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

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parliamentarian of the

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. The Duke served in William Gladstone's government as

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between 1868 and 1874.

Background

St Albans was the only son of

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, 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

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dom in 1849, aged nine. He later took his seat on the

benches in the

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and served as

from 1868 to 1874 in

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's first administration. In 1869 he was sworn of the

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, but never returned to active political office, although he accepted appointment as

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serving between 1880 and 1898.

Family

St Albans married twice, first to Sybil Mary Grey (28 November 1848 – 7 September 1871,

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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

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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

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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

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. She was the granddaughter of London Sephardic Jewish Shakespearian actor turned parliamentarian

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. Her father Ralph Bernal Jr., later

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, was Secretary of the Admiralty and a parliamentarian. Grace's mother was an

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, 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

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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

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and secondly, Major-General Sir William Lambton, son of

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. *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,

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, who in turn was succeeded by his younger half-brother

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