Re: Duke of St Albans genealogy
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ST ALBANS, D
Arms: Quarterly I and IV grandquarters the Arms of King Charles II (viz. quarterly I and IV quarterly France and England; II Scotland; III Ireland) overall a baton sinister Gules charged with three roses barbed and seeded proper; II and III quarterly Gules and Or in the first quarter a mullet Argent (de Vere).
Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a lion statant guardant Or crowned with a ducal coronet per pale Argent and of the first and gorged with a collar of the last thereon three roses also Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Supporters: Dexter an antelope Argent armed and unguled Or; Sinister a Greyhound Argent each supporter gorged with a collar as in the crest.
Motto: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin: A pledge of better times).
Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, 14th Earl of Burford, 14th Baron Heddington, 11th Baron Vere of Hanworth also Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; b 19 Jan 1939; educ Tonbridge; CA 1962; Partner: Burford & Co (CA) 1981; Pres: Burford Opera 1991; Gov-Gen of Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Liveryman of Drapers’ Co 1962; FCA; Freeman of CoL; mar 1st 31 Jan 1963 (div 1974), Rosemary Frances, sis of Philip Scoones and only dau of Francis Harold Scoones JP, MRCS, LRCP (see BARRAN, B); mar 2nd 29 Aug 1974 (div 2001), Cynthia Theresa Mary (b 1929; d May 2002), former w of (1) Henry George Arton, of Canada and (2) Sir Anthony Robin Maurice Hooper, 2nd Bt, of Tenterden, Kent (b 1918; d 1987), being yst dau of Lt-Col William James Holdsworth Howard DSO; mar 3rd 14 Dec 2002, ●Gillian Anita, widow of Philip Nestfield Roberts and ygr dau of Lt-Col Cyril George Reginald Northam, and has issue by his 1st w,
1. ●Lady Emma Caroline de Vere; b 22 July 1963; educ Roedean, St John’s Coll Camb (BA), UEA; mar 1991, ●David Craig Shaw, s of Prof (Robert) Martin Stuart Smellie, of Hyndland, Glasgow, and has issue,
1.1. ●Martha Lucy Rose; b 5 March 1997.
1.2. ●Magnus Robert Francis; b 30 Oct 1998.
1.3. ●Ailsa Mary Florence; b 24 Apr 2000.
2. +Charles Francis Topham de Vere, styled Earl of Burford (discounted use of title since 2000); b 22 Feb 1965; educ Eton, Sherborne, Hertford Coll (MA), Edinburgh Univ; Itinerant Lecturer in USA 1991-97; contested Kensington and Chelsea (Democratic Party) 1999; Pres and Fndr of de Vere Soc 1986; Pres: Shakespeare Oxford Soc 1995-97; V-Pres: Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Dir: Vere Experiences 2022; Tstee: Shakespearean Authorship Tst 1986-2011; Liveryman of Drapers Co 1990; Freeman of CoL 1986; a leading proponent of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship; Author: Visions (1998), Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom (2010), Nell Gwyn, A Biography (2005), Piano Man, A Life of John Ogdon (2014); mar 1st 29 Dec 1994 (div 2001), ●Louise Ann Beris “Beatrice” Fiona, a French-Canadian actress and singer as “Robey”, acted as Micki Foster in Friday the 13th: The Series 1987-90 among others, eldest dau of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey RCAF, and has issue,
2.1. +James Malcolm Aubrey de Vere, styled Baron Vere; b 2 Aug 1995; educ Uppingham, Kent Univ; Financial Assist to FLM Wealth Mngmnt 2019; Liveryman of Drapers Co; Freeman of CoL 2019.
(continued) Earl of Burford mar 2nd June 2017, ●Sarah, an artist and designer, only dau of John Davenport, of Hayling Island, Hants, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
2.2. ●Lady Thea Eirys Elisabetta de Vere; b 28 Oct 2022.
Lineage of Beauclerk: Charles II, King of England 1660-85 (b 29 May 1630; d 6 Feb 1685), had by his mistress, Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, Lady of Privy Chamber to Queen Catherine of Braganza (b 2 Feb 1650; d 14 Nov 1687), the following illegit issue,
1. Charles, later 1st Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Hon James Beauclerk (Anglo-Norman for “fine scholar”, being also an epithet of King Henry I); b 25 Dec 1671 at Pall Mall, London; granted title and style of Baron Beauclerk with precedence of the eldest s of an Earl by Royal Warrant dated 17 Jan 1676/77; dvp Sept 1680.
The elder illegit s,
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans [E] (so cr 10 Jan 1683/84 with ordinary rem) also earlier Earl of Burford, in the County of Oxford and Baron Heddington, in the County of Oxford [E] (so cr 27 Dec 1676 with spec rem, failing h m, to his ygr bro, and his h m), KG (1718); b 8 May 1670; Col of 8th Horse 1687; served with Imp Army at Capture of Belgrade 1688, Low Countries 1693 and Flanders Campaign (present at Battle of Neerwinden); Hereditary Grand Falconer of England Jan 1684/85; Master of Hawks 1675?-1702; Capt of Gent Pensioners 1693-1711/12, 1714-d; Chief Ranger of Enfield Chase 1684; Extra Gent of Bedchamber to William III 1697-1702; Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery 1698; Ld-Lt of Berks 1714-d; High Steward: New Windsor 1716, Wokingham 1718; FRS 1722; mar 17 Apr 1694, Lady Diana, Lady-in-W and Royal Favourite of Mary II and Groom of Stole to Queen Caroline of Ansbach 1714-17, 1720-37 (b ca 1679; d 15 Jan 1741/42), sole surv child and hrss of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG (see Lineage of de Vere below); d 10 May 1726, leaving issue,
1. Charles, later 2nd Duke of St Albans.
2. Lady Diana; b 1697; probably dvp young.
3. Lord William MP; b 22 May 1698; educ Eton (admit 1707); Lt 1716; Capt 1721; MP for Chichester 1724-33; V-Chamberlain 1728-32; mar 13 Dec 1722 at Bray, Berks (in a double marriage with his elder bro, Charles, 2nd Duke of St Albans, who mar his w’s sis), Charlotte (d 1770), 2nd dau and cohrss of Sir John Werden, 2nd Bt, of Cholmeaton, Cheshire (d 3 July 1770; bur at Westminster Abbey; will pr 7 July 1770); d 23 Feb 1732/33 at Bath, Somersets (bur 2 March 1733 with his f at Westminster), leaving issue,
3.1. Charlotte; b 1723; mar 22 Dec 1744at Great Stanmore, Middx, John, of Stanmore, Middx, MP for Thetford 1768-74 (b 1723; d 1774), s of Andrew Drummond, a banker (see PERTH, E); d 7 March 1793 (bur at Great Stanmore; MI there; will pr 28 March 1793), leaving 2 s and 2 dau.
3.2. William; b 26 May 1726; educ Eton; dvp 28 Nov and bur 2 Dec 1728 at Bray, Berks.
3.3. Charles, of Werden, Cheshire (suc his m); Capt 1763; Capt and Lt-Col 3rd Ft Grds 1767; Page of Honour to HRH The Duke of Cumberland 1740; Gov of Pendennis Castle 1774-d; mar (by lic dated 3 July 1753), Elizabeth Jones, of Kilkenny (d 5 Dec 1768); d 30 Aug 1775 (bur 1 Sept at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middx; will pr 15 Sept 1775), leaving issue,
3.3.1. George, later 4th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3.3.2. William; b 17 May and bapt 9 June 1763 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch, Westminster, Middx; bur vp 23 June 1763 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch.
3.4. Caroline; b 14 Dec 1728 (bapt 11 Jan 1729 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); mar 23 Feb 1756 as his 1st w, Lt-Gen Sir William Draper KB (b 1721; d 8 Jan 1787); bur sp 19 Aug 1769 at St Augustine-the-Less’s Ch, Bristol.
3.5. Ann; b 24 Apr and bapt 14 May 1731 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq; probably dvp young.
4. Lord Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex [GB] (so cr 28 March 1750); b 14 July 1699; RN: Capt 1721, R-Adm of the Red 1745, V-Adm of the Blue 1746, Adm of the Blue 1748, retired 1749; MP (Whig): Windsor 1726-41, Plymouth 1741-50; Ld of Admiralty 1738-42, 1744-49; V-Pres of Foundling Hosp 1739-56, 1758-67; Ld-Lt of Berks 1761-71; mar 13 Apr 1736 at London, Mary (d 21 Jan 1783), maternal granddau of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley KB (see BERKELEY, B); d 6 or 21 Oct 1781 (bur at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx), leaving issue,
4.1. Vere; b 12 Jan 1736/37; dvp 26 Dec 1739.
4.2. Chambers; b 22 Feb 1737/38; educ Westminster; d 16 July 1747.
4.3. Sackville; b 12 Apr 1739; bur vp 25 Apr 1739.
4.4. Aubrey, later 2nd Baron Vere and 5th Duke of St Albans (see below).
4.5. Elizabeth; b July 1742; bur vp 26 Apr 1746.
4.6. Mary; b 4 Dec 1743; mar 2 Oct 1762, Lord Charles PC, MP (b 31 March 1740; d 16 June 1820), 2nd s of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough KG (qv); d 13 Jan 1812, leaving issue.
5. Col Lord Henry MP, of Foliejon Park, Winkfield, Berks (bought 1744 and sold 1761 at his death) and of Somerset House, London; b 11 Aug 1701; Ensign 1717; Capt 1727; Lt-Col 1735; Lt of Gent Pensioners ca 1728-35; served Anglo-Spanish War (Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar); Col: 48th Ft 1743-45, 31st Ft 1745-49 (resigned following a dispute with HRH The Duke of Cumberland); MP (Whig): Plymouth 1740-41, Thetford 1741-61; mar 24 June 1739, Hon Martha, Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline of Ansbach 1732 (d 5 March 1788), dau of John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (d 6 May 1709); d 5 Jan 1761, leaving issue,
5.1. George; b 18 March 1739/40; dvp young.
5.2. Diana; b 24 Jan 1741; Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte of Ansbach; d unm 13 Feb 1809.
5.3. Henrietta; b 26 Nov 1742.
5.4. Mary; b 25 Nov 1743; mar Rev Walter Williams, Rector of Harrow.
5.5. Rev Henry, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks (suc his m) and Rector of Greens Norton, Northants and of St Mary’s Somerset, London; b 12 Aug 1745; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1767; MA 1769); mar 23 Nov 1769 his 1st cousin-once-removed, Charlotte (d 20 March 1774), dau of John Drummond (see above); d 8 Nov 1817, leaving with other issue,
5.5.1. Henry; bapt 6 Sept 1770; dvp young.
5.5.2. John, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks; b 10 Feb 1772; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1793; MA 1796), Middle Temple (Barrister 1793); mar 14 Aug 1798, Mary, eldest dau of Thomas Fitzhugh, of Plas Power, Denbighs and of Portland Place, London; d 8 Jan 1840, leaving issue,
5.5.2.1. Charlotte Mary; b 21 May 1801; d unm 7 May 1852.
5.5.2.2. Henry William, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks; b 15 Nov 1812; mar 1st 21 May 1838, Lady Katherine Frances (b 31 Mach 1812; d 6 Apr 1839), 7th dau of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham KG (d 27 Oct 1830), by his 2nd w, Lady Charlotte, sis of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland KG (qv); mar 2nd 11 Aug 1840, Louisa (dsp 28 Dec 18820, 3rd dau of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Bt, of Wombwell (qv); d 8 June 1894, leaving issue by his 1st w,
5.5.2.2.1. Katherine Mary; b 19 March 1839; mar 1 Aug 1864, Rev Sir Frederick Boyd, 6th Bt, of Danson, Kent (d 13 Feb 1889); d 3 Aug 1867, leaving issue.
5.5.2.3. Catherine; b 10 Sept 1814; d unm.
5.6. Charlotte; b 24 Oct 1746.
5.7. Martha; b 12 Dec 1747.
5.8. Anne; b 5 Oct 1749; mar 23 May 1794, Rev George Talbot, ygr bro of John Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (see SHREWSBURY, WATERFORD and TALBOT, E); dsp 1809.
6. Lord Sidney PC (1740), MP, of St Leonard’s Lodge, Sussex and of Speke Hall, Lancs; b 27 Feb 1703; educ Eton 1718, Trinity Coll Oxf (matric 1721; MA 1727; Hon DCL 1733); V-Chamberlain of HH 1740-42; contested (Whig) Marlow 1732; MP (Whig) for New Windsor 1734-44; Master of Harriers 1738; mar 9 Dec 1736, Mary (d 20 Nov 1766), dau and hrss of Thomas Norris MP, of Speke Hall, High Sheriff of Lancs 1696-97; d 23 Nov 1744, leaving issue,
6.1. Topham (so named aft Richard Topham MP, whose estates his f inherited), of Clewer Manor, Berks and of Great Russell Str, Bloomsbury, Middx; b Dec 1739; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Oxf; a bibliophile; friend of Dr Samuel Johnson; mar 12 March 1768, Lady Diana (b 24 March 1734; d 1 Aug 1808), former w of Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and 3rd Viscount St John (qv) and elder dau of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough KG (qv); d 11 March 1780, leaving issue,
6.1.1. Mary; b 20 Aug 1766; mar Count Jenison Walworth, of Heidelberg, Grand Chamberlain of HH to King of Wurttemberg (d 1824), s of Francis Jenison, of Walworth, co Durham, and had 2 s and 4 dau.
6.1.2. Elizabeth; b 20 Aug 1766; mar 8 Apr 1781 as his 1st w her cousin, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery KG (qv); d 25 March 1793, leaving issue.
