William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans,
PC DL (15 April 1840 – 10 May 1898),
styled Earl of Burford until 1849, was a
British Liberal parliamentarian of the
Victorian era
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.
The Duke served in
William Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
's government as
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
The Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK Government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. The present Captain is The 9th Earl of Courtown, who was appointed to the position ...
between 1868 and 1874.
Background
St Albans was the only son of
William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans, and Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of Major General Joseph Gubbins.
On 13 June 1863, he was appointed
Honorary Colonel of the
1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Rifle Volunteer Corps.
Political career
St Albans succeeded his father in the
duke
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dom in 1849, aged nine.
He later took his seat on the
Liberal benches in the
House of Lords
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and served as
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
The Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK Government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords. The present Captain is The 9th Earl of Courtown, who was appointed to the position ...
from 1868 to 1874 in
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-con ...
's
first administration. In 1869 he was sworn of the
Privy Council, but never returned to active political office, although he accepted appointment as
Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire serving between 1880 and 1898.
Family
St Albans married twice, first to Sybil Mary Grey (28 November 1848 – 7 September 1871,
London
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), daughter of
Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Grey and granddaughter of
Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, on 20 June 1867 in London. They had three children:
*Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk (12 April 1869 – 15 December 1958), married
Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst and had issue.
*
Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 11th Duke of St Albans (1870–1934)
*Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere Beauclerk (21 August 1871 – 20 September 1910), married Major William Lascelles, great-grandson of
Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and had issue.
After the early death of his first wife, he married Grace Bernal-Osborne (26 July 1848, Newtown Anner, Tipperary - 18 November 1926, London), on 3 January 1874 in
County Tipperary
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. She was the granddaughter of London Sephardic Jewish Shakespearian actor turned parliamentarian
Ralph Bernal. Her father Ralph Bernal Jr., later
Ralph Bernal Osborne
Ralph Bernal Osborne of Newtown Anner House, County Tipperary, MP (26 March 1808 – 4 January 1882), born and baptised with the name of Ralph Bernal, Jr., was a British Liberal politician.
Life
He was the eldest son of London Sephardic Spanis ...
, was Secretary of the Admiralty and a parliamentarian. Grace's mother was an
Osborne, an Anglo-Irish landed family;
The Duke's second marriage produced five children:
*
Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans (1874–1964)
*Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk (20 January 1876 – 7 February 1942), married
Lord Richard Cavendish, grandson of
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, (27 April 1808 – 21 December 1891), styled as Lord Cavendish of Keighley between 1831 and 1834 and known as Earl of Burlington between 1834 and 1858, was a British landowner, benefactor, nobleman, ...
and had issue. In 1897, she was one of the guests at ''The Duchess of Devonshire’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball''.
*Lady Katherine de Vere Beauclerk (25 May 1877 – 1 February 1958), married, firstly, Henry Somerset, grandson of
Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative Party politi ...
and secondly,
Major-General Sir William Lambton, son of
George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
(George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer.
Early life
Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbledon and was bapt ...
.
*Lady Alexandra de Vere Beauclerk (5 July 1878 – 16 April 1935), died unmarried.
*Lord William Huddlestone de Vere Beauclerk (16 August 1883 – 25 December 1954), died unmarried.
The Duke of St Albans died in May 1898, aged 58, and was succeeded in the dukedom by the only son from his first marriage,
Charles
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, who in turn was succeeded by his younger half-brother
Osborne.
See also
*
The Dukeries
References
External links
yeomenoftheguard.com
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