BEAUCLERK, Murray de Vere, 14th Duke of St. Albans (1939-2026)

[Paul Theroff]

"On 22nd April 2026, at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans. Beloved husband of Gillian. Funeral private. Family flowers only. Memorial Service at St Luke's Church, Chelsea, SW3 6NH at 11 a.m. on Thursday 25th June."

Source: The Telegrapjh, 30 April 2026

CHARLES FREDERICK AUBREY DE VERE Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St.Albans (16 Aug 1915-London 8 Oct 1988); m.1st 21 Mar 1938 (div 1947) Nathalie Chatham Walker (d.1985); m.2nd 1947 Suzanne Marie Adèle Fesq (d.Newbury 12 Feb 2010)
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MURRAY DE VERE Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St.Albans (19 Jan 1939-22 Apr 2026); m.1st 31 Jan 1963 (div 1974) Rosemary Frances Scoones; m.2nd 29 Aug 1974 (div 2001) Cynthia Theresa Mary Howard (d.12 May 2002); m.3rd London 14 Dec 2002 Mrs Gillian Anita Roberts, née Northam 

[bx...@yahoo.com]

He is succeeded by his only son, Charles Francis Topham de Vere BEAUCLERK (b. Feb. 22, 1965), previously styled Earl of Burford, who now becomes the 15th Duke.

The new Duke's only child, James Malcolm Aubrey Edward de Vere BEAUCLERK (b. Aug 2, 1995), previously styled Lord Vere of Hanworth, now becomes the heir apparent.  Presumably, he  will now take his father's old courtesy title.

Perhaps someone with access to DPB online can update the line of succession after the new Earl of Burford.  I believe the next 3 would be the 3 half brothers of the late 14th Duke, Lord Peter (b. 1948), Lord James (b. 1949) and Lord John (b.1950).

The three of them are all sons of the 13th Duke by his second wife.  

Brooke

[malcolm davies]

It has been 8 years 8 months since the death of a non Royal duke,and 5 years since any duke died.You have to go back to the early 17C to find when so long a period occurred.

Will it mean other ducal deaths to come in short space of time?

[malcolm davies]

Correction to my last post.The last non Royal duke to die was the 10th Duke of Roxburghe on 29 August 2019, so the period is 6 years 7 months.

[BREMENMURRAY]

Ironic that the new Duke should succeed just as Parliament is prorogued and the hereditary peers are removed. In 1999 he staged a protest in the House of Lords against the legislation removing any hereditary peers 

[Patricia Light]

The new Duke married in 2017 Sarah Davenport & they have a daughter; LADY THEA EIRYS B.2022 GRO REG Q4 CARMARTHENSHIRE (mother's name DAVENPORT)

[BREMENMURRAY]

The new Duchess was a designer at Bestwood Lodge former stately home of the Dukes of St Albans .Although in Nottinghamshire it was not considered part of the Dukeries

[Richard Carton]

The obituary of the Thirteenth Earl was included in The Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries published in 1995. 

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[S. S.]

With mine own tears I wash away my balm, with mine own hands I give away my crown.

S.S.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

In addition to their peerage titles, the Dukes of St. Albans also hold the hereditary title of Grand Falconer of England.

Brooke

[S. S.]

Also Hereditary Registrar of the Royal Court of Chancery. The 1st Duke of St Albans married Lady Diana, daughter and heiress of the 20th and last Earl of Oxford. Thus giving rise to de Vere in the names of the family. 

S.S.

[S. S.]

Lineage of de Vere, Earls of Oxford: Aubrey (or Albericus) de Vere (de Vere is a place in the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy), probably a Norman; b by 1040; held numerous manors according to the Domesday Survey chiefly in Cambs, Essex and Suffolk among others; referenced to him as Chamberlain occur ca 1110; Fndr of Earl’s Colne Priory in Essex where he and many of his descendants are bur; Sheriff of Berks by 1106; mar Beatrice; probably d 1112, leaving with an eldest s (dvp 1106) and 4 yst s (Geoffrey; Roger; Robert and William),

Alberic de Vere; b by 1090; described as King’s Chamberlain by 1112; High Sheriff of London and Middx 1121/1122; Jt Sheriff of London and Middx 1125; Jt Sheriff of Bedfords, Bucks, Cambs, Hunts, Norfolk, Suffolk and Surrey 1129 and Essex, Herts, Leics and Northants 1130; Ld Great Chamberlain of England 1133 and thus was held as a hereditary position in the family for many centuries; possibly Chief Justiciar of England 1139; mar Alice (d ca 1163), sis of Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b ca 1100; d 6 Jan 1148); k 15 May 1141 in a riot in London, leaving with other issue,

1. Aubrey, later 1st Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Geoffrey.

3. Gilbert; Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England 1195-97.

4. Robert, feudal Ld of Twywell, Northants.

5. William; Bp of Hereford 1186-d; one of several who excommunicated Prince John and his supporters in 1194; present at Winchester Cath for the 2nd coronation of Richard I Apr 1194; d unm 24 Dec 1198 (bur at Hereford Cath; MI).