6.1.3. Anne; d unm.
6.1.4. Charles George MP, of South Lodge, St Leonards, nr Horsham, Sussex (bought 1801) and of Speke Hall, Lancs (sold 1797); b 20 Jan 1774; educ Eton 1782, Christ Church Oxf (matric 1790), Grand Tour 1794; Maj N Bramber Vols 1803; MP for Richmond 1796-98; mar 29 Apr 1799, Emily Charlotte (d 22 Jan 1832), 2nd dau of William Ogilvie, of Ardglass Castle, co Down (see RICHMOND, GORDON and LENNOX, D); d 25 Dec 1845, leaving issue,
6.1.4.1. Emily Frederica; b 1 March 1800; d 16 Sept 1816.
6.1.4.2. Aubrey William MP, of Ardglass Castle, co Down and of South Lodge, Sussex; b 20 Feb 1801; Maj 99th Ft 1826; MP for East Surrey 1832-33; mar 1st 13 Feb 1834, Ida (d 23 Apr 1838), 4th dau of Sir Charles Foster Goring, 7th Bt, of Highden (qv), and had issue,
6.1.4.2.1. Ida; b 29 Jan 1835; dvp 1844.
6.1.4.2.2. Aubrey de Vere JP (co Down), of Ardglass Castle, co Down; b 5 Oct 1837; educ Rugby, Cheltenham, Trinity Coll Camb; High Sheriff of co Down 1863-64; mar 1st 1 Dec 1858 his cousin (div 1895), Evelyn Georgiana Matilda (d 10 Jan 1931), 3rd dau of Henry FitzRoy (see GRAFTON, D); mar 2nd 16 Nov 1895, Katherine Lucy (d 23 Jan 1910), widow of Capt J. Collier Tucker RN; d 9 July 1919, leaving issue by his 1st w,
6.1.4.2.2.1. Sidney de Vere; b 8 May 1866; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1887); d unm 4 July 1903.
6.1.4.2.3. Diana Arabella; b 1836; d unm 26 May 1855.
6.1.4.2.4. Augusta; b 1838; mar 4 Jan 1866, Thomas Edward Howe, a barrister, and had 4 s and 2 dau.
(continued) Aubrey William MP mar 2nd 7 Dec 1841, Rose Matilda (d 20 July 1878), dau of Joshua Robinson; d 1 Feb 1854, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
6.1.4.2.5. Louisa Katherine, of Millbeck Cottage, Keswick, Cumb; d unm 1929.
6.1.4.2.6. Isabella Julia; mar 19 Oct 1867, Surgeon-Maj Chevalier George Albert Palatiano MD, of Corfu (d 1910); d 13 March 1930, leaving 1 s and 2 dau.
(continued) Aubrey William MP also had illegit issue,
6.1.4.2.7. Rev Charles; b ca 1823/24; an Army Capt; ordained Deacon 1860; Curate of Saintfield, co Down 1860; ordained Priest 1861; Perpetual Curate of Dunsverick, co Antrim 1861-66 and of Glencraig, co Down 1866-69; Vicar of St Mary’s, Belfast 1869-75; Chaplain of Holy Trinity Ch, Boulogne 1875; mar 8 Nov 1860; Elizabeth Maria (d 30 Apr 1888), 4th dau of Rev Henry Murphy; d 27 Jan 1880, leaving with 5 other children (who dvp infants),
6.1.4.2.7.1. Amy Louisa; b 21 Oct 1861; mar 1st Mr Bult, of S Africa; mar 2nd, Dr Edward Bromet, of Denewood Grange, Batheaston, Somersets; dsp 1940.
6.1.4.2.7.2. Frances Maude; b 30 Apr 1863; mar Lt-Col William Henry Oliphert JP, DL, of Ballinacor, co Wicklow and of Somerleaze Selwood, Somersets, High Sheriff of co Wicklow 1904-05 (d 18 Dec 1939), s of Col William Kemmis JP, DL, of Clopoke, Somersets; d Feb 1941, leaving issue.
6.1.4.2.7.3. Florence Elizabeth; b 1866; mar 1891, Richard Garrett, of Leiston, Suffolk (had by Charlotte Bury, a dau, Charlotte Jane, who was b 1830 and d unm Jan 1855); d 1954, leaving 1 s.
6.1.4.2.7.4. Henry Wyndham; b 14 Dec 1869; educ Merchant Taylors’ Sch; settled in Canada 1906; with Canadian Pacific Railway; Dir: Bank of Montreal, Brompton Pulp & Paper Co; mar 3 June 1911, Hon Alice Josephine (d 1963), eldest dau of Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO (qv); d Jan 1937, leaving issue,
6.1.4.2.7.4.1. Thomas.
6.1.4.2.7.4.2. Audrey.
6.1.4.2.7.5. Ernest Octavius; b 22 Feb 1871; educ Clergy Orphans Sch Canterbury; served Boer War; an artist; settled in USA.
6.1.4.2.7.6. Aubrey; settled in USA, had 1 s and 1 dau.
6.1.4.2.7.7. Herbert Charles; b 7 Sept 1875; educ Clergy Orphans Sch Canterbury; with Merchant Navy; settled in S Africa, and had issue,
6.1.4.2.7.7.1. Wyndham, of Natal, S Africa; liv 1952.
6.1.4.3. Charles Robert, of St Leonards Lodge, London; b 6 Jan 1802; educ Halnaker Sch Sussex, Gonville & Caius Coll Camb (BA 1823; MA 1827; Fellow 1822-42), Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1829); mar March 1842, Joaquina (d 16 Nov 1881), 2nd dau of Don Jose M. de Zamora, Chief Magistrate of Cuba; d 22 Feb 1872, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.1. Sidney Joseph; b 22 Dec 1848; d 7 Aug 1851.
6.1.4.3.2. Capt Ferdinand RE, of Dibden, Hants; b 15 Jan 1851; served Afghan War 1879 as Maj cmdg Lakhimpur Vol Rifles (medal), WWI with Sussex Vol Training Corps; Pres: W India Industrial Assoc; Sec and Tstee to Salar Jung Minors and Estates (Hyderabad); mar 9 Feb 1872, Emily Johanna Frances (d 1 Feb 1916), yst dau of Col Robert Clifford Lloyd, 68th Ft; dsp 3 May 1920, having adopted,
6.1.4.3.2.1. Helen Mary Dorothea; b 20 Sept 1892 as the actual dau of Maj Sydney Edwin Bellingham (see BELLINGHAM of Castle Bellingham, Bt); educ Conservatoire de Paris; with London Evening Standard, Birmingham Post; longtime partner of Edmund Dulac, a French-British artist including postage and stamps during the early reign of Elizabeth II (b 22 Oct 1882 at Toulouse, France; d 25 May 1953 at London); a novelist; Author: The Tale of Igor (1918), The Great Lacquer Pavilion (1926), The Mountain and the Tree (1935) among others; dsp 8 July 1969.
6.1.4.3.3. Rev Sir Charles Sidney SJ; b 1 Jan 1855; educ Beaumont, Stonyhurst; ordained 1888; Rector of Holywell, Flints 1890-98; helped restore St Winifride’s Well as a RC shrine; served in Boscombe, Roehampton, Malta, Clitheroe, Richmond and Accrington; d unm 22 Dec 1934.
6.1.4.3.4. Rev Henry Sidney SJ; b 25 Nov 1857; educ Beaumont, Stonyhurst; ordained 1890; missionary to Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica and Maryland, USA; Vicar-Gen to Bp of Galton and Superior SJ Guiana and Barbados; d unm 30 Sept 1909.
6.1.4.3.5. Robert Sidney de Vere; b 14 Dec 1858; educ Beaumont; Headmaster of Kenilworth Sch, Cape Town, S Africa; Author: Summary of English History to 1802; mar 30 Oct 1894, Beatrice Annie Elliot (d 14 Oct 1947), 2nd dau of Arthur Richard Holebone; d 26 March 1934, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.5.1. T/2nd Lt Nevill Alfred de Vere, 12th Btn Essex Regt; b 13 Oct 1895; KIA 17 June 1915 during WWI.
6.1.4.3.6. Mary; b 17 Apr 1861; d unm 17 Oct 1920.
6.1.4.3.7. William Topham Sidney MInstCE; b 3 July 1864; educ Beaumont; engineer in Argentina; mar 17 Dec 1910, Maria de los Dolores Zamora y Quesada “Lola”, 7th Marquésa de Arcos and 5th Condesa de Peñalver (having suc her uncle, Enrique, who d 31 Dec 1959) (d 9 Sept 1972), only surv child of Nicolás de Peñalver y Zamora, 5th Marqués de Arcos and 3rd Conde de Peñalver, of Spain, Mayor of Madrid 1892, 1895-96, 1907-09 (b 4 Dec 1853; d 5 Feb 1916); d 15 May 1950, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.7.1. William Nicholas; b 12 June 1912; educ Beaumont; dvp unm 10 May 1948.
6.1.4.3.7.2. Henry Topham; b 19 Nov 1913; dvp 7 March 1929.
6.1.4.3.7.3. Raphael “Ralph” Charles MBE (1945), 6th Marqués de Valero de Urría (Spain) (revived 1989 in his favour having previously been vested in his m), of 20 Sunnyside, London SW19 4SH (2003); b 10 Aug 1917; educ Downside; served WWII as Capt Intelligence Corps and SOE; with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp till 1970 and Banque Privée de Luxembourgt ill 1974; Croix de Guerre (France); Kt SMOM; Legion de Honner (France); mar 24 Aug 1957 at Saigon, Vietnam, Noirine Mary (d 20 Jan 1997), dau of James Bowen, of Bowen’s Court, co Cork; d 4 Apr 2007 at London, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.1. ●Dolores Mary; b 11 July 1958; SRN; mar 1981, ●Dr Richard M., s of C. S. Makower MC, and has issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.1. ●Timothy; b 27 Aug 1984; mar 2012/13, ●Jennifer, dau of A. Morgan-Jones, of Auckland, NZ.
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.2. ●Emily Elizabeth; b 11 March 987.
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.3. ●Oliver William; b 12 March 1992.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2. +William Rafael, 7th Marqués de Valero de Urría (Spain); b 14 Aug 1961; educ Worth Sch; Lt RN (retired); served aboard HMY Britannia; ARICS; mar 1986, ●Margaret Eleanor, dau of Lesley James Mountjoy, of Totteridge, London, and has issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.1. ●Charlotte; b 24 July 1987.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.2. +Alexander Charles; b 11 Feb 1990.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.3. +Cameron; b 25 March 1993.
6.1.4.3.7.4. Diana Mary Ildefonsa; b 1 May 1924; served WWII with WRNS; d unm 30 March 2001.
6.1.4.4. Capt George Robert, 23rd Regt Royal Welch Fusil, of King’s Castle, Ardglass, co Down; b 28 Feb 1803; Author: Beauclerk’s Journey to Morocco; mar 2 June 1861, Maria Sarah (d 18 Oct 19230, ygr dau of Ralph Lonsdale; d 5 Dec 1871, leaving issue,
6.1.4.4.1. Georgiana; b 10 July 1862; d unm 10 May 1942.
6.1.4.4.2. Caroline Elizabeth; b 12 June 1865; mar 24 Apr 1895, Rev Alfred Norris Cope, Vicar of Dormington and Bartestree, Herefs (d 4 Sept 1936); dsp 8 Nov 1952.
6.1.4.4.3. Emily Kathleen; b 25 Jan 1867; mar 26 Dec 1917, George Duguay, of Ryde, IoW (d 10 May 1944); dsp 16 Apr 1953.
6.1.4.4.4. Ida; b 7 June 1869; mar 30 July 1891, George Francis Berney, of Croydon, Surrey (d 3 March 1931); d 5 Aug 1955, leaving 2s and 2 dau.
6.1.4.4.5. Lt Amelius George de Vere, 1st Vol Btn Suffolk Regt, of Stanway, Essex; b 1 Oct 1871; served WWI; mar 26 Aug 1918, Marguerite “Margot” Olive Claire (d 27 March 1978), dau of Louis Antoine Bertrand, of Matfield, Kent; d 26 Aug 1939, leaving issue,
6.1.4.4.5.1. Anthony Amelius de Verey; b 6 July 1920; educ Bryanston; d unm 10 May 1962.
6.1.4.5. Caroline Anne; b 12 Jan 1804; mar 20 Oct 1829, Robert JP, DL, of New Lodge, Horsham, Sussex (d 26 May 1871), only s of Capt John Aldridge MP; d 11 Sept 1869, leaving issue.
6.1.4.6. Georgiana; b 1805; mar 10 Oct 1826, Sir John Dean Paul, 2nd Bt, of Rodborough, Gloucs (d 7 Sept 1868); d 25 Dec 1847, leaving issue.
6.1.4.7. Diana Olivia; b 21 June 1806; mar 10 Apr 1823, Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Bt, of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb (d 15 Feb 1842); d 9 Feb 1875, leaving issue.
6.1.4.8. Jane Elizabeth; b 1807; mar 24 July 1830, Henry FitzRoy JP (see GRAFTON, D); d 15 July 1892, leaving issue.
6.1.4.9. Isabella Elizabeth; b 10 Oct 1808; mar 12 March 1840, Adm John William Montagu RN (see MANCHESTER, D); d 21 July 1864, leaving issue.
6.1.4.10. Amelius; b 1809.
6.1.4.11. Ferdinand; b 1811; Act Col Bengal Light Cav; d unm 5 Oct 1829.
6.1.4.12. Katherine Katinka; b May 1812; mar 5 Apr 1845, Sir George Ashley Maude KCB (see HAWARDEN, V); d 2 June 1882, leaving issue.
6.1.4.13. Augustus; b 1813.
6.2. Charlotte; d unm.
7. Lt-Gen Lord George MP, of Winchfield House, Hants (bought 1767); b 26 Dec 1704; Ensign 1st Ft Grds 1723; Lt 11th Hussars 1726; Capt 1st Ft Grds and Lt-Col 1736; Col 1745; Maj-Gen 1755; Lt-Gen 1758; Col: 8th RM 1747-48, 19th Ft 1748-d; MP for New Windsor 1744-54, 1768; ADC to George II 1745; Gov of Landguard Fort 1753-d; C-in-C of Scotland 1756-67; Member of Royal Co of Archers 1761; mar Margaret (d 23 Oct 1792), dau of Thomas Bainbridge, of Slaley, Northumb, a yeoman; dsp 11 May 1768.
8. Lord Seymour; b 24 June 1708; dvp ca 1709.
9. Rt Rev Lord James DD; b 1709; educ John Roysse’s Free Sch Abingdon (now Abingdon Sch), Queen’s Coll Oxf (BA 1730; MA 1733; DD 2 July 1744); Prebendary of Windsor 1733; Canon of Windsor 1738; Chaplain-in-Ordinary to George II 1739; Dep Clerk of the Closet 1745-46; Bp of Hereford 1746-87; d unm 20 Oct 1787 (will pr 26 Oct 1787).
10. Capt Lord Aubrey RN; b 177; RN; joined 1732, Lt 1727, Capt 1 Apr 1731; CO: HMS Ludlow 1731, HMS Dolphin 1736, HMS Weymouth 1740, HMS Prince Frederick 1740; mar Catherine (dsp 27 Oct 1755), maternal aunt of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney KB (qv), widow of Col Francis Alexander (d 1721) and dau of Sir Henry Newton, Envoy Extra to Tuscany and Genoa (b 1651; d 1715); slain sp 24 Feb 1740 during Battle of Cartagena de Indias (probably bur at sea; MI at Westminster designed by Peter Scheemakers).
