Maria Janetta Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (c. 1779 – 17 January 1822), formerly Maria Janetta Nelthorpe, was the second wife of

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, and the mother of the 9th Duke. Maria was the only daughter of John Nelthorpe and his wife, the former Mary Cracroft, of Little Grimsby Hall. Nelthorpe had been

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in 1775, and was related to the Nelthorpe baronets. Maria married the future duke on 4 March 1799, at

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, Lincolnshire, his first wife, Charlotte Thelwell, having died in October 1797, leaving no surviving children. Beauclerk inherited the dukedom in 1816, as a result of the death, in infancy, of his nephew,

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. His wife then became Duchess of St Albans. The couple had thirteen children: *Lady Maria Amelia Beauclerk (1800-1873), who died unmarried. *

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(1801-1849) *Lady Charlotte Beauclerk (1802-1842), who died unmarried. *Lady Caroline Janetta Beauclerk (1804-1862), who married

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and had children *Lord John Nelthorpe Beauclerk (1805-1810), who died in infancy *Lady Louisa Georgiana Beauclerk (1806-1843), who married Thomas Hughan, and had children *Captain Lord Frederick Charles Peter Beauclerk (1808-1865), who married Jemima Johnstone and had children *Lady Georgiana Beauclerk (1809-1880), who married Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet, and had children *Lady Mary Noel Beauclerk (1810-1850), who married

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and had children. Their descendants include

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, née Sheffield, wife of former

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David Cameron. *Lord Henry Beauclerk (1812-1856), who died unmarried. *Lord Charles Beauclerk (1813-1861), who married Laura Stopford and had children. *Captain Lord Amelius Wentworth Beauclerk (1815-1879), who married Frances Harrison and had children. *Lord George Augustus Beauclerk (1818-1880), who died unmarried. The duchess died in London, and was outlived by her husband. Her brother, John Nelthorpe, had died in 1819.

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