6. Adeliza; mar Henry of Essex (d ca 1170).

7. Juliana; mar 1st, Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b 1095; d 1177); mar 2nd, Walkelin Maminot.

8. Rohese; b ca 110; mar 1st, Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, a prominent nobleman during the reign of King Stephen (d Sept 1144); mar 2nd, Payne de Beauchamp, of Hereford; d 1170 or aft.

The eldest s,

Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford [E] (so cr 1142 by the Empress Matilda and recognized later by King Stephen ca 1152-53); b probably ca 1110; Hereditary Ld Great Chamberlain 1141-d; mar 1st ca 1139 (div by 1146), Beatrice, granddau and hrss of Manasses, Comte de Guines, France (whom he suc in that fief late 1139 on doing homage to his overlord, Thierry, Comte de Flanders, though he was obliged to surrender it on his div); mar 2nd by 1152, Euphemia/Eupheme (dspm certainly and dsp probably 1153 or 1154), dau of Wiliam de Cauntelo; mar 3rd 1162 or 1663, Agnes (b 1151; d 1212), dau of Henry de Essex, feudal Ld of Rayleigh and Haughley (d ca 1170), though by which of his wives is unknown, but may have been the 1st w, Cicely; d 26 Dec 1194, leaving by his 3rd w with other issue,

1. Aubrey, later 2nd Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Ralph; dvf.

3. Robert, later 3rd Earl of Oxford (see below).

4. William; Bp of Hereford 1186-d; d unm 24 Dec 1198 (bur at Hereford Cath).

5. Adeliza.

6. Sarah.

The eldest s,

Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford; b in or aft 1163; Sheriff of Essex and Herts 1208-13; Steward of the Forest of Essex 1213; mar 1st, Isabel (dsp 1206-07), dau and hrss of Walter de Bolebec, feudal Ld of Whitchurch; mar 2nd, Alice, dau of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk; dspl by Oct 1214, leaving an illegit s,

1. Roger; d 1221.

The ygr surv bro,

Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford; b probably aft 1164; said to be one of the many guarantors of the Magna Carta; Justice Itinerant 1220; Justice in the King’s Court at Westminster 1221; mar Isabel (d 3 Feb 1245), sis of Walter de Bolebec and aunt of his elder bro’s 1st w; d by 25 Oct 1221, leaving issue,

1. Hugh, later 4th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Sir Henry, of Great Addingto, Northants; had issue,

2.1. Richard; mar Isabel, dau and ultimate hrss of John Greene, of Drayton.

3. Lady Eleanor; mar as his 1st w, Ralph Gernon (mar 2nd, Hawise Tregoz (?); d 1274).

The eldest s,

Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford Kt (1233); b ca 1210; mar aft 11 Feb 1222/23, Lady Hawise, dau of Saer de Quincey, 1st Earl of Winchester (d 3 Nov 1219); d by 23 Dec 1263, leaving issue,

1. Robert, later 5th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Lady Isabel; mar 1st, Sir John de Courtenay, of Okehampton, Devons (see DEVON, E); mar 2nd, Oliver de Dinham, Ld of Dinham.

3. Lady Lora; mar Reynold d’Argentine, of Melbourn, Cambs.

4. Lady Margaret; mar Hugh de Cressy/de Cressi (d shortly bef 24 Apr 1263).

The only s,

Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford Kt (1264 by Simon de Montfort on the eve of the Battle of Lewes); b ca 1240; supporter of Simon de Montfort and was captured unawares at Kenilworth on 1 Aug 1265 and temporarily deprived of the peerage till the Dictum of Kenilworth came into force 1266 though the office of Ld Great Chamberlain was not restored to him (apparently acted as such at Coronation of Edward I 1274); mar Alice (d 7 Sept 1312), dau and hrss of Gilbert de Sanford; d by 7 Sept 1296, leaving issue,

1. Robert, later 6th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Sir Hugh de Vere, 1st Baron Vere [E] (by writ of summons to Parl dated 6 Feb 1298/99), Kt (by late Aug 1293); b probably between June 1257 and March 1258/59; served in Gascony 1294-97 and Scotland 1299-1318 (present at Siege of Carlaverock); mar Denise, dau and hrss of Sir William de Munchensy, of Swanscombe, Kent; dsp shortly aft 22 May 1319, when the peerage became EXTINCT.