11. Lady Anne; b ca 1714; probably dvp young.
The eldest s,
Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans KG (1741), KB (1725); b 6 Apr 1696; educ Eton, New Coll Oxf; MP (Whig): Bodmin 1718-22, Windsor 1722-26; High Steward of Windsor 1726; Ld-Lt of Berks 1727-d; Constable and Gov of Windsor Castle and Ld Warden of Windsor Forest 1730-d; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1738-51; mar 13 Dec 1722, Lucy (d 12 Nov 1752), eldest dau and cohrss of Sir John Werden, 2nd Bt, of Cholmeaton, Cheshire; d 27 July 1751, leaving issue,
1. Lady Diana; b 20 Oct 1725; mar 2 Feb 1761 as his 1st w, Rt Rev Hon Shute DD, Bp of Durham 1791-1826 (b 26 May 1734; d 25 March 1826), ygr s of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (d 14 Dec 1734); dsps 28 May 1766 while giving birth to a stillborn dau.
2. George, later 3rd Duke of St Albans (see below).
The only s,
George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans; b 25 June 1730; educ Eton; Ld-Lt of Berks 1751-60, 1771-86; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1751; High Steward of Windsor 1751; Bearer of Sword of State at Installation of Prince of Wales 1771; mar 23 Dec 1752, Jane (b ca 1731; d 16 Dec 1778), dau and cohrss of Sir Walter Roberts, 6th Bt, of Glassenbury Park (qv); dspl 1 Feb 1786,
1. A son; b 1748; dvp 30 Jan 1759.
2. George; b 20 Dec 1755 at Paris, France; bur 11 Oct 1756.
3. A son; b Sept 1757; d Feb 1758.
4. Anne-Amelie; b 5 Dec 1756 at Brussels; mar 30 Oct 1781 at Brussels, Simon Froment, of Brussels (b 1752; d 20 Oct 1823); d 3 Nov 1826 at Pont-à-Mousson, France.
5. A son; b Sept 1757; evidently the son borne by his kitchen maid according to Horace Walpole; dvp Feb 1758.
6. Mariette-Victoire-Rose; b 1 Dec 1758 as twin at Brussels; mar 7 Jan 1787 at Brussels, Huberti Offhus, of Brussels, and advocate; d 5 Aug 1829 at Pont-à-Mousson, France, leaving issue,
6.1. Anne Amelie; b 1 Dec 1758.
7. Marie Agnes; b 1 Dec 1758 at Brussels; probably dvp young and certainly bef her natural f wrote his will in 1785.
The 1st cousin-once-removed,
George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans; b 5 Dec 1758; 3rd Ft Grds: Ensign 1775, Capt-Lt 1778; served American War of Independence; d unm 10 Feb 1787, when he was suc by his cousin,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans also 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth (suc f 1 Oct 1781); b 3 June 1740; educ Westminster, Queen’s Coll Oxf; MP (Whig): Thetford 1761-68, Aldborough 1768-74; mar 4 May 1763, Lady Catherine (d 4 Sept 1789), elder dau of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (qv); d 9 Feb 1802, leaving issue,
1. Lady Catherine Elizabeth; b 20 Feb 1794 (bapt 19 March); mar 1 Sept 1802 at Paris, France, Rev James, Vicar of Hanworth, Middx (b 1765; d 1827), s of Rev James Burgess; dsp 12 July 1803 in Italy (bur there).
2. Aubrey, later 6th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. William, later 8th Duke of St Albans (see below).
4. Lady Caroline; mar 16 Feb 1797, Hon Charles Lawrence (d 25 Jan 1810), 4th s of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (see ZETLAND, M); d 23 Nov 1838, leaving issue.
5. Adm Lord Amelius GCB (4 Aug 1835; KCB 2 Jan 1815), GCH (29 March 1831), RN, of Winchfield House, Hants; b 23 May 1771 (bapt 15 June at St Marylebone Parish Ch, Middx); RN: joined 1782, Lt 21 Sept 1790, Capt 16 Sept 1793, R-Adm 1 Aug 1811, V-Adm 12 Aug 1819, Adm 22 July 1830; Hon Col RM 31 July 1810; C-in-C: Lisbon 1824-27, Plymouth 1836-39; Principal Naval ADC to Queen Victoria 4 Aug 1839; FRS 1809; d unm and spl 10 Dec at Winchfield House, leaving illegit issue,
5.1. Charles Frederick Augustus de Vere; b 1836; mar 19 March 1859, Sarah Caroline, dau of James Paul, of Portsea, Hants; d 11 Apr 1882, leaving issue,
5.1.1. Sarah Toft Mallory; b 26 Jan 1860.
5.1.2. Amelius Aubrey de Vere; b 1861; educ Liverpool Coll; Sec and Mngr of Manchester Dog Show Soc 1896; Mngr of Kennel Club Show; mar 8 March 1892, Sarah Elizabeth (d 6 Sept 1838), dau of Thomas Newton, of Liverpool; d 18 March 1910, leaving issue,
5.1.2.1. Amelius Aubrey de Vere JP; b 20 Sept 1894; educ Liverpool Coll; with RNVR 1914-15 and RFC 1915-19 during WWI; Mayor of Oswestry 1959-60; mar 26 Dec 1923, Phoebe, dau of Joseph Davies, and had issue,
5.1.2.1.1. F/O Amelius Aubrey de Vere JP, RAFVR, of Grenston, Croeswylan Ln, Oswestry, Salop SY10 9PT (2003); b 3 March 1924; served WWII; mar 15 June 1946, Sydney Frances, dau of D. C. F. Thomas; d 19 Aug 2009, leaving issue,
5.1.2.1.1.1. ●Eleanor Frances de Vere; b 20 Feb 1950.
5.1.2.1.1.2. ●Alan Aubrey de Vere; b 6 Feb 1954; educ Univ Coll of Wales (PhD 1978).
5.1.2.1.2. ●Marjorie Elizabeth de Vere; b 5 March 1926; mar 20 June 1964, Ellis John Zinn, of Johannesburg, S Africa (d Aug 1966).
5.1.2.2. Charles Ernest de Vere; b 12 March 1899; mar 3 Dec 1923, Jennie Gertrude Howell; d 1971, leaving issue,
5.1.2.2.1. ●Jean de Vere; b 24 Nov 1924; mar ●Alec John Hayward, and has issue,
5.1.2.2.1.1. ●Valerie Frances.
5.1.3. Aubrey Wentworth, sometime of Singapore; b ca 1862; d unm 1915.
5.1.4. Blanche de Vere; b 1863; mar Arthur Manifold, of Liverpool (d 1908); dsp 29 Nov 1952.
5.1.5. Frederick Wentworth; b 30 Jan 1864; US Consular Agent to Surabaya, Dutch E Indies; took Dutch nationality 1896; mar 1st, Jane Ottolina Potter (dsp); mar 2nd 14 May 1903, Jacoba Jeanette Charlotta (d 20 July 1961), dau of Jan Willelm le Comte, of Surabya; d 24 Dec 1908, leaving issue,
5.1.5.1. Charles Frederick; b 23 Sept 1904; educ Brighton Coll, Wadham Coll Oxf (MA); with Colonial Administrative Serv; DC for Tanganyika 1929-56; Sr Maths Master at Hove Coll; took British nationality 1928; mar 15 May 1930, Dorothy Charlton (d 7 July 1967), dau of John Lupton Lister, of Brighton, Sussex, and had issue,
5.1.5.1.1. ●Diana Charlton; b 30 March 1931; mar 29 Sept 1956, ●John Nicholas, s of Frederick Ernest Lewis, of Bournemouth, and has 1 s and 1 dau.
5.1.5.2. Aubrey Wentworth; b 4 Sept 1908; educ Hurstpierpoint; mar 27 Oct 1938, Joyce Muriel (liv 2003), dau of Horace Langdon, of London; d 22 Nov 1983, leaving issue,
5.1.5.2.1. ●Nicholas Wentworth; b 21 Feb 1945; educ Hurstpierpoint; mar 11 Sept 1971, ●Lydia Jean, dau of John Kirby, of London, and has issue,
5.1.5.2.1.1. ●Nicola Jean; b 1 July 1977.
5.1.5.2.1.2. ●Gemma Louise; b 8 June 1980.
5.1.5.2.1.3. ●Christopher Charles Aubrey Wentworth; b 17 March 1985.
5.1.5.2.2. ●Charles Aubrey; b 17 March 1948; educ Hurstpierpoint.
5.1.6. Diana de Vere; b 24 Dec 1867; mar Alfred Charles Manifold, of Liverpool; d June 1968.
6. Lady Georgiana Gertrude; b 1776; d 17 Oct 1791.
The eldest s,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans; b 21 Aug 1765; 34th Ft 34th Ensign 1781, Capt 1783, Maj 1789, Lt-Col 1789, retired 1794; MP (Whig till 1794 then Pittite then Whig after becoming a peer) for Kingston-upon-Hull 1790-96; mar 1st 9 July 1788, Jane (dspm 18 Aug 1800), dau of John Moses, of Kingston-upon-Hull, and had issue,
1. Lady Mary; b 4 Dec 1743 (bapt 31 Dec in Westminster); mar 6 Nov 1811 (sep ca 1815), George William Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry (qv); d 11 Sept 1845, leaving issue.
(continued) 6th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 15 Aug 1802, Grace Louisa (d 19 Feb 1816), 4th dau of John Manners (see RUTLAND, D); d 12 Aug 1815, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2. Aubrey, later 7th Duke of St Albans (see below).
The only s,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 7th Duke of St Albans; b 7 Apr 1815; d 19 Feb 1816, when he was suc by his uncle,
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans; b 18 Dec 1766; RN: Midshipman 1782, Lt 1788, Cdr 1822; High Sheriff: Denbighs 1803-04, Lincs 1808-09; mar 1st 20 July 1791, Charlotte (d 19 Oct 1797), dau and hrss of Rev Robert Carter Thelwall, of Redbourne Hall, Lincs, by Charlotte, dau of Sir John Nelthorpe, 5th Bt, of Gray’s Inn, London (d 1746), and had issue,
1. William Robert; bapt 11 May and bur vp 13 May 1794.
(continued) 8th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 4 March 1799, Maria Janetta (d 17 Jan 1822), only dau and hrss of John Nelthorpe, of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs, High Sheriff of Lincs 1775-76, by Mary, 2nd dau of Robert Cracroft, of Hackthorn, Lincs; d 17 July 1825, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
1. Lady Maria Emlia; b 11 May 1800 (bapt 18 May at Redbourne); an epileptic who was a patient at Ticehurst Mental Hosp from 1851; d unm 9 July 1873 at Ticehurst, Sussex (admon granted 29 July 1873 for effects under £12,000).
2. William Aubrey de Vere, later 9th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. Lady Charlotte; b 4 Apr 1802 (bapt 18 Apr at Redbourne); d unm 12 Aug 1842 (bur 18 Aug at Highgate Cemetery, Middx).
4. Julia Catherine; b ca Apr 1803; bur vp an infant 17 Aug 1803 at Redbourne.
5. Lady Caroline Janetta; b 28 June 1804; mar 14 July 1825 as his 1st w, Arthur Algernon Capell, 6th Earl of Essex (qv); d 22 Aug 1862, leaving issue.
6. John Nelthorpe; b 3 Dec 1805 (bapt 18 Dec at Redbourne); dvp 4 Aug 1810 from scarlet fever (bur at Hanworth, Middx).
7. Lady Louisa Georgiana; b 20 Dec 1806 (bapt 4 Jan 1807 at Redbourne); mar 28 Dec 1835 at the British Embassy, Munich as his 1st w, Thomas Hughan of Airds (mar 2nd ca 1868, Louisa Senhouse (b 1829; d 1900); d 24 March 1879), dau of Forster Clarke, of Airds House, Kirkcudbrights; d 18 Feb 1843, leaving 3 dau.
8. Capt Lord Frederick Charles Peter JP (Lincs), RN of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 29 June 1808; RN: Midshipman 1823, Cdr 1834, Capt 1854; present at Battle of Navarino aboard HMS Asia; mar 16 Feb 1848, Jemima Eleanora (d 14 Oct 1877), 6th dau of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva (see JOHNSTONE of Westerhall, Bt); d 17 Nov 1865, leaving issue,
8.1. William Nelthorpe JP, DL (parts of Lindsey), of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 7 Apr 1849; educ Eton, Cheltenham, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1872; LLM 1875; LLD 1888); Envoy Extra and Min Plenipo to Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia 1906; Author: Rural Italy (1888); mar 1st 27 Apr 1878, Jane Isabella (d 3 Jan 1888), 2nd dau of Rev James Rathborne, Rector of W Tytherley, Hants, and had issue,
8.1.1. Aubrey Nelthorpe, of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 24 March 1879; educ RMA Sandhurst; served as Maj N Staffs Regt in India 1911 (POW); mar 21 Feb 1911, Vera Eileen May (mar 2nd 29 Apr 1919, Capt Gerald Andrew Greig, Royal Scots Fusil; d 4 Apr 1975), only dau of Capt William Holcombe Francis, Gloucs Regt; d 22 Apr 1916, leaving issue,
8.1.1.1. Daphne Diana de Vere, of Precourt, Kennards, Amberley, W Sussex (2003); b 26 Dec 1911; mar 19 Apr 1933, Comte Claude Antoine Chauvin (d 5 Sept 1971), s of Comte Charles Leschevin de Precourt; d 2005, leaving issue,
8.1.1.1.1. ●Comte François Christian; b 22 Feb 1936; educ Ecole St Martin (France); late Lt (Cav) French Army; mar 5 May 1962, ●Sabine, dau of Comte de Vauntibault, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.1.1. ●Ghislaine; b 15 Nov 1967; mar 27 Apr 1991, ●Jean du Puytison, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.1.2. ●Claude Henri Aubrey; b 29 May 1963.
8.1.1.1.1.3. ●Remy François Xavier; b 6 March 1972.
8.1.1.1.2. ●Comte Philippe Etienne; b 19 Oct 1938; educ Ecole de Roches (France), ESSEC; Lt (Reserve Inf) French Army; mar 1st 12 July 1961, Marie Noelle (d 17 Oct 1989), dau of (Gerard) Rene Gasquet, of Neuilly-sur-Seine; mar 2nd 1992, ●Catherine, dau of Robert Treppier, of Paris, France, and has issue by his 1st w,
8.1.1.1.2.1. ●Aude Emilie; b 28 Jan 1962; mar 20 May 1989, ●Comte Geoffrey, s of Comte Jean de Monteynard, of Versailles, France, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.2.1.1. ●Laure Sabine Pierette; b 23 Jan 1963; mar 25 Nov 1995, ●Dr Thierry Hano, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.2.1.2. ●Clarisse Agnes; b 20 Feb 1966; mar 13 July 1991, ●Nicholas Demont, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.2.1.3. ●Marguerite; b 21 May 1972; mar 2 Sept 1995, ●Baron Frederic de Ravinel, of Sigy, France.
