George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans (5 December 1758 – 10 February 1787) was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Beauclerk and a great-grandson of
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG (8 May 167010 May 1726) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn.
Biography
His surname, Beauclerk ( Anglo-Norman for "fine scholar"), had been an epithet of ...
an illegitimate son of
Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was the eldest su ...
and his mistress
Nell Gwyn
Eleanor Gwyn (also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne; 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was an English people, English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Stuart Restoration, Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances ...
.
He died in 1787, aged 28 in
London
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, unmarried and childless, and his titles passed to his cousin,
Aubrey Beauclerk. He was buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 23 February 1787.
[''The Register Book for Burials. In the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 1754-1812''. 23 February 1787.]
References
1758 births
1787 deaths
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Burials at St James's Church, Piccadilly
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