3. Sir Alphonso; allegedly mar Joan, dau of Sir Richard Foliot; d just prior to 20 Dec 1328, leaving issue,

3.1. John, later 7th Earl of Oxford (see below).

4. Thomas.

5. Gilbert; educ Univ of Paris; a cleric; d unm Sept 1289.

6. Philip; educ Univ of Paris; a cleric; d unm.

7. Lady Joan; mar Sir William (b 9 Feb 1256; d 15 Dec 1286), only s and h app of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (d 27 Sept 1304), and had with other issue,

7.1. Alice; mar 1305, Edmund Fitzalan, 2nd/9th Earl of Arundel (see NORFOLK, D), and had issue.

8. Lady Hawise; liv 1297; dsp.

The eldest s,

 Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford; b probably ca 24 June 1257; fought the Scots at the Battle of Falkirk 1298; opposed Piers de Gaveston (Royal Favourite of Edward II) but fought for the king against the rebel Earl of Lancaster 1322; unsuccessfully claimed the office of Ld Great Chamberlain restored to him; mar Margaret, sis of Edmund Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer; dsps 17 Apr 1331,

1. Sir Thomas (kt 1306); b ca 1282; fought for Edward II against the rebel Earl of Lancaster at Battle of Boroughbridge in March 1321/22; mar by 17 June 1315 (possibly as his 2nd w), Agnes, widow of Payn Tibetot and allegedly dau of William de Ros, of Hamlake; dsp vp by 12 May 1329.

The nephew,

John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford; b ca 12 March 1311/12; unsuccessfully claimed the office of Ld Great Chamberlain; campaigned against the Scots and French (present at Battles of Crecy 1340 and Poitiers 1356); mar by 27 March 1336, Maud, widow of Robert FitzPayn and dau of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere; d 23/24 Jan 1359/60 at Siege of Rheims, leaving issue,

1. John; probably b ca Dec 1335; mar probably July 1341, Lady Elizabeth (d 7 Aug 1395), dau of Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th 2nd Earl of Devon (qv); dsp vp by 23 June 1350.

2. Thomas, later 8th Earl of Oxford (see below).

3. Aubrey, later 10th Earl of Oxford (see below).

4. Robert; probably dvp unm.

5. Lady Margaret; mar 1st, Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (see BEAUMONT of Stoughton Grance, Bt); mar 2nd, Sir Nicholas de Lovain; mar 3rd, Sir John Devereux.

6. Lady Maud; d unm 1359.

7. Lady Elizabeth; mar 1st, 1341, Sir Hugh de Courtenay (see DEVON, E); mar 2nd as his 2nd w, John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray (see MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE and STOURTON, B); mar 3rd 18 Jan 1368/69, Sir William de Cosynton; d Aug or Sept 1375.

Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford; b probably ca 1336 or 1337; campaigned in France 1359-60, 1369; mar by 10 June 1350, Maud, dau of Sir Ralph de Ufford, Justiciar of Ir (d 1346), ygr bro of Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk KG (b 9 Aug 1298; d 4 Nov 1369); d between 12 and 18 Sept 1371, leaving an only s,

Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford later 1st Marquess of Dublin [E] (so cr 1 Dec 1385 for life plus the territory and Lordship of Ireland with virtually royal power this also being the first ever creation of a marquessate in peerage history) later still 1st Duke of Ireland [E] (so cr 13 Oct 1386 for in lieu of the marquessate, which was now revoked, with a grant of Ireland and its adjacent islands and all other appurtenances), KG (ca 1385), Kt (1377); b 16 Jan 1361/62; Royal Favourite of Richard II; CJ of Chester Sept 1387; CJ of N Wales Oct 1387; mar 1st by 5 Oct 1376 (div 1387), Philippa (d Oct 1411), dau and cohrss of Enguerrand de Courcy, Earl of Bedford, by Princess Isabel, dau of Edward III; mar 2nd (annulled by papal annulment dated 1398), Agnes Lancerone/Landskron, an attendant (possibly of German origin) of Richard II’s 1st w, Queen Anne of Bohemia); left in exile at the death of Richard II’s forces at the Battle of Radcot Bridge; attainted and sentenced to death in absentia by the Merciless Parl of 1388 and thus had his titles FORFEITED including the Dukedom of Ireland; d 1392 in exile at Louvain, France, when he was suc by  his uncle,

Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford (RESTORED Jan/Feb 1392/93 though not the office of Ld Great Chamberlain), PC (1378-80); b ca 1339; Sec to Prince Edward, Prince of Wales 1371; Envoy to negotiate peace with France 1377 and 1383; Constable of Hadleigh Castle 1377/78; Ld Chamberlain by late Jan 1380/81; mar Alice (d 29 Apr 1401), dau of Walter FitzWalter, 3rd Baron FitzWalter (qv); d 23 Apr 1400, leaving issue,

1. Richard, later 11th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. John; dsp.

3. Lady Alice; mar 1st, Sir Francis Court, a Lombard, Keeper of Pembroke Castle (d 11 Sept 1413); mar 2nd between Sept 1413 and Jan 1414 (when he had a pardon to mar without lic), Sir Lewis John Kt (1439), MP for Wallingford 1413, Taunton 1413, Hampshire 1414 and Essex 1420, 1426, 1431, 1437, 1439 and Sheriff of Essex and Herts 1416-17, 1420-22 (d 1457), and had issue by her 2nd husband.

The elder s,

Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford KG (1416); b probably 1385; commanded English troops at Battle of Agincourt 1415; mar 1st by 1400, Lady Alice (dsp young), dau of John de Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (see ZOUCHE OF HARYNWORTH, B); mar 2nd 1406/07, Alice (mar 3rd, Nicholas Thorley), widow of Guy St Aubyn and dau of Sir Richard Segeaux, of Cornw, by Philippa, bastardised dau of Richard Fitzalan, 10th/3rd Earl of Arundel (see NORFOLK, D); d 15 Feb 1416/17, leaving issue by his 2nd w,

1. John, later 12th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Sir Robert Kt (1426), of Haccombe, Devons; Capt of Caen; Seneschal of Gascony; mar Joan, widow of Sir Nicholas Carew (see CAREW, Bt) and dau of Sir Hugh Courtenay (see DEVON, E), and had issue,

2.1. John; mar Alice, widow of Sir Walter Courtenay and dau of Sir Wlater Colbroke, of Kilrington, and had issue,

2.1.1. John, later 15th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2.1.2. Joan.

(continued) Sir Robert was slain 1455 at the Battle of St Albans and had illegit issue,

2.2. John, who was ancestor of the Vere (later Vere-Laurie) family, of Carlton Hall.

3. Sir Richard; mar Margaret (d 22 Sept 1464), widow of Henry Grey, 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (qv) and dau and cohrss of Sir Henry Percy, of Harthill, Yorks.

The eldest s,

John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford Kt (Feb 1425/26), PC (1431); b 23 Apr 1408; mar between 22 May and 31 Aug 1425, Elizabeth, only dau and hrss of Sir John Howard (b ca 1385/86; d ca 1409) (see NORFOLK, D); beheaded 26 Feb 1461/62 for as a Lancastrian loyalist, when the peerage was FORFEITED, leaving issue

1. Sir Aubrey JP (Suffolk 1458); mar ca Apr 1460, Lady Anne, eldest dau of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham KG (see STAFFORD, B); dsp 20 Feb 1461/62 having been beheaded 6 days bef his f as a Lancastrian loyalist.

2. John, later 13th Earl of Oxford (see below).

3. Sir George; accompanied his elder bro at the Battle of Barnet and was later attainted though was later restored upon the triumph of Henry VII; Chief Steward of St Osyth’s Priory, Essex 1491; mar Margaret, dau and hrss of Sir William Stafford, of Bishop’s Frome, Herefs; d 1503, leaving issue,

3.1. George; dvp 1498.

3.2. John, later 14th Earl of Oxford (see below).

3.3. Dorothy; mar as his 1st w, John Neville, 3rd Baron Latymer (qv), and had issue.

3.4. Elizabeth; mar Sir Anthony Wingfield KG, MP, of Letheringham, Suffolk (see POWERSCOURT, V), and had issue.

3.5. Ursula; mar 1st, George, eldest s and h app of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor (see PLYMOUTH, E); mar 2nd, Sir Edmund Knightly; dsp 1560.