8.1.1.1.3. ●Comte Jean Yves Xavier; b 31 May 1943; edu cEcole de Roches (France); Sub-Lt French Navy; mar 1 Feb 1970, ●Nathalie, dau of Dr Dubel, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.3.1. ●Blaise; b 1962.
8.1.1.1.3.2. ●Penelop; b 30 May 1971.
8.1.1.1.3.3. ●Jeremie Adrian; b 1978.
8.1.1.1.4. ●Comtesse Anne Victoria; b 13 Dec 1944; mar 20 July 1986, ●Nigel Foxell.
8.1.1.2. Hermione de Vere; b 30 Nov 1915; mar 1 Oct 1939, F/Lt James MBE, GM, AEA, FCA, RAFVR (d 12 May 1983), only s of James Evan Dewar, of Putney, London; d 5 Nov 1969, leaving issue,
8.1.1.2.1. A son; b and 25 Oct 1940.
8.1.1.2.2. Lt-Cdr Peter de Vere Dewar (later Beauclerk-Dewar as recognized by the Ld Lyon Office 26 Oct 1965), RD (1980; *1990), JP (Inner London 1983), RNR, of 22 Faroe Road, London W14 0EP (2003); b 19 Feb 1943; educ Ampleforth; Lt-Cdr RNR; Member of Royal Co of Archers 1981; Falkland Pursuivant Extra 1975, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997; Silver Stick Usher at Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Service of Elizabeth II 1977; Usher at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday Thanksgiving Service 1980; Chm: Inner London Magistrates Assoc; Dir: More House Tst Ltd 1992-95; V-Pres: Royal Stuart Soc 1995; NADFAS Lecturer 1998-2015; Freeman of CoL 1965; Liveryman of Haberdashers’ Co 1967; OStJ 1987; Kt of SMO Malta 1971; Kt of Sacred Mil Order of Constantine St George 1981; Grand Officer of Order of Merit (Malta) 1989; FSA(Scot); FIMgt; FFA; Hon FHG; Author: The House of Nell Gwyn (1974; co-author), The House of Dewar (1991), The Family History Record Book (1991); Editor: Burke’s Landed Gentry of Scotland (2001), Right Royal Bastards – The Fruits of Passion (2006); mar 4 Feb 1967, Sarah Ann Sweet Verge, elder dau of Maj Lionel John Verge Rudder DCLI, of Bibury, Gloucs; d 1 Aug 2024, leaving issue,
8.1.1.2.2.1. ●James William Aubrey de Vere; b 30 Sept 1970; educ Ampleforth; mar 2007, ●Yulia Kortchak, of St Petersburg, Russia.
8.1.1.2.2.2. ●Alexandra Hermione Sarah; b 1 Aug 1972; mar 2010, ●Gideon Stuart Richard Palmer, of London NW10 (2025), and has issue,
8.1.1.2.2.2.1. ●Lola Margaret; b 2000.
8.1.1.2.2.2.2. ●Otis Oscar; b 2002.
8.1.1.2.2.2.3. ●Luka Honey; b 2006.
8.1.1.2.2.3. ●Emma Diana Peta; b 9 Sept 1973; mar 2006, ● Amaury Amblard-Ladurantie, of Versailles, France, and has issue,
8.1.1.2.2.3.1. ●Alban Thomas Alexis Patrick; b 2009.
8.1.1.2.2.3.2. ●Fleur Marie Sarah Jeannie; b 2010.
8.1.1.2.2.3.3. ●Astrid Lucie Inez Hermione; b 2013.
8.1.1.2.2.4. ●Philippa Caroline Frances; b 8 Aug 1982; Dir: Organised Chaos Mngmnt Ltd 2023.
8.1.1.2.3. ●Gillian de Vere Beauclerk (assumed by Deed Poll dated 1990); b 20 March 1944; mar 1st 24 Sept 1964 (div 1978), Peter John Lawrence MIMarE, of Park House, Eynsford, only s of Bernard Lawrence Silley, of Matching Green, Essex, by Mrs Claud Alexander (see HAGART-ALEXANDER, Bt); mar 2nd 22 Dec 1978 (div 1990; took m’s maiden name), Robert Erskine MA, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, only s of Charles Robert Beveridge, and has issue by her 1st husband,
8.1.1.2.3.1. ●Natasha Margaret; b 19 Nov 1965; Dir: Burland Technology Solutions Ltd 2007, The Priory Property Investments Ltd 2019; Member: Gunfleet Yacht Charter LLP 2011-13; mar 14 Dec 2001, ●Richard Anthony Vass, and has issue,
8.1.1.2.3.1.1. ●Poppy Katherine; b 2003.
8.1.1.2.3.2. Tanya Anne; b 11 July 1967; d 23 Aug 1984.
8.1.2. Isabella Eleanor; b 28 Sept and dvp 9 Oct 1881.
8.1.3. Violet Mary; b 2 Nov 1883; served WWI (Mons Star with Ypres Bar); Poor Clare Nun as Sister Mary Seraphim 1950-56; Author: The Book of Talbot (1933; won James Tait Black Memorial Prize); mar 1 Feb 1907, John Talbot Clifton JP, of Lytham Hall, Lancs and of Kildalton Castle, Port Ellen, Islay, Hebrides (d 23 March 1928); d 20 Nov 1961, leaving issue.
8.1.4. Florence Frederica de Vere; b 8 Oct 1885; mar 14 Nov 1912, Lt-Col Reginald Joseph Bentick (see PORTLAND, E); d 4 June 1977, leaving issue.
8.1.5. Nelthorpe de Vere; b 1 and dvp 2 Jan 1888.
(continued) William Nelthorpe mar 2nd 5 Sept 1892, Evelyn Amy (d 10 June 1933), elder dau of Sir Robert Hart, 1st Bt, of Kilmoriarty, co Armagh, GCMG (b 20 Feb 1835; d 20 Sept 1911); d 5 March 1908, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
8.1.6. Vera Louise; b 21 Sept 1893; mar 28 Apr 1926, George Ramsay Acland (d 1972), s of Rev Barton Reginald Vaughan Mills; dsp 5 Jan 1942.
8.1.7. Hilda de Vere; b 21 Jan 1895; mar 21 June 1933, Miles Malcolm Bed, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, s of Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson; d 16 Sept 1964, leaving 2 dau.
8.2. Lt Frederick Amelius, 60th Rifles; b 8 Oct 1851; educ Charterhouse, Cheltenham; retired from Army 1877; mar 12 Jan 1881, Mary Harriett Isabella Cumberland (mar 2nd 30 Apr 1898, Maj Robert FitzRoy Maclean Johnstone IA, see JOHNSTONE of Westerhall, Bt), sis of John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (b 31 Oct 1866; d 6 Dec 1936); d 22 May 1887, leaving issue,
8.2.1. Evelyn Eleanora; b 15 Feb and dvp 12 July 1883.
9. Lady Georgiana; b 11 Sept 1809; mar 10 Feb 1829, Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Bt, of Norton Place (qv); d 8 Jan 1880, leaving issue.
10. Lady Mary Noel; b 28 Dec 1810 (bapt 7 Jan 1811 at Redbourne); mar 15 Dec 1836 at Easton, Lincs, Thomas George Corbett, of Elsham Hall, Lincs (b 1796; d 5 July 1868); d 29 Nov 1850, leaving 2 dau.
11. Lord Henry; b 23 June 1812 (bapt 12 July at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); 2nd Lt 1830; Lt 1833; retired 1837; retired 1838; admitted to Ticehurst Mental Hosp 1837 due to a “brain fever”; d unm 22 Jan 1856 (bur 30 Jan at HIghgate Cemetery, Middx).
12. Lord Charles, of Lower Winchfield House, Hants and of Riding House, Northumb; b 10 Oct 1813 (bapt 1 Nov at Redbourne); Ensign 1832; Lt 1836; Capt 1839; retired 1842; Maj Northumberland Militia 1857; mar 7 Sept 1842 at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx, Laura Maria Theresa (b ca 1825; d 1858), dau and hrss of Col Edward Stopford, Amb to Spain; d 2 Nov 1861 from injuries received while trying to rescue a lifeboat crew in a storm in Scarborough harbor (bur at Scarborough; admon granted 14 Sept 1862 and 29 May 1896 for effects under £1,000), leaving issue,
12.1. William Arthur Stopford de Vere, of Richmond, Surrey; b 3 Jan 1844; with Bengal Cav IA; mar 1st 3 July 1869, Mary Augusta (d 20 Apr 1870), only dau of Adm Sir George Augustus Westphal RN (b 27 March 1785; d 12 Jan 1875); mar 2nd 4 Nov 1874, Elizabeth Susan (d 25 May 1934), ygr dau of Edward James, of Swarland Park, Northumb; d 11 Feb 1917, leaving with a dau by his 1st w, leaving issue by his 2nd w
12.1.1. Charles Edward de Vere; b 10 Sept 1875; educ Clifton, RMA Sandhurst; Lt KRRC; Lt Uganda Rifles 1898; ADC; d unm 14 Jan 1900 in Uganda.
12.1.2. Sybil Evelyn de Vere; b 10 Dec 1876; mar 15 March 1902, William Murray, of Lerryn, Cornw, ygr s of George Houseman Thomas; dsp 26 Dec 1902.
12.1.3. Diana Lily de Vere MBE (1918); b 27 Dec 1878; mar 4 Jan 1912, Christian Hugh Septimus, of Rudchester, Northumb, 7th s of Thomas James JP, DL, of Otterburn Tower, Northumb; dsp 30 Jan 1954.
12.2. Florence Emily Rachel; b 4 July 1845; mar 24 Apr 1867, Rev John Hart-Davies, Vicar of St Paul’s Ch, Covent Gdn, Middx; d 3 Apr 1922, leaving 5 s and 2 dau.
12.3. Thomas Wentworth Sydney, of Irasberg, VT, USA; b 21 March 1847; educ Mil Inst Lexington (KY); a civil engineer; mar 1st 2 Jan 1872, Mary Frances (d 17 May 1873), dau of Ira H. Allen, and had issue,
12.3.1. May Frances; b 10 May 1873; mar 1st, William C. Stetson, and had 2 s; mar 2nd, Dr Eben Gaynor, and had 1 s.
(continued) Thomas Wentworth Sydney mar 2nd 1875, Elizabeth Porter Yates, of Utica, NY (d 13 July 1911); d 29 Jan 1938, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
12.3.2. William Preston, of Concord, NH, USA; b 9 June 1875; a surgeon; mar 2 July 1894, Jennie Mabel Hayward (d 11 March 1959); d 18 March 1921, leaving issue,
12.3.2.1. Sydney Wentworth; b 10 Oct 1895; educ Syracuse Univ; with 12th Aero Sqdn 4th US Army Corps during WWI; KIA 29 Oct 1918 during WWI.
12.3.2.2. Barbara; b 4 Feb 1913; educ Syracuse Univ; mar 29 May 1940, Joseph John Betz, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA; d July 1985, leaving 2 s and 1 dau.
12.3.3. Laura Maria Theresa; b 1878; mar 8 Oct 1907, Dr Percy Charles Waller Templeton, of Irasberg, VT, USA; d 29 Sept 1938, leaving 4 dau.
12.3.4. Harry Wentworth; b 19 Oct 1879; drowned vp 28 July 1887.
12.3.5. Muriel.
12.4. Laura Maria Theresa; b 3 Jan 1849; mar 10 Aug 1867, William, styled Viscount Milton (b 27 July 1839; dvp 17 Jan 1877), eldest s and h app of William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam KG (b 12 Oct 1815; d 20 Feb 1902); d 20 March 1886, leaving issue.
12.5. Aubrey Topham, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; b 29 Oct 1850; served with RHA; mar 17 Sept 1913; Gwendolen Loftus (d 2 May 1958), 4th dau of Capt Sir Frederic Hughes JP, DL, of Barnstown House, co Wexford; d 14 Jan 1933, leaving issue,
12.5.1. Charles Frederic Aubrey de Vere, later 13th Duke of St Albans (see below).
12.6. Herbert Augustus Corbett; b 3 Jan 1852; d unm 30 Aug 1904.
12.7. George Robert Armstrong; b 15 July 1854; educ Haileybury; mar 1st 13 Nov 1873, Sarah (dsp 15 Apr 1903), dau of William Turner, of High Wycombe, Bucks; mar 2nd 23 March 1912, Antoinette Jeanne Alice (d 1 March 1926), dau of Arni Jacquerod, of Geneva, Switzerland; dsp 29 Apr 1927.
12.8. Blanche Evelyn; b 1 Oct 1855; mar 29 July 1903, Rev David Evans, Vicar of St James’s Ch, Croydon, Surrey (d 20 Jan 1906); dsp 30 Nov 1951.
12.9. Valunga; b 21 March 1857; d unm 6 Dec 1939.
13. Capt Lord Amelius Wentworth JP (Suffolk), RN, of Leiston Hall, Suffolk; b 16 Aug 1815 (bapt 27 Aug at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); educ RNC Dartmouth; RN: joined 1830, Lt 1841, Cdr 1846, Capt 1864, retired 1864; mar 27 July 1853 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Frances Maria (b 1834; mar 2nd 2 July 1884 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch, Middx, Lt-Gen John Walpole D’Oyly (b 1821; d 9 Nov 1897); d 1910), only dau and hrss of Charles Mathew Harrison, of London; d 24 March 1879 at London (will pr 1 May 1879 for effects under £70,000), leaving issue,
13.1. Capt Charles William Wentworth de Vere, 15th Hussars; b 8 May 1854; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1877; MA 1880); mar 17 Jan 1908, Ida Stewart (d 7 Feb 1929), widow of Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid MVO and eldest dau of Frederick Hendricks; dsp 29 Dec 1917.
13.2. Frances Maria Janetta; b 8 Sept 1855; mar 19 June 1879, Maj George, of Gate House, Staffs and of Eaton Grange, Lincs (d 18 July 1907), 3rd s of William Paynter JP, DL, of Camborne House, Leincs; d 6 May 1884, leaving issue.
13.3. Amelius Francis Ward; b 22 March 1857; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb, Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1885); d unm 1 Jan 1935.
13.4. William Abdy, of Tower Court, Ascot, Berks; b 29 Apr 1859; mar 20 Nov 1902, Emily Standbridge (d 3 June 1917), only dau of Thomas King; dsp Dec 1912.
13.5. Amelia Frances Mary Eveligh; b 29 Dec 1860; d 15 Dec 1868.
13.6. Maria Elizabeth Harriet Adele; b 10 July 1863; dvp 31 Jan 1865.
13.7. Lilchen Agnes Georgiana; dvp young 23 May 1867.
14. Lord George Augustus; b 14 Dec 1818 (bapt 28 Dec at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx); educ Charterhouse; Cornet 1838; Lt 1841; Capt 1844; Maj 1853; retired 1857; served Crimean War; d unm 3 Jan 1800 (will pr 28 Jan 1880 for effects under £20,000).
