died on 17 July 1825 and was succeeded by his son, from his second wife, William.[2]
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