4. Sir Richard; mar as her 2nd w, Margaret, dau of Henry Percy, of Atholl (see NORTHUMBERLAND, D).

5. Sir Thomas; dsp 1489.

6. Lady Mary; a nun at Barking Abbey.

7. Lady Joane/Jane; mar Sir William Norreys, of Yattendon (see LINDSEY and ABINGDON, E), and had issue.

8. Lady Elizabeth; mar William Bourchier.

The 2nd surv s,

John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (RESTORED by Jan 1463/64), KG (1485/86), KB (1465), PC (1485/86); b 8 Sept 1442; a Lancastrian loyalist during the War of the Roses; Ld Great Chamberlain at Coronations of Henry VII 1485 and Henry VIII 1509; Constable of Tower of London 1485; High Steward of Duchy of Lancs ca 1480s; Ld Steward 1485-86; Cdr of the English Army at the Battle of Stoke Field 1487; Capt of Calais ca 1490s; mar 1st, Lady Margaret, sis of Richard Neville, 1st/16th Earl of Warwick (see ABERGAVENNY, M); mar 2nd between 28 Nov 1508 and 10 Apr 1509, Elizabeth (d 26 June 1537), widow of William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (see BEAUMONT, Bt) and dau of Sir Richard Scrope; dsp 10 March 1512/13,

1. John, of Toddington, Bedfords; mar Anne (d 14 March 1559), dau and hrss of Sir Guy Sapcote, and had issue,

1.1. John; dvp (?).

1.2. Katherine; mar as his 1st w, William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (see EFFINGHAM, E).

1.3. Anne; mar (by disp dated 24 May 1539), Sir Thomas Cheney-Cheyne KG, PC, MP, of Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, Ld Warden of the Cinque Ports 1536-d (b ca 1485; d 16 Dec 1558).

1.4. Robert.

1.5. Margaret; mar Henry Everard, and had issue.

(continued) 13th Earl of Oxford also had an illegit dau,

1. Katherine; mar Sir Robert Broughton MP, one of the richest landowners in England at the time and one of the supervisors of his f-in-law’s will (d 17 Aug 1506); d aft 20 June 1504, leaving issue.

The nephew,

John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford; b 14 Aug 1499; mar Lady Anne (d bef 22 Feb 1588/89), 3rd dau by his 2nd w of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (qv); dsp 14 July 1526, when he was suc by his 2nd cousin,

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford KG (1527), Kt (1513), PC (by late March 1530/31); Esq of Body at Funeral of Henry VII 1509; Sheriff of Essex and Herts 1515-16, 1519-20, 1524-25; Ld Great Chamberlain for life 1526; mar 1st 1493/94, Christian (dsp by 4 Nov 1498), 3rd dau and hrss of Thomas Foderingey, of Brockley, Suffolk; mar 2nd between 29 Apr 1507 and 4 July 1509, Elizabeth, dau and hrss of Edward Trussel, of Kibblestone, Staffs; d 21 March 1539/40, leaving issue by his 2nd w,

1. Lady Elizabeth; b ca 1512; mar Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche KG (b 4 Dec 1506; d 28 June 1558), and had issue.

2. John, later 16th Earl of Oxford (see below).

3. Lady Frances; mar 23 Apr 1532, Sir Henry KG, styled Earl of Surrey, eldest s and h app of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG (qv).

4. Hon Aubrey; mar Margaret, dau of John Spring, of Lavenham, Suffolk (d 12 Aug 1547), who was g-g-grandf of Sir William Spring, 1st Bt, of Pakenham, Suffolk (d 17 Dec 1654), and had issue,

4.1. Hugh; mar Eleanor Walsh, and had issue,

4.1.1. Robert, later 19th Earl of Oxford (see below).

4.1.2. Susan; bur 24 Apr 1580.

4.1.3. Margery; bur 31 July 1583.

5. Robert, Ld of the Manor of Wricklemarsh, Kent; b ca 1520; d 28 Apr 1598 (bur at Charlton, St Lukes, Kent).

6. Lady Anne; b ca 1522; mar 1st by 31 Jan 1537/38, Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield (see SHEFFIELD of Normanby, Bt); mar 2nd as his 1st w, John Brock, of Colchester, Essex; bur 14 Feb 1571/72.

7. Geoffrey, of Crepping Hall, Wakes Colne, Essex; b ca 1523; mar Elizabeth, dau of Richard Hardekyn, of Odewell and Wotton and of Gestingthorpe, Essex, and had with other issue,

7.1. John, of Kisby Hall, Essex; mar Thomasine Pater, and had issue.

7.2. Sir Francis; led English forces in helping the Dutch against the Spanish in the Low Countries till 1604; Gov of Brill; dsps 28 Aug 1609.

7.3. Geoffrey; d unm.

7.4. Horatio Vere, 1st Baron Vere, of Tilbury in the County of Essex [E] (so cr 24 July 1625), Kt (1596); b 1565; served Eighty Years War (Sieges of Steenwijk, Groningen and Cadiz; Battle of Nieuwpoort), Thirty Years War (Siege of Breda); Gov of Utrecht 1618; Capt-Gen of English Forces in the Rhenish Palatinate Feb 1621/22; Master-Gen of the Ordnance 1628/29-34; mar Nov 1607, Mary, widow of William Hoby, of Hailes, Gloucs and sis of John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy (see SUDELEY, B); dspm 2 May 1635, when the peerage became EXTINCT,

7.4.1. Hon Elizabeth; mar 4 Sept 1626, John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (b 13 June 1595; d 2 Jan 1666), and had issue.