The eldest s,
William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans; b 24 March 1801; Bearer of Sceptre with Cross at Coronation of William IV 1830; Hon LLD (Camb) 1828; mar 1st 16 June 1827, Harriet/Harriot, an Ir actress (b 11 Nov 1777; d 6 Aug 1837), widow and principal hrss of Thomas Coutts, Fndr of Coutts & Co (b 7 Sept 1735; d 24 Feb 1822) and probably dau of Lt Matthew Mellon, Madras Inf, her vast remaining fortune of £600,000 eventually going to her step-dau, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts suo jure (see BURDETT of Burthwaite, Bt); mar 2nd 29 May 1839, Elizabeth Catherine (mar 2nd 10 Nov 1859, Lucius Bentick Cary, 10th Viscount of Falkland GCH, qv; d 2 Dec 1893), yst dau of Maj-Gen Joseph Gubbins, of Stoneham, Hants and of Kilfrush, co Limerick; d 27 May 1849, leaving issue by his 2nd w,
1. William Amelius Aubrey de Vere, later 10th Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Lady Diana de Vere; b 10 Dec 1841 (bapt 11 Jan 1842 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); there were rumors of her engagement to the Prince of Orange in 1863 but this was opposed by Queen Victoria; mar 18 Dec 1872, Sir John Walter Kt (1875), QC (1857), SL (1875), of The Grange, Ascot, Berks, educ Gray’s Inn (Barrister 1839; Bencher 1857; Treas 1859, 1868); MP (Con): Canterbury 1865-68, Norwich 1874-75, Recorder of Burford 1865-75, Judge of the Advocate Fleet 1865-75, Justice CP 1875-80, JHC (QBD) 1880-90 (b 8 Sept 1815; d 5 Dec 1890; cremated at Woking Crematorium and bur with his w), yst s of Thomas Huddleston, Merchant Navy; dsp 1 Apr 1905 at London (bur at Bestwood; will pr 14 June 1905 for estate worth £83,468).
After the death of his 1st w, the 9th Duke of St Albans is said to have seduced a servant girl and had an illegit dau by her,
1. Charlotte (?); b 19 July 1839; mar and had issue.
The only s,
William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans PC (1869), JP, DL (Lincs 1860); b 15 Apr 1840; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb; Hon Col of 1st Notts Rifle Vols 1868; Capt of Yeo of the Grd 1868-74; turned down KG 1885; Ld-Lt of Notts 1880-98; Member of Notts CC 1889-98; Member: Royal Yacht Sqdn 1862-98, Jockey Club 1863-98; Author: The Life of R. B. Osborne (1884; written by Philip Bagenal but published under his name; biography of his f-in-law); mar 1st 20 June 1867, Sybil Mary (d 7 Sept 1871 aft childbirth), eldest dau of Gen Hon Charles Grey, Priv Sec to Queen Victoria 1861-70, 2nd s of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (qv), and had issue,
1. Lady Louise de Vere; b 12 Apr 1869 (sponsored by HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll); mar 25 Oct 1890, Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (qv); d 15 Dec 1958, leaving issue.
2. Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere, later 11th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere; b 21 Aug 1871; mar 4 Nov 1899, Maj William Frank (b 21 March 1863; d 8 March 1913), elder s of Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, Amb to Germany 1895-1908 (see HAREWOOD, E); d 20 Sept 1910, leaving issue.
(continued) 10th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 3 Jan 1874, Grace (d 18 Nov 1926), dau and cohrss of Sir Ralph Bernal-Osborne MP (see OSBORNE of Ballintaylor and Ballylemon, Bt); d 10 May 1898, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
1. Osborne de Vere, later 12th Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Lady Moyra de Vere; b 20 Jan 1876; mar 30 July 1895, Lt-Col Lord Richard Frederick CB, CMG, DL, JP, MP (b 31 Jan 1871; d 7 Jan 1946), ygr bro of Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD (qv); d 7 Feb 1942, leaving issue.
3. Lady Katherine de Vere; b 25 May 1877 (21 June bapt at St Peter’s Ch, Eaton Sq, Middx); mar 1st 23 Jan 1896 at St Peter’s Ch, Eaton Sq (div 1920), Henry Charles Somers Augustus, of Reigate Priory, Surrey (b 1874; d 1945), paternal grands of Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG (qv); mar 2nd 22 Apr 1921, Maj-Gen Hon Sir William Lambton KCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, GOC 4th Div 1915-17 (b 4 Dec 1863; d 11 Oct 1936), ygr s of George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (qv); d 1 Feb 1958.
4. Lady Alexandra de Vere; b 5 July 1878; d unm 16 Apr 1935 (bur at Bestwood; admon granted 16 Sept 1935 for estate worth £9,144).
5. Lord William Huddleston de Vere; b 16 Aug 1883; educ Eton; mentally ill in later life; d unm 25 Dec 1954 at The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey (admon granted 2 Apr 1954 for estate worth £3,841).
The elder s,
Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 11th Duke of St Albans; b 26 March 1870 (sponsored by Queen Victoria and HRH The Prince of Wales later Edward VII); educ Eton; 3rd Btn The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt): 2nd Lt 1888, Lt 1889; 2nd Lt Life Grds June-Sept 1893; S Notts Yeo: 2nd Lt 1894, Capt 1898, retired 1900; d unm 19 Sept 1934, when he was suc by his ygr half-bro,
Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans; b 16 Oct 1874; educ Eton; served Boer War as Capt 17th Lancers 1899-1902 (despatches); ADC to 1st Earl Haig during WWI; High Sheriff of co Waterford 1920-21; mar 19 Aug 1918, Lady Beatrix Frances GBE (1919), DGStJ (d 5 Aug 1953), widow of Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford KP (qv) and 2nd dau of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE (qv); dsp 2 March 1964, when he was suc by his cousin,
Charles Frederic Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans OBE (1945); b 16 Aug 1915; mar 1st 21 March 1938 (div 1947), Nathalie Chatham (d 1985), dau of Percival Field Walker, of Rythe Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey, and had issue,
1. Murray de Vere, present 14th Duke of St Albans (see below).
(continued) 13th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 19 March 1947, Suzanne Marie-Adele, of 64 West Stre, Newbury, Berks RG13 1BD (2003), Author: The Mimosa and The Mango, Paraide and Pestilence: Aspect of Provence (1997) (b 1922; d 12 Feb 2010), dau of Emile William Fesq, of Mas Mistral, Vence, France; d 8 Oct 1988, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2. +Lord Peter Charles de Vere; b 13 Jan 1948; educ Eton, Pacific Coll of Oriental Medicine; with RNR 1966-69; mar 17 May 1972 (div 1978), Beverlie June, dau of Alva Edwin Bailey, of CA, USA, and issue,
2.1. Robin de Vere; b 24 Feb 1971; accidentally drowned 10 June 1973.
2.2. ●Angela Grace de Vere; b 24 Dec 1974.
(continued) Lord Peter Charles de Vere mar 2nd 1999, ●Lechima Tsering Dolma, dau of Nyima Gyalpo, of Shungru, Tibet, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
2.3. +Tenzin Jinpa de Vere; b 2005.
2.4. +Yontan de Vere; b 2008.
3. +Lord James Charles Fesq de Vere; b 6 Feb 1949; educ Eton.
4. +Lord John William Aubrey de Vere; b 10 Feb 1950; educ Eton; with Save the Children Fund (USA); mar 1st 1986 (div 2000), Caroline Ann Heath, dau of Mrs B. Wilkinson, of IoW, and has issue,
4.1. +Gianni Emrys; b 1979; mar 2007, ●Gabriella Cacciola, and has issue,
4.1.1. ●Angelica Chiara; b 2010.
4.1.2. ●Isabella Juliana; b 2014.
4.2. ●Kiatsi Sofia; b 12 Oct 1984; mar 2013, ●David Whittock, and has issue,
4.2.1. ●Callum John; b 2014.
4.3. ●Mayasuni Ann; b 1986; mar 2006, ●HI&RH Archduke Philip Joachim Franz Max Clemens Gallus von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria-Este (b 9 Dec 1991), s of ●Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este (b 16 Dec 1955), husband of ●HRH Princess Astrid Joséphine-Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola Marie (b 5 June 1962), eldest dau of ●Albert II Felix Humbert Theodoor Christiaan Eugen Maria, King of the Belgians 1993-2013 (b 6 June 1934) and has issue,
4.3.1. ●HI&RH Archduchess Amaya Anna Maria; b 2010.
4.3.2. ●HI&RH Archduchess Amaya Anna Maria; b 2010.
(continued) Lord John William Aubrey de Vere mar 2nd 2000, ●Joanna Maria, dau of Stanislav Kolaczinski of Warsaw, Poland, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
4.4. ●Annamary; b 6 May 1998 prior to their parents’ marriage.
4.5. ●Emilie; b 2008.
5. ●Lady Caroline Anne de Vere; b 19 July 1951; educ Fritham House Sch, Queen’s Gate Sch; mar 11 July 1970 (div 1986), Neil St John, elder s of Lt-Col R. L. V. ffrench Blake, of Midgham Park Farm, Berks, and has issue,
5.1. ●Clare Eleanor de Vere ffrench; b 15 Jan 1972.
5.2. ●Katherine “Kate” Juliana de Vere ffrench; b 25 May 1977.
6. A dau; b and vp 15 Nov 1963.
I had earlier posted about the descent of the Earls of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.For completeness, I attach the draft genealogy of the Dukes of St Albans.ST ALBANS, D
Arms: Quarterly I and IV grandquarters the Arms of King Charles II (viz. quarterly I and IV quarterly France and England; II Scotland; III Ireland) overall a baton sinister Gules charged with three roses barbed and seeded proper; II and III quarterly Gules and Or in the first quarter a mullet Argent (de Vere).
Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a lion statant guardant Or crowned with a ducal coronet per pale Argent and of the first and gorged with a collar of the last thereon three roses also Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Supporters: Dexter an antelope Argent armed and unguled Or; Sinister a Greyhound Argent each supporter gorged with a collar as in the crest.
Motto: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin: A pledge of better times).
Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, 14th Earl of Burford, 14th Baron Heddington, 11th Baron Vere of Hanworth also Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; b 19 Jan 1939; educ Tonbridge; CA 1962; Partner: Burford & Co (CA) 1981; Pres: Burford Opera 1991; Gov-Gen of Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Liveryman of Drapers’ Co 1962; FCA; Freeman of CoL; mar 1st 31 Jan 1963 (div 1974), Rosemary Frances, sis of Philip Scoones and only dau of Francis Harold Scoones JP, MRCS, LRCP (see BARRAN, B); mar 2nd 29 Aug 1974 (div 2001), Cynthia Theresa Mary (b 1929; d May 2002), former w of (1) Henry George Arton, of Canada and (2) Sir Anthony Robin Maurice Hooper, 2nd Bt, of Tenterden, Kent (b 1918; d 1987), being yst dau of Lt-Col William James Holdsworth Howard DSO; mar 3rd 14 Dec 2002, ●Gillian Anita, widow of Philip Nestfield Roberts and ygr dau of Lt-Col Cyril George Reginald Northam, and has issue by his 1st w,
1. ●Lady Emma Caroline de Vere; b 22 July 1963; educ Roedean, St John’s Coll Camb (BA), UEA; mar 1991, ●David Craig Shaw, s of Prof (Robert) Martin Stuart Smellie, of Hyndland, Glasgow, and has issue,
1.1. ●Martha Lucy Rose; b 5 March 1997.
1.2. ●Magnus Robert Francis; b 30 Oct 1998.
1.3. ●Ailsa Mary Florence; b 24 Apr 2000.
2. +Charles Francis Topham de Vere, styled Earl of Burford (discounted use of title since 2000) [Earl of Burford, 125 Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5AY (2003)]; b 22 Feb 1965; educ Eton, Sherborne, Hertford Coll (MA), Edinburgh Univ; Itinerant Lecturer in USA 1991-97; contested Kensington and Chelsea (Democratic Party) 1999; Pres and Fndr of de Vere Soc 1986; Pres: Shakespeare Oxford Soc 1995-97; V-Pres: Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Dir: Vere Experiences 2022; Tstee: Shakespearean Authorship Tst 1986-2011; Liveryman of Drapers Co 1990; Freeman of CoL 1986; a leading proponent of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship; Author: Visions (1998), Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom (2010), Nell Gwyn, A Biography (2005), Piano Man, A Life of John Ogdon (2014); mar 1st 29 Dec 1994 (div 2001), ●Louise Ann Beris “Beatrice” Fiona, a French-Canadian actress and singer as “Robey”, acted as Micki Foster in Friday the 13th: The Series 1987-90 among others, eldest dau of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey RCAF, and has issue,
2.1. +James Malcolm Aubrey de Vere, styled Baron Vere; b 2 Aug 1995; educ Uppingham, Kent Univ; Financial Assist to FLM Wealth Mngmnt 2019; Liveryman of Drapers Co; Freeman of CoL 2019.
(continued) Earl of Burford mar 2nd June 2017, ●Sarah, an artist and designer, only dau of John Davenport, of Hayling Island, Hants, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
2.2. ●Lady Thea Eirys Elisabetta de Vere; b 28 Oct 2022.
Lineage of Beauclerk: Charles II, King of England 1660-85 (b 29 May 1630; d 6 Feb 1685), had by his mistress, Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, Lady of Privy Chamber to Queen Catherine of Braganza (b 2 Feb 1650; d 14 Nov 1687), the following illegit issue,
1. Charles, later 1st Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Hon James Beauclerk (Anglo-Norman for “fine scholar”, being also an epithet of King Henry I); b 25 Dec 1671 at Pall Mall, London; granted title and style of Baron Beauclerk with precedence of the eldest s of an Earl by Royal Warrant dated 17 Jan 1676/77; dvp Sept 1680.
The elder illegit s,
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans [E] (so cr 10 Jan 1683/84 with ordinary rem) also earlier Earl of Burford, in the County of Oxford and Baron Heddington, in the County of Oxford [E] (so cr 27 Dec 1676 with spec rem, failing h m, to his ygr bro, and his h m), KG (1718); b 8 May 1670; Col of 8th Horse 1687; served with Imp Army at Capture of Belgrade 1688, Low Countries 1693 and Flanders Campaign (present at Battle of Neerwinden); Hereditary Grand Falconer of England Jan 1684/85; Master of Hawks 1675?-1702; Capt of Gent Pensioners 1693-1711/12, 1714-d; Chief Ranger of Enfield Chase 1684; Extra Gent of Bedchamber to William III 1697-1702; Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery 1698; Ld-Lt of Berks 1714-d; High Steward: New Windsor 1716, Wokingham 1718; FRS 1722; mar 17 Apr 1694, Lady Diana, Lady-in-W and Royal Favourite of Mary II and Groom of Stole to Queen Caroline of Ansbach 1714-17, 1720-37 (b ca 1679; d 15 Jan 1741/42), sole surv child and hrss of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG (see Lineage of de Vere below); d 10 May 1726, leaving issue,
1. Charles, later 2nd Duke of St Albans.
2. Lady Diana; b 1697; probably dvp young.
3. Lord William MP; b 22 May 1698; educ Eton (admit 1707); Lt 1716; Capt 1721; MP for Chichester 1724-33; V-Chamberlain 1728-32; mar 13 Dec 1722 at Bray, Berks (in a double marriage with his elder bro, Charles, 2nd Duke of St Albans, who mar his w’s sis), Charlotte (d 1770), 2nd dau and cohrss of Sir John Werden, 2nd Bt, of Cholmeaton, Cheshire (d 3 July 1770; bur at Westminster Abbey; will pr 7 July 1770); d 23 Feb 1732/33 at Bath, Somersets (bur 2 March 1733 with his f at Westminster), leaving issue,
3.1. Charlotte; b 1723; mar 22 Dec 1744at Great Stanmore, Middx, John, of Stanmore, Middx, MP for Thetford 1768-74 (b 1723; d 1774), s of Andrew Drummond, a banker (see PERTH, E); d 7 March 1793 (bur at Great Stanmore; MI there; will pr 28 March 1793), leaving 2 s and 2 dau.
3.2. William; b 26 May 1726; educ Eton; dvp 28 Nov and bur 2 Dec 1728 at Bray, Berks.
3.3. Charles, of Werden, Cheshire (suc his m); Capt 1763; Capt and Lt-Col 3rd Ft Grds 1767; Page of Honour to HRH The Duke of Cumberland 1740; Gov of Pendennis Castle 1774-d; mar (by lic dated 3 July 1753), Elizabeth Jones, of Kilkenny (d 5 Dec 1768); d 30 Aug 1775 (bur 1 Sept at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middx; will pr 15 Sept 1775), leaving issue,
3.3.1. George, later 4th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3.3.2. William; b 17 May and bapt 9 June 1763 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch, Westminster, Middx; bur vp 23 June 1763 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch.
3.4. Caroline; b 14 Dec 1728 (bapt 11 Jan 1729 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); mar 23 Feb 1756 as his 1st w, Lt-Gen Sir William Draper KB (b 1721; d 8 Jan 1787); bur sp 19 Aug 1769 at St Augustine-the-Less’s Ch, Bristol.
3.5. Ann; b 24 Apr and bapt 14 May 1731 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq; probably dvp young.
4. Lord Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex [GB] (so cr 28 March 1750); b 14 July 1699; RN: Capt 1721, R-Adm of the Red 1745, V-Adm of the Blue 1746, Adm of the Blue 1748, retired 1749; MP (Whig): Windsor 1726-41, Plymouth 1741-50; Ld of Admiralty 1738-42, 1744-49; V-Pres of Foundling Hosp 1739-56, 1758-67; Ld-Lt of Berks 1761-71; mar 13 Apr 1736 at London, Mary (d 21 Jan 1783), maternal granddau of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley KB (see BERKELEY, B); d 6 or 21 Oct 1781 (bur at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx), leaving issue,
4.1. Vere; b 12 Jan 1736/37; dvp 26 Dec 1739.
4.2. Chambers; b 22 Feb 1737/38; educ Westminster; d 16 July 1747.
4.3. Sackville; b 12 Apr 1739; bur vp 25 Apr 1739.
4.4. Aubrey, later 2nd Baron Vere and 5th Duke of St Albans (see below).
4.5. Elizabeth; b July 1742; bur vp 26 Apr 1746.
4.6. Mary; b 4 Dec 1743; mar 2 Oct 1762, Lord Charles PC, MP (b 31 March 1740; d 16 June 1820), 2nd s of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough KG (qv); d 13 Jan 1812, leaving issue.
5. Col Lord Henry MP, of Foliejon Park, Winkfield, Berks (bought 1744 and sold 1761 at his death) and of Somerset House, London; b 11 Aug 1701; Ensign 1717; Capt 1727; Lt-Col 1735; Lt of Gent Pensioners ca 1728-35; served Anglo-Spanish War (Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar); Col: 48th Ft 1743-45, 31st Ft 1745-49 (resigned following a dispute with HRH The Duke of Cumberland); MP (Whig): Plymouth 1740-41, Thetford 1741-61; mar 24 June 1739, Hon Martha, Maid of Honour to Queen Caroline of Ansbach 1732 (d 5 March 1788), dau of John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (d 6 May 1709); d 5 Jan 1761, leaving issue,
5.1. George; b 18 March 1739/40; dvp young.
5.2. Diana; b 24 Jan 1741; Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte of Ansbach; d unm 13 Feb 1809.
5.3. Henrietta; b 26 Nov 1742.
5.4. Mary; b 25 Nov 1743; mar Rev Walter Williams, Rector of Harrow.
5.5. Rev Henry, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks (suc his m) and Rector of Greens Norton, Northants and of St Mary’s Somerset, London; b 12 Aug 1745; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1767; MA 1769); mar 23 Nov 1769 his 1st cousin-once-removed, Charlotte (d 20 March 1774), dau of John Drummond (see above); d 8 Nov 1817, leaving with other issue,
5.5.1. Henry; bapt 6 Sept 1770; dvp young.
5.5.2. John, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks; b 10 Feb 1772; educ Eton, Christ Church Oxf (BA 1793; MA 1796), Middle Temple (Barrister 1793); mar 14 Aug 1798, Mary, eldest dau of Thomas Fitzhugh, of Plas Power, Denbighs and of Portland Place, London; d 8 Jan 1840, leaving issue,
5.5.2.1. Charlotte Mary; b 21 May 1801; d unm 7 May 1852.
5.5.2.2. Henry William, Ld of the Manor of Leckhampstead, Bucks; b 15 Nov 1812; mar 1st 21 May 1838, Lady Katherine Frances (b 31 Mach 1812; d 6 Apr 1839), 7th dau of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham KG (d 27 Oct 1830), by his 2nd w, Lady Charlotte, sis of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland KG (qv); mar 2nd 11 Aug 1840, Louisa (dsp 28 Dec 18820, 3rd dau of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Bt, of Wombwell (qv); d 8 June 1894, leaving issue by his 1st w,
5.5.2.2.1. Katherine Mary; b 19 March 1839; mar 1 Aug 1864, Rev Sir Frederick Boyd, 6th Bt, of Danson, Kent (d 13 Feb 1889); d 3 Aug 1867, leaving issue.
5.5.2.3. Catherine; b 10 Sept 1814; d unm.
5.6. Charlotte; b 24 Oct 1746.
5.7. Martha; b 12 Dec 1747.
5.8. Anne; b 5 Oct 1749; mar 23 May 1794, Rev George Talbot, ygr bro of John Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (see SHREWSBURY, WATERFORD and TALBOT, E); dsp 1809.
6. Lord Sidney PC (1740), MP, of St Leonard’s Lodge, Sussex and of Speke Hall, Lancs; b 27 Feb 1703; educ Eton 1718, Trinity Coll Oxf (matric 1721; MA 1727; Hon DCL 1733); V-Chamberlain of HH 1740-42; contested (Whig) Marlow 1732; MP (Whig) for New Windsor 1734-44; Master of Harriers 1738; mar 9 Dec 1736, Mary (d 20 Nov 1766), dau and hrss of Thomas Norris MP, of Speke Hall, High Sheriff of Lancs 1696-97; d 23 Nov 1744, leaving issue,
6.1. Topham (so named aft Richard Topham MP, whose estates his f inherited), of Clewer Manor, Berks and of Great Russell Str, Bloomsbury, Middx; b Dec 1739; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Oxf; a bibliophile; friend of Dr Samuel Johnson; mar 12 March 1768, Lady Diana (b 24 March 1734; d 1 Aug 1808), former w of Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke and 3rd Viscount St John (qv) and elder dau of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough KG (qv); d 11 March 1780, leaving issue,
6.1.1. Mary; b 20 Aug 1766; mar Count Jenison Walworth, of Heidelberg, Grand Chamberlain of HH to King of Wurttemberg (d 1824), s of Francis Jenison, of Walworth, co Durham, and had 2 s and 4 dau.
6.1.2. Elizabeth; b 20 Aug 1766; mar 8 Apr 1781 as his 1st w her cousin, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery KG (qv); d 25 March 1793, leaving issue.
6.1.3. Anne; d unm.
6.1.4. Charles George MP, of South Lodge, St Leonards, nr Horsham, Sussex (bought 1801) and of Speke Hall, Lancs (sold 1797); b 20 Jan 1774; educ Eton 1782, Christ Church Oxf (matric 1790), Grand Tour 1794; Maj N Bramber Vols 1803; MP for Richmond 1796-98; mar 29 Apr 1799, Emily Charlotte (d 22 Jan 1832), 2nd dau of William Ogilvie, of Ardglass Castle, co Down (see RICHMOND, GORDON and LENNOX, D); d 25 Dec 1845, leaving issue,
6.1.4.1. Emily Frederica; b 1 March 1800; d 16 Sept 1816.
6.1.4.2. Aubrey William MP, of Ardglass Castle, co Down and of South Lodge, Sussex; b 20 Feb 1801; Maj 99th Ft 1826; MP for East Surrey 1832-33; mar 1st 13 Feb 1834, Ida (d 23 Apr 1838), 4th dau of Sir Charles Foster Goring, 7th Bt, of Highden (qv), and had issue,
6.1.4.2.1. Ida; b 29 Jan 1835; dvp 1844.
6.1.4.2.2. Aubrey de Vere JP (co Down), of Ardglass Castle, co Down; b 5 Oct 1837; educ Rugby, Cheltenham, Trinity Coll Camb; High Sheriff of co Down 1863-64; mar 1st 1 Dec 1858 his cousin (div 1895), Evelyn Georgiana Matilda (d 10 Jan 1931), 3rd dau of Henry FitzRoy (see GRAFTON, D); mar 2nd 16 Nov 1895, Katherine Lucy (d 23 Jan 1910), widow of Capt J. Collier Tucker RN; d 9 July 1919, leaving issue by his 1st w,
6.1.4.2.2.1. Sidney de Vere; b 8 May 1866; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1887); d unm 4 July 1903.
6.1.4.2.3. Diana Arabella; b 1836; d unm 26 May 1855.
6.1.4.2.4. Augusta; b 1838; mar 4 Jan 1866, Thomas Edward Howe, a barrister, and had 4 s and 2 dau.
(continued) Aubrey William MP mar 2nd 7 Dec 1841, Rose Matilda (d 20 July 1878), dau of Joshua Robinson; d 1 Feb 1854, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
6.1.4.2.5. Louisa Katherine, of Millbeck Cottage, Keswick, Cumb; d unm 1929.
6.1.4.2.6. Isabella Julia; mar 19 Oct 1867, Surgeon-Maj Chevalier George Albert Palatiano MD, of Corfu (d 1910); d 13 March 1930, leaving 1 s and 2 dau.
(continued) Aubrey William MP also had illegit issue,
6.1.4.2.7. Rev Charles; b ca 1823/24; an Army Capt; ordained Deacon 1860; Curate of Saintfield, co Down 1860; ordained Priest 1861; Perpetual Curate of Dunsverick, co Antrim 1861-66 and of Glencraig, co Down 1866-69; Vicar of St Mary’s, Belfast 1869-75; Chaplain of Holy Trinity Ch, Boulogne 1875; mar 8 Nov 1860; Elizabeth Maria (d 30 Apr 1888), 4th dau of Rev Henry Murphy; d 27 Jan 1880, leaving with 5 other children (who dvp infants),
6.1.4.2.7.1. Amy Louisa; b 21 Oct 1861; mar 1st Mr Bult, of S Africa; mar 2nd, Dr Edward Bromet, of Denewood Grange, Batheaston, Somersets; dsp 1940.
6.1.4.2.7.2. Frances Maude; b 30 Apr 1863; mar Lt-Col William Henry Oliphert JP, DL, of Ballinacor, co Wicklow and of Somerleaze Selwood, Somersets, High Sheriff of co Wicklow 1904-05 (d 18 Dec 1939), s of Col William Kemmis JP, DL, of Clopoke, Somersets; d Feb 1941, leaving issue.
6.1.4.2.7.3. Florence Elizabeth; b 1866; mar 1891, Richard Garrett, of Leiston, Suffolk (had by Charlotte Bury, a dau, Charlotte Jane, who was b 1830 and d unm Jan 1855); d 1954, leaving 1 s.
6.1.4.2.7.4. Henry Wyndham; b 14 Dec 1869; educ Merchant Taylors’ Sch; settled in Canada 1906; with Canadian Pacific Railway; Dir: Bank of Montreal, Brompton Pulp & Paper Co; mar 3 June 1911, Hon Alice Josephine (d 1963), eldest dau of Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO (qv); d Jan 1937, leaving issue,
6.1.4.2.7.4.1. Thomas.
6.1.4.2.7.4.2. Audrey.
6.1.4.2.7.5. Ernest Octavius; b 22 Feb 1871; educ Clergy Orphans Sch Canterbury; served Boer War; an artist; settled in USA.
6.1.4.2.7.6. Aubrey; settled in USA, had 1 s and 1 dau.
6.1.4.2.7.7. Herbert Charles; b 7 Sept 1875; educ Clergy Orphans Sch Canterbury; with Merchant Navy; settled in S Africa, and had issue,
6.1.4.2.7.7.1. Wyndham, of Natal, S Africa; liv 1952.
6.1.4.3. Charles Robert, of St Leonards Lodge, London; b 6 Jan 1802; educ Halnaker Sch Sussex, Gonville & Caius Coll Camb (BA 1823; MA 1827; Fellow 1822-42), Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1829); mar March 1842, Joaquina (d 16 Nov 1881), 2nd dau of Don Jose M. de Zamora, Chief Magistrate of Cuba; d 22 Feb 1872, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.1. Sidney Joseph; b 22 Dec 1848; d 7 Aug 1851.