7.4.2. Hon Mary; mar 1st, Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Bt, of Raynham, Norfolk (see TOWNSHEND, M); mar 2nd, Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland KB (qv); bur 18 Nov 1669, leaving issue by both husbands.

7.4.3. Hon Catherine; b ca 1612; mar 1st, Oliver St John, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts, eldest s and h app of Sir John St John, 1st Bt, of Tregoze, Wilts (see BOLINGBROKE and ST JOHN, V); mar 2nd aft 6 March 1640/41 as his 2nd w, John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett (see WINCHESTER, M); d aft 27 March 1648, leaving issue by her 2nd husband.

7.4.4. Hon Anne; mar 20 June 1637, Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (qv), and had issue.

7.4.5. Hon Dorothy; mar John, eldest s and h app of Sir John Wolstenholme, 1st Bt, of London (d 1670).

7.5. Frances; mar Sir Robert Harcourt (see VERNON, B), and had issue.

The eldest s,

John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford Kt (Feb 1546/47), PC (1553); b ca 1516; served during Boulogne Campaign 1544; Jt Ld-Lt of Essex 1550-53 (sole 1558, 1559-d); Ld Great Chamberlain at Coronation of Mary I 1553 (though aft his f’s death the office had been given to Thomas Cromwell and in 1547 the 16th Earl of Oxford had been declared to have no right to it, nevertheless he was recognized as such at Coronation of Elizabeth I 1558/59 when he acted as such); mar 1st 3 July 1536, Lady Dorothy, 2nd dau of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland (qv), and had issue,

1. Lady Katherine; b ca 1540; mar between 1553 and 1558, Edward Windsor, 3rd Baron Windsor (see PLYMOUTH, E); d 17 Jan 1599/1600.

(continued) 16th Earl of Oxford mar 2nd 1 Aug 1548, Margery (mar 2nd, Charles Tyrrell; d 2 Dec 1568), dau of John Golding; d 3 Aug 1562, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,

1. Edward, later 17th Earl of Oxford (see below).

2. Lady Mary; mar 1st between Christmas 1577 and 12 March 1577/78 (sep apparently by 20 Apr 1600), Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (see LINDSEY and ABINGDON); mar 2nd by 2 June 1605 (sep by 15 July 1622) as his 1st w, Sir Eustace Hart, of London (d 18 Sept 1634); d probably 24 June 1624, leaving issue by her 1st husband.

The only s,

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford PC (ca 1603); b 12 Apr 1550; educ Queen’s Coll Camb, St John’s Coll Camb, Gray’s Inn; a poet and patron of the arts thus being considered as one of the alternative candidates for Shakespeare’s works; mar 1st 19 Dec 1571, Hon Anne, Maid of Honour to Princess Elizabeth later Elizabeth I (b 5 Dec 1556; d 5 June 1588), elder dau of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (see EXETER, M), and had issue,

1. A son; b 1583; dvp May 1583 young.

2. Lady Elizabeth; b 2 July 1575; mar 26 June 1594, William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (qv); d 10 March 1626/27, leaving issue.

3. Lady Bridget; b 6 Apr 1584; mar 28 Apr 1599, Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire (see LINDSEY and ABINGDON, E); d between Dec 1680 and May 1631.

4. Lady Susan; b 26 May 1587; mar 27 Dec 1604 as his 1st w, Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery KG (qv); bur 1 Feb 1628/29, leaving issue.

5. A dau; dvp young.

(continued) 17th Earl of Oxford mar 2nd aft 4 July 1591, Elizabeth, Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I (bur 3 Jan 1612/13), eldest dau of Thomas Trentham, of Rocester Priory, Staffs, by Jane, dau of Sir William Sneyd, of Bradwell, Staffs; d 24 June 1604, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,

6. Henry, later 18th Earl of Oxford (see below).

The only surv s by the 2nd w,

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford KB (1610); b 24 Feb 1593; educ Inner Temple; served Thirty Years War; imprisoned at Tower of London for criticizing the govt 1622-23; mar 1 Jan 1623/24, Lady Diana (mar 2nd 12 Nov 1629 as his 2nd w, Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, see AILESBURY, M; d 27 Apr 1654), 2nd dau and cohrss of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter KG (see EXETER, M); dsp between 2 and 9 June 1625 from wounds received previously 15 May at the Siege of Breda, when he was suc by his 2nd cousin,

Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford (recognized 5 Apr 1626 though not the office of Ld Great Chamberlain as h gen of the 18th Earl of Oxford), Kt (1629); b aft 23 Aug 1575; Capt of Ft in the Dutch Service 1626 and Lt-Col 1629-32; mar bef 1626, Beatrice, dau of Sjierck van Hemmema, of Berlikum, Friesland, by Lijsbeth Jarges, of Groningen; slain 7 Aug 1632 at the Siege of Maastricht, leaving an only s and h,

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG (1660), PC (Jan 1669/70, Jan 1680/81, 1689, 1702); b 28 Feb 1627/28; Col of Royal Regt of Horse 1661-68, 1688-d; Lt-Gen of Horse and Ft 1689; served during Civil War with Royalists; fought at Battle of the Boyne for William III; CJ in Eyre (S of Trent) 1660-73; Ld-Lt of Essex 1660-75, 1675-88 (Jt), 1688-d (sole); unsuccessfully claimed right to act as Ld Great Chamberlain at the Coronation of Charles II 1661; Warden of New Forest 1667; Extra Gent of Bedchamber 1674-77; Gent of Bedchamber 1677-85, 1689-1702; Envoy Extra to France July 1680; High Steward of Colchester 1684-88, 1688-d; Custos Rot of Essex 1689-d; Dep Spkr of HoL 1700-01; mar 1st 18 June 1647, Hon Anne (dsp 14 Sept 1659), dau and cohrss of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning of Sudbury (d 1638); mar 2nd just prior to 12 Apr 1673, Diana, dau of George Kirke, Groom of Bedchamber to Charles I (see also VERNON, B); dspms 12 March 1702/03, when the peerage either became DORMANT or EXTINCT, leaving a sole surv child and hrss,

Lady Diana de Vere; b ca 1679; Lady-in-W and Royal Favourite of Mary II and Groom of Stole to Queen Caroline of Ansbach 1714-17, 1720-37; mar 17 Apr 1694, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans KG (see Lineage of Beauclerk above); d 15 Jan 1741/42, leaving issue.

S.S.

[Eleanor Doughty]

At risk of sounding like a broken record, anyone interested in reading more about the new duke can see chapter 13 of my book Heirs and Graces where he talks really interestingly about what both the dukedom and the Burford title mean to him. I found him incredibly thoughtful.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453305/heirs-and-graces-by-doughty-eleanor/9781529153040

[Paul Theroff]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2026/04/30/14th-duke-of-st-albans-modest-life-accountant-died-obituary/

[malcolm davies]

The new duke is a published author with Nell Gwyn & Shakespeare’S Contemporaries.

[sven_me...@web.de]

He took his seat in 1988 and sat as a Conservative. His maiden speech and acconrding to Hansard ony one was 1994.

[marquess]

Does anyone have the line of succession for all who are in remainder to this dukedom? Thanks 

[S. S.]

1.       James Malcolm Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (styled Earl of Burford?) (b 2 Aug 1995), only son and heir apparent of the present 15th Duke of St Albans

2.       William Rafael Beauclerk, 7th Marqués de Valero de Urría (Spain) (b 14 Aug 1961), descendant of Lord Sidney Beauclerk (d 1744), younger son of 1st Duke of St Albans

3.       Alexander Charles Beauclerk (b 11 Feb 1990), elder son of #2

4.       Cameron Beauclerk (b 25 March 1993), younger and only other son of #2

5.       Lord Peter Charles de Vere Beauclerk (b 13 Jan 1948), younger half-brother to the late 14th Duke of St Albans

6.       Tenzin Jinpa de Vere Beauclerk (b 2005), elder son of #5

7.       Yontan de Vere Beauclerk (b 2008), younger and only other son of #5

8.       Lord James Charles Fesq de Vere Beauclerk (b 6 Feb 1949), younger brother of #5

9.       Lord John William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (b 10 Feb 1950), younger brother of #5

10.   Gianni Emrys (b 1979), only son of #9

 

As per my own records. 

S.S.

[Harry Merritt]

Looks like the order should be: 1-5-6-7-8-9-10-2-3-4, with William Rafael and sons bringing up the rear.

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[S. S.]

Oh I placed them in order as they appeared to me instead of in order of succession, that looks about right Harry Merritt. 

S.S.

[Jonathan]

There was a BBC TV documentary, "The Last Dukes", about dukes in the 21st century, and the Duke of St Albans was one of the dukes featured. I just found it, so it was 2015.