6.1.4.3.2. Capt Ferdinand RE, of Dibden, Hants; b 15 Jan 1851; served Afghan War 1879 as Maj cmdg Lakhimpur Vol Rifles (medal), WWI with Sussex Vol Training Corps; Pres: W India Industrial Assoc; Sec and Tstee to Salar Jung Minors and Estates (Hyderabad); mar 9 Feb 1872, Emily Johanna Frances (d 1 Feb 1916), yst dau of Col Robert Clifford Lloyd, 68th Ft; dsp 3 May 1920, having adopted,
6.1.4.3.2.1. Helen Mary Dorothea; b 20 Sept 1892 as the actual dau of Maj Sydney Edwin Bellingham (see BELLINGHAM of Castle Bellingham, Bt); educ Conservatoire de Paris; with London Evening Standard, Birmingham Post; longtime partner of Edmund Dulac, a French-British artist including postage and stamps during the early reign of Elizabeth II (b 22 Oct 1882 at Toulouse, France; d 25 May 1953 at London); a novelist; Author: The Tale of Igor (1918), The Great Lacquer Pavilion (1926), The Mountain and the Tree (1935) among others; dsp 8 July 1969.
6.1.4.3.3. Rev Sir Charles Sidney SJ; b 1 Jan 1855; educ Beaumont, Stonyhurst; ordained 1888; Rector of Holywell, Flints 1890-98; helped restore St Winifride’s Well as a RC shrine; served in Boscombe, Roehampton, Malta, Clitheroe, Richmond and Accrington; d unm 22 Dec 1934.
6.1.4.3.4. Rev Henry Sidney SJ; b 25 Nov 1857; educ Beaumont, Stonyhurst; ordained 1890; missionary to Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica and Maryland, USA; Vicar-Gen to Bp of Galton and Superior SJ Guiana and Barbados; d unm 30 Sept 1909.
6.1.4.3.5. Robert Sidney de Vere; b 14 Dec 1858; educ Beaumont; Headmaster of Kenilworth Sch, Cape Town, S Africa; Author: Summary of English History to 1802; mar 30 Oct 1894, Beatrice Annie Elliot (d 14 Oct 1947), 2nd dau of Arthur Richard Holebone; d 26 March 1934, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.5.1. T/2nd Lt Nevill Alfred de Vere, 12th Btn Essex Regt; b 13 Oct 1895; KIA 17 June 1915 during WWI.
6.1.4.3.6. Mary; b 17 Apr 1861; d unm 17 Oct 1920.
6.1.4.3.7. William Topham Sidney MInstCE; b 3 July 1864; educ Beaumont; engineer in Argentina; mar 17 Dec 1910, Maria de los Dolores Zamora y Quesada “Lola”, 7th Marquésa de Arcos and 5th Condesa de Peñalver (having suc her uncle, Enrique, who d 31 Dec 1959) (d 9 Sept 1972), only surv child of Nicolás de Peñalver y Zamora, 5th Marqués de Arcos and 3rd Conde de Peñalver, of Spain, Mayor of Madrid 1892, 1895-96, 1907-09 (b 4 Dec 1853; d 5 Feb 1916); d 15 May 1950, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.7.1. William Nicholas; b 12 June 1912; educ Beaumont; dvp unm 10 May 1948.
6.1.4.3.7.2. Henry Topham; b 19 Nov 1913; dvp 7 March 1929.
6.1.4.3.7.3. Raphael “Ralph” Charles MBE (1945), 6th Marqués de Valero de Urría (Spain) (revived 1989 in his favour having previously been vested in his m), of 20 Sunnyside, London SW19 4SH (2003); b 10 Aug 1917; educ Downside; served WWII as Capt Intelligence Corps and SOE; with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp till 1970 and Banque Privée de Luxembourgt ill 1974; Croix de Guerre (France); Kt SMOM; Legion de Honner (France); mar 24 Aug 1957 at Saigon, Vietnam, Noirine Mary (d 20 Jan 1997), dau of James Bowen, of Bowen’s Court, co Cork; d 4 Apr 2007 at London, leaving issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.1. ●Dolores Mary; b 11 July 1958; SRN; mar 1981, ●Dr Richard M., s of C. S. Makower MC, and has issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.1. ●Timothy; b 27 Aug 1984; mar 2012/13, ●Jennifer, dau of A. Morgan-Jones, of Auckland, NZ.
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.2. ●Emily Elizabeth; b 11 March 987.
6.1.4.3.7.3.1.3. ●Oliver William; b 12 March 1992.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2. +William Rafael, 7th Marqués de Valero de Urría (Spain); b 14 Aug 1961; educ Worth Sch; Lt RN (retired); served aboard HMY Britannia; ARICS; mar 1986, ●Margaret Eleanor, dau of Lesley James Mountjoy, of Totteridge, London, and has issue,
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.1. ●Charlotte; b 24 July 1987.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.2. +Alexander Charles; b 11 Feb 1990.
6.1.4.3.7.3.2.3. +Cameron; b 25 March 1993.
6.1.4.3.7.4. Diana Mary Ildefonsa; b 1 May 1924; served WWII with WRNS; d unm 30 March 2001.
6.1.4.4. Capt George Robert, 23rd Regt Royal Welch Fusil, of King’s Castle, Ardglass, co Down; b 28 Feb 1803; Author: Beauclerk’s Journey to Morocco; mar 2 June 1861, Maria Sarah (d 18 Oct 19230, ygr dau of Ralph Lonsdale; d 5 Dec 1871, leaving issue,
6.1.4.4.1. Georgiana; b 10 July 1862; d unm 10 May 1942.
6.1.4.4.2. Caroline Elizabeth; b 12 June 1865; mar 24 Apr 1895, Rev Alfred Norris Cope, Vicar of Dormington and Bartestree, Herefs (d 4 Sept 1936); dsp 8 Nov 1952.
6.1.4.4.3. Emily Kathleen; b 25 Jan 1867; mar 26 Dec 1917, George Duguay, of Ryde, IoW (d 10 May 1944); dsp 16 Apr 1953.
6.1.4.4.4. Ida; b 7 June 1869; mar 30 July 1891, George Francis Berney, of Croydon, Surrey (d 3 March 1931); d 5 Aug 1955, leaving 2s and 2 dau.
6.1.4.4.5. Lt Amelius George de Vere, 1st Vol Btn Suffolk Regt, of Stanway, Essex; b 1 Oct 1871; served WWI; mar 26 Aug 1918, Marguerite “Margot” Olive Claire (d 27 March 1978), dau of Louis Antoine Bertrand, of Matfield, Kent; d 26 Aug 1939, leaving issue,
6.1.4.4.5.1. Anthony Amelius de Verey; b 6 July 1920; educ Bryanston; d unm 10 May 1962.
6.1.4.5. Caroline Anne; b 12 Jan 1804; mar 20 Oct 1829, Robert JP, DL, of New Lodge, Horsham, Sussex (d 26 May 1871), only s of Capt John Aldridge MP; d 11 Sept 1869, leaving issue.
6.1.4.6. Georgiana; b 1805; mar 10 Oct 1826, Sir John Dean Paul, 2nd Bt, of Rodborough, Gloucs (d 7 Sept 1868); d 25 Dec 1847, leaving issue.
6.1.4.7. Diana Olivia; b 21 June 1806; mar 10 Apr 1823, Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Bt, of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb (d 15 Feb 1842); d 9 Feb 1875, leaving issue.
6.1.4.8. Jane Elizabeth; b 1807; mar 24 July 1830, Henry FitzRoy JP (see GRAFTON, D); d 15 July 1892, leaving issue.
6.1.4.9. Isabella Elizabeth; b 10 Oct 1808; mar 12 March 1840, Adm John William Montagu RN (see MANCHESTER, D); d 21 July 1864, leaving issue.
6.1.4.10. Amelius; b 1809.
6.1.4.11. Ferdinand; b 1811; Act Col Bengal Light Cav; d unm 5 Oct 1829.
6.1.4.12. Katherine Katinka; b May 1812; mar 5 Apr 1845, Sir George Ashley Maude KCB (see HAWARDEN, V); d 2 June 1882, leaving issue.
6.1.4.13. Augustus; b 1813.
6.2. Charlotte; d unm.
7. Lt-Gen Lord George MP, of Winchfield House, Hants (bought 1767); b 26 Dec 1704; Ensign 1st Ft Grds 1723; Lt 11th Hussars 1726; Capt 1st Ft Grds and Lt-Col 1736; Col 1745; Maj-Gen 1755; Lt-Gen 1758; Col: 8th RM 1747-48, 19th Ft 1748-d; MP for New Windsor 1744-54, 1768; ADC to George II 1745; Gov of Landguard Fort 1753-d; C-in-C of Scotland 1756-67; Member of Royal Co of Archers 1761; mar Margaret (d 23 Oct 1792), dau of Thomas Bainbridge, of Slaley, Northumb, a yeoman; dsp 11 May 1768.
8. Lord Seymour; b 24 June 1708; dvp ca 1709.
9. Rt Rev Lord James DD; b 1709; educ John Roysse’s Free Sch Abingdon (now Abingdon Sch), Queen’s Coll Oxf (BA 1730; MA 1733; DD 2 July 1744); Prebendary of Windsor 1733; Canon of Windsor 1738; Chaplain-in-Ordinary to George II 1739; Dep Clerk of the Closet 1745-46; Bp of Hereford 1746-87; d unm 20 Oct 1787 (will pr 26 Oct 1787).
10. Capt Lord Aubrey RN; b 177; RN; joined 1732, Lt 1727, Capt 1 Apr 1731; CO: HMS Ludlow 1731, HMS Dolphin 1736, HMS Weymouth 1740, HMS Prince Frederick 1740; mar Catherine (dsp 27 Oct 1755), maternal aunt of George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney KB (qv), widow of Col Francis Alexander (d 1721) and dau of Sir Henry Newton, Envoy Extra to Tuscany and Genoa (b 1651; d 1715); slain sp 24 Feb 1740 during Battle of Cartagena de Indias (probably bur at sea; MI at Westminster designed by Peter Scheemakers).
11. Lady Anne; b ca 1714; probably dvp young.
The eldest s,
Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans KG (1741), KB (1725); b 6 Apr 1696; educ Eton, New Coll Oxf; MP (Whig): Bodmin 1718-22, Windsor 1722-26; High Steward of Windsor 1726; Ld-Lt of Berks 1727-d; Constable and Gov of Windsor Castle and Ld Warden of Windsor Forest 1730-d; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1738-51; mar 13 Dec 1722, Lucy (d 12 Nov 1752), eldest dau and cohrss of Sir John Werden, 2nd Bt, of Cholmeaton, Cheshire; d 27 July 1751, leaving issue,
1. Lady Diana; b 20 Oct 1725; mar 2 Feb 1761 as his 1st w, Rt Rev Hon Shute DD, Bp of Durham 1791-1826 (b 26 May 1734; d 25 March 1826), ygr s of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (d 14 Dec 1734); dsps 28 May 1766 while giving birth to a stillborn dau.
2. George, later 3rd Duke of St Albans (see below).
The only s,
George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans; b 25 June 1730; educ Eton; Ld-Lt of Berks 1751-60, 1771-86; Ld of Bedchamber to George II 1751; High Steward of Windsor 1751; Bearer of Sword of State at Installation of Prince of Wales 1771; mar 23 Dec 1752, Jane (b ca 1731; d 16 Dec 1778), dau and cohrss of Sir Walter Roberts, 6th Bt, of Glassenbury Park (qv); dspl 1 Feb 1786,
1. A son; b 1748; dvp 30 Jan 1759.
2. George; b 20 Dec 1755 at Paris, France; bur 11 Oct 1756.
3. A son; b Sept 1757; d Feb 1758.
4. Anne-Amelie; b 5 Dec 1756 at Brussels; mar 30 Oct 1781 at Brussels, Simon Froment, of Brussels (b 1752; d 20 Oct 1823); d 3 Nov 1826 at Pont-à-Mousson, France.
5. A son; b Sept 1757; evidently the son borne by his kitchen maid according to Horace Walpole; dvp Feb 1758.
6. Mariette-Victoire-Rose; b 1 Dec 1758 as twin at Brussels; mar 7 Jan 1787 at Brussels, Huberti Offhus, of Brussels, and advocate; d 5 Aug 1829 at Pont-à-Mousson, France, leaving issue,
6.1. Anne Amelie; b 1 Dec 1758.
7. Marie Agnes; b 1 Dec 1758 at Brussels; probably dvp young and certainly bef her natural f wrote his will in 1785.
The 1st cousin-once-removed,
George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans; b 5 Dec 1758; 3rd Ft Grds: Ensign 1775, Capt-Lt 1778; served American War of Independence; d unm 10 Feb 1787, when he was suc by his cousin,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans also 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth (suc f 1 Oct 1781); b 3 June 1740; educ Westminster, Queen’s Coll Oxf; MP (Whig): Thetford 1761-68, Aldborough 1768-74; mar 4 May 1763, Lady Catherine (d 4 Sept 1789), elder dau of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (qv); d 9 Feb 1802, leaving issue,
1. Lady Catherine Elizabeth; b 20 Feb 1794 (bapt 19 March); mar 1 Sept 1802 at Paris, France, Rev James, Vicar of Hanworth, Middx (b 1765; d 1827), s of Rev James Burgess; dsp 12 July 1803 in Italy (bur there).
2. Aubrey, later 6th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. William, later 8th Duke of St Albans (see below).
4. Lady Caroline; mar 16 Feb 1797, Hon Charles Lawrence (d 25 Jan 1810), 4th s of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (see ZETLAND, M); d 23 Nov 1838, leaving issue.
5. Adm Lord Amelius GCB (4 Aug 1835; KCB 2 Jan 1815), GCH (29 March 1831), RN, of Winchfield House, Hants; b 23 May 1771 (bapt 15 June at St Marylebone Parish Ch, Middx); RN: joined 1782, Lt 21 Sept 1790, Capt 16 Sept 1793, R-Adm 1 Aug 1811, V-Adm 12 Aug 1819, Adm 22 July 1830; Hon Col RM 31 July 1810; C-in-C: Lisbon 1824-27, Plymouth 1836-39; Principal Naval ADC to Queen Victoria 4 Aug 1839; FRS 1809; d unm and spl 10 Dec at Winchfield House, leaving illegit issue,
5.1. Charles Frederick Augustus de Vere; b 1836; mar 19 March 1859, Sarah Caroline, dau of James Paul, of Portsea, Hants; d 11 Apr 1882, leaving issue,
5.1.1. Sarah Toft Mallory; b 26 Jan 1860.
5.1.2. Amelius Aubrey de Vere; b 1861; educ Liverpool Coll; Sec and Mngr of Manchester Dog Show Soc 1896; Mngr of Kennel Club Show; mar 8 March 1892, Sarah Elizabeth (d 6 Sept 1838), dau of Thomas Newton, of Liverpool; d 18 March 1910, leaving issue,
5.1.2.1. Amelius Aubrey de Vere JP; b 20 Sept 1894; educ Liverpool Coll; with RNVR 1914-15 and RFC 1915-19 during WWI; Mayor of Oswestry 1959-60; mar 26 Dec 1923, Phoebe, dau of Joseph Davies, and had issue,
5.1.2.1.1. F/O Amelius Aubrey de Vere JP, RAFVR, of Grenston, Croeswylan Ln, Oswestry, Salop SY10 9PT (2003); b 3 March 1924; served WWII; mar 15 June 1946, Sydney Frances, dau of D. C. F. Thomas; d 19 Aug 2009, leaving issue,
5.1.2.1.1.1. ●Eleanor Frances de Vere; b 20 Feb 1950.