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06mvy6r>

It appears to be available on Dailymotion, if anyone is interested.

The Duke of St Albans came across as the archetypal chartered accountant, it has to be said, so I am surprised on being reminded that he was the heir who protested about the 1999 Act from the steps of the throne.

[BREMENMURRAY]

The documentary is also on You Tube.It is the late Duke who was a charted account.The new Duke protested in 1999 and is identified in the documentary as "Mr Beauclerk" a teacher

[bx...@yahoo.com]

According to thepeerage.com, Jinpa Beauclerk and Yontan Beauclerk are the DAUGHTERS of Lord Peter Beauclerk, so that would remove them from the line of succession.

https://www.thepeerage.com/p71651.htm

Brooke

[S. S.]

But isn't Tenzin a male Tibetan name? 

S.S.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

This would make the top 4 (after Earl of Burford):

1. Lord Peter Beauclerk (eldest half brother of the late 14th Duke)

2. Lord James Beauclerk (middle half brother of the late 14th Duke)

3. Lord John Beauclerk (youngest half brother of the late 14th Duke)

4. Gianni Beauclerk (son of Lord John)

Brooke

[bx...@yahoo.com]

S.S., to be sure, I am  unfamiliar with the gender involved with regards to these names.  

All I can say is what thepeerage.com's site shows.  

Brooke

[sven_me...@web.de]

You are still using that name.

[BREMENMURRAY]

Tenzin is a gender neutral name

[colinp]

According to this post on nobiliana both Jinpa and Yontan are sons - both seem to bear a first forename Tenzin

Lord Peter Beauclerk and his second wife Lechima Tsering Dolma Gyalpo have a second son, Tenzin Yontan de Vere Beauclerk, born in Victoria, British Columbia, probably in January 2008. A brother for Tenzin Jinpa.

source: https://picasaweb.go...DeVereBeauclerk#

I don't think picasa is still working? This is the link to the nobiliana post though you probably have to be a member to open it - just checked the link but got an error message.

Tenzin Yontan de Vere Beauclerk (Desc. Saint Albans) - BAG 2008 - Nobiliana

[bx...@yahoo.com]

For what it's worth, thepeerage.com source for information on Jinpa and Yontan  is an email from Christopher Quaile to Darryl Lundy.

Has anyone maybe checked Instagram to see if there are accounts for them?

Brooke

[pmh...@hotmail.com]

With three Dukes in their 90s, Abercorn b 1934, Montrose b April 1935 and Kent, b Oct 1935; and four in their 80s, Sutherland b 1940, Devonshire b April 1944,  Gloucester b Aug 1944  and Wellington 1945 the likelihood of their being other ducal deaths in a relatively short space of time is high.

On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 8:37:36 AM UTC+1 malcolm davies wrote:

It has been 8 years 8 months since the death of a non Royal duke,and 5 years since any duke died.You have to go back to the early 17C to find when so long a period occurred.

Will it mean other ducal deaths to come in short space of time?

On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 10:51:45 AM UTC+10 bx...@yahoo.com wrote:

He is succeeded by his only son, Charles Francis Topham de Vere BEAUCLERK (b. Feb. 22, 1965), previously styled Earl of Burford, who now becomes the 15th Duke.

The new Duke's only child, James Malcolm Aubrey Edward de Vere BEAUCLERK (b. Aug 2, 1995), previously styled Lord Vere of Hanworth, now becomes the heir apparent.  Presumably, he  will now take his father's old courtesy title.

Perhaps someone with access to DPB online can update the line of succession after the new Earl of Burford.  I believe the next 3 would be the 3 half brothers of the late 14th Duke, Lord Peter (b. 1948), Lord James (b. 1949) and Lord John (b.1950).

The three of them are all sons of the 13th Duke by his second wife.  

Brooke

[BREMENMURRAY]

Not necessarily bearing in mind there are two Marquesses over ninety five years and an ever increasing number of peers aged over ninety

[Sam Marroy]

There's a different documentary, also on YouTube, called "The Lords Tale", centered on the debate and passage of the 1999 House of Lords Act, which features a lot of behind the scenes footage and interviews with peers on their changing role in society and government - the new Duke's protest is featured somewhat prominently, and afterwards the 7th Earl of Onslow relates, derisively, the (probably apocryphal) story of how Nell Gwynn extorted Charles II into creating their son the Duke of St Albans by threatening to throw him out of a window

[BREMENMURRAY]

The Daily Telegraph obit appears in 2 May 2026 print edition. Another ducal descendant of Charles II the late Duke of Richmond was also a charted accountant.