5.1.2.1.1.2. ●Alan Aubrey de Vere; b 6 Feb 1954; educ Univ Coll of Wales (PhD 1978).
5.1.2.1.2. ●Marjorie Elizabeth de Vere; b 5 March 1926; mar 20 June 1964, Ellis John Zinn, of Johannesburg, S Africa (d Aug 1966).
5.1.2.2. Charles Ernest de Vere; b 12 March 1899; mar 3 Dec 1923, Jennie Gertrude Howell; d 1971, leaving issue,
5.1.2.2.1. ●Jean de Vere; b 24 Nov 1924; mar ●Alec John Hayward, and has issue,
5.1.2.2.1.1. ●Valerie Frances.
5.1.3. Aubrey Wentworth, sometime of Singapore; b ca 1862; d unm 1915.
5.1.4. Blanche de Vere; b 1863; mar Arthur Manifold, of Liverpool (d 1908); dsp 29 Nov 1952.
5.1.5. Frederick Wentworth; b 30 Jan 1864; US Consular Agent to Surabaya, Dutch E Indies; took Dutch nationality 1896; mar 1st, Jane Ottolina Potter (dsp); mar 2nd 14 May 1903, Jacoba Jeanette Charlotta (d 20 July 1961), dau of Jan Willelm le Comte, of Surabya; d 24 Dec 1908, leaving issue,
5.1.5.1. Charles Frederick; b 23 Sept 1904; educ Brighton Coll, Wadham Coll Oxf (MA); with Colonial Administrative Serv; DC for Tanganyika 1929-56; Sr Maths Master at Hove Coll; took British nationality 1928; mar 15 May 1930, Dorothy Charlton (d 7 July 1967), dau of John Lupton Lister, of Brighton, Sussex, and had issue,
5.1.5.1.1. ●Diana Charlton; b 30 March 1931; mar 29 Sept 1956, ●John Nicholas, s of Frederick Ernest Lewis, of Bournemouth, and has 1 s and 1 dau.
5.1.5.2. Aubrey Wentworth; b 4 Sept 1908; educ Hurstpierpoint; mar 27 Oct 1938, Joyce Muriel (liv 2003), dau of Horace Langdon, of London; d 22 Nov 1983, leaving issue,
5.1.5.2.1. ●Nicholas Wentworth; b 21 Feb 1945; educ Hurstpierpoint; mar 11 Sept 1971, ●Lydia Jean, dau of John Kirby, of London, and has issue,
5.1.5.2.1.1. ●Nicola Jean; b 1 July 1977.
5.1.5.2.1.2. ●Gemma Louise; b 8 June 1980.
5.1.5.2.1.3. ●Christopher Charles Aubrey Wentworth; b 17 March 1985.
5.1.5.2.2. ●Charles Aubrey; b 17 March 1948; educ Hurstpierpoint.
5.1.6. Diana de Vere; b 24 Dec 1867; mar Alfred Charles Manifold, of Liverpool; d June 1968.
6. Lady Georgiana Gertrude; b 1776; d 17 Oct 1791.
The eldest s,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans; b 21 Aug 1765; 34th Ft 34th Ensign 1781, Capt 1783, Maj 1789, Lt-Col 1789, retired 1794; MP (Whig till 1794 then Pittite then Whig after becoming a peer) for Kingston-upon-Hull 1790-96; mar 1st 9 July 1788, Jane (dspm 18 Aug 1800), dau of John Moses, of Kingston-upon-Hull, and had issue,
1. Lady Mary; b 4 Dec 1743 (bapt 31 Dec in Westminster); mar 6 Nov 1811 (sep ca 1815), George William Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry (qv); d 11 Sept 1845, leaving issue.
(continued) 6th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 15 Aug 1802, Grace Louisa (d 19 Feb 1816), 4th dau of John Manners (see RUTLAND, D); d 12 Aug 1815, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2. Aubrey, later 7th Duke of St Albans (see below).
The only s,
Aubrey Beauclerk, 7th Duke of St Albans; b 7 Apr 1815; d 19 Feb 1816, when he was suc by his uncle,
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans; b 18 Dec 1766; RN: Midshipman 1782, Lt 1788, Cdr 1822; High Sheriff: Denbighs 1803-04, Lincs 1808-09; mar 1st 20 July 1791, Charlotte (d 19 Oct 1797), dau and hrss of Rev Robert Carter Thelwall, of Redbourne Hall, Lincs, by Charlotte, dau of Sir John Nelthorpe, 5th Bt, of Gray’s Inn, London (d 1746), and had issue,
1. William Robert; bapt 11 May and bur vp 13 May 1794.
(continued) 8th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 4 March 1799, Maria Janetta (d 17 Jan 1822), only dau and hrss of John Nelthorpe, of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs, High Sheriff of Lincs 1775-76, by Mary, 2nd dau of Robert Cracroft, of Hackthorn, Lincs; d 17 July 1825, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
1. Lady Maria Emlia; b 11 May 1800 (bapt 18 May at Redbourne); an epileptic who was a patient at Ticehurst Mental Hosp from 1851; d unm 9 July 1873 at Ticehurst, Sussex (admon granted 29 July 1873 for effects under £12,000).
2. William Aubrey de Vere, later 9th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. Lady Charlotte; b 4 Apr 1802 (bapt 18 Apr at Redbourne); d unm 12 Aug 1842 (bur 18 Aug at Highgate Cemetery, Middx).
4. Julia Catherine; b ca Apr 1803; bur vp an infant 17 Aug 1803 at Redbourne.
5. Lady Caroline Janetta; b 28 June 1804; mar 14 July 1825 as his 1st w, Arthur Algernon Capell, 6th Earl of Essex (qv); d 22 Aug 1862, leaving issue.
6. John Nelthorpe; b 3 Dec 1805 (bapt 18 Dec at Redbourne); dvp 4 Aug 1810 from scarlet fever (bur at Hanworth, Middx).
7. Lady Louisa Georgiana; b 20 Dec 1806 (bapt 4 Jan 1807 at Redbourne); mar 28 Dec 1835 at the British Embassy, Munich as his 1st w, Thomas Hughan of Airds (mar 2nd ca 1868, Louisa Senhouse (b 1829; d 1900); d 24 March 1879), dau of Forster Clarke, of Airds House, Kirkcudbrights; d 18 Feb 1843, leaving 3 dau.
8. Capt Lord Frederick Charles Peter JP (Lincs), RN of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 29 June 1808; RN: Midshipman 1823, Cdr 1834, Capt 1854; present at Battle of Navarino aboard HMS Asia; mar 16 Feb 1848, Jemima Eleanora (d 14 Oct 1877), 6th dau of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva (see JOHNSTONE of Westerhall, Bt); d 17 Nov 1865, leaving issue,
8.1. William Nelthorpe JP, DL (parts of Lindsey), of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 7 Apr 1849; educ Eton, Cheltenham, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1872; LLM 1875; LLD 1888); Envoy Extra and Min Plenipo to Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia 1906; Author: Rural Italy (1888); mar 1st 27 Apr 1878, Jane Isabella (d 3 Jan 1888), 2nd dau of Rev James Rathborne, Rector of W Tytherley, Hants, and had issue,
8.1.1. Aubrey Nelthorpe, of Little Grimsby Hall, Lincs; b 24 March 1879; educ RMA Sandhurst; served as Maj N Staffs Regt in India 1911 (POW); mar 21 Feb 1911, Vera Eileen May (mar 2nd 29 Apr 1919, Capt Gerald Andrew Greig, Royal Scots Fusil; d 4 Apr 1975), only dau of Capt William Holcombe Francis, Gloucs Regt; d 22 Apr 1916, leaving issue,
8.1.1.1. Daphne Diana de Vere, of Precourt, Kennards, Amberley, W Sussex (2003); b 26 Dec 1911; mar 19 Apr 1933, Comte Claude Antoine Chauvin (d 5 Sept 1971), s of Comte Charles Leschevin de Precourt; d 2005, leaving issue,
8.1.1.1.1. ●Comte François Christian; b 22 Feb 1936; educ Ecole St Martin (France); late Lt (Cav) French Army; mar 5 May 1962, ●Sabine, dau of Comte de Vauntibault, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.1.1. ●Ghislaine; b 15 Nov 1967; mar 27 Apr 1991, ●Jean du Puytison, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.1.2. ●Claude Henri Aubrey; b 29 May 1963.
8.1.1.1.1.3. ●Remy François Xavier; b 6 March 1972.
8.1.1.1.2. ●Comte Philippe Etienne; b 19 Oct 1938; educ Ecole de Roches (France), ESSEC; Lt (Reserve Inf) French Army; mar 1st 12 July 1961, Marie Noelle (d 17 Oct 1989), dau of (Gerard) Rene Gasquet, of Neuilly-sur-Seine; mar 2nd 1992, ●Catherine, dau of Robert Treppier, of Paris, France, and has issue by his 1st w,
8.1.1.1.2.1. ●Aude Emilie; b 28 Jan 1962; mar 20 May 1989, ●Comte Geoffrey, s of Comte Jean de Monteynard, of Versailles, France, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.2.1.1. ●Laure Sabine Pierette; b 23 Jan 1963; mar 25 Nov 1995, ●Dr Thierry Hano, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.2.1.2. ●Clarisse Agnes; b 20 Feb 1966; mar 13 July 1991, ●Nicholas Demont, of Versailles, France, and has issue.
8.1.1.1.2.1.3. ●Marguerite; b 21 May 1972; mar 2 Sept 1995, ●Baron Frederic de Ravinel, of Sigy, France.
8.1.1.1.3. ●Comte Jean Yves Xavier; b 31 May 1943; edu cEcole de Roches (France); Sub-Lt French Navy; mar 1 Feb 1970, ●Nathalie, dau of Dr Dubel, and has issue,
8.1.1.1.3.1. ●Blaise; b 1962.
8.1.1.1.3.2. ●Penelop; b 30 May 1971.
8.1.1.1.3.3. ●Jeremie Adrian; b 1978.
8.1.1.1.4. ●Comtesse Anne Victoria; b 13 Dec 1944; mar 20 July 1986, ●Nigel Foxell.
8.1.1.2. Hermione de Vere; b 30 Nov 1915; mar 1 Oct 1939, F/Lt James MBE, GM, AEA, FCA, RAFVR (d 12 May 1983), only s of James Evan Dewar, of Putney, London; d 5 Nov 1969, leaving issue,
8.1.1.2.1. A son; b and 25 Oct 1940.
8.1.1.2.2. Lt-Cdr Peter de Vere Dewar (later Beauclerk-Dewar as recognized by the Ld Lyon Office 26 Oct 1965), RD (1980; *1990), JP (Inner London 1983), RNR, of 22 Faroe Road, London W14 0EP (2003); b 19 Feb 1943; educ Ampleforth; Lt-Cdr RNR; Member of Royal Co of Archers 1981; Falkland Pursuivant Extra 1975, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997; Silver Stick Usher at Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving Service of Elizabeth II 1977; Usher at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s 80th Birthday Thanksgiving Service 1980; Chm: Inner London Magistrates Assoc; Dir: More House Tst Ltd 1992-95; V-Pres: Royal Stuart Soc 1995; NADFAS Lecturer 1998-2015; Freeman of CoL 1965; Liveryman of Haberdashers’ Co 1967; OStJ 1987; Kt of SMO Malta 1971; Kt of Sacred Mil Order of Constantine St George 1981; Grand Officer of Order of Merit (Malta) 1989; FSA(Scot); FIMgt; FFA; Hon FHG; Author: The House of Nell Gwyn (1974; co-author), The House of Dewar (1991), The Family History Record Book (1991); Editor: Burke’s Landed Gentry of Scotland (2001), Right Royal Bastards – The Fruits of Passion (2006); mar 4 Feb 1967, Sarah Ann Sweet Verge, elder dau of Maj Lionel John Verge Rudder DCLI, of Bibury, Gloucs; d 1 Aug 2024, leaving issue,
8.1.1.2.2.1. ●James William Aubrey de Vere; b 30 Sept 1970; educ Ampleforth; mar 2007, ●Yulia Kortchak, of St Petersburg, Russia.
8.1.1.2.2.2. ●Alexandra Hermione Sarah; b 1 Aug 1972; mar 2010, ●Gideon Stuart Richard Palmer, of London NW10 (2025), and has issue,
8.1.1.2.2.2.1. ●Lola Margaret; b 2000.
8.1.1.2.2.2.2. ●Otis Oscar; b 2002.
8.1.1.2.2.2.3. ●Luka Honey; b 2006.
8.1.1.2.2.3. ●Emma Diana Peta; b 9 Sept 1973; mar 2006, ● Amaury Amblard-Ladurantie, of Versailles, France, and has issue,
8.1.1.2.2.3.1. ●Alban Thomas Alexis Patrick; b 2009.
8.1.1.2.2.3.2. ●Fleur Marie Sarah Jeannie; b 2010.
8.1.1.2.2.3.3. ●Astrid Lucie Inez Hermione; b 2013.
8.1.1.2.2.4. ●Philippa Caroline Frances; b 8 Aug 1982; Dir: Organised Chaos Mngmnt Ltd 2023.
8.1.1.2.3. ●Gillian de Vere Beauclerk (assumed by Deed Poll dated 1990); b 20 March 1944; mar 1st 24 Sept 1964 (div 1978), Peter John Lawrence MIMarE, of Park House, Eynsford, only s of Bernard Lawrence Silley, of Matching Green, Essex, by Mrs Claud Alexander (see HAGART-ALEXANDER, Bt); mar 2nd 22 Dec 1978 (div 1990; took m’s maiden name), Robert Erskine MA, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, only s of Charles Robert Beveridge, and has issue by her 1st husband,
8.1.1.2.3.1. ●Natasha Margaret; b 19 Nov 1965; Dir: Burland Technology Solutions Ltd 2007, The Priory Property Investments Ltd 2019; Member: Gunfleet Yacht Charter LLP 2011-13; mar 14 Dec 2001, ●Richard Anthony Vass, and has issue,
8.1.1.2.3.1.1. ●Poppy Katherine; b 2003.
8.1.1.2.3.2. Tanya Anne; b 11 July 1967; d 23 Aug 1984.
8.1.2. Isabella Eleanor; b 28 Sept and dvp 9 Oct 1881.
8.1.3. Violet Mary; b 2 Nov 1883; served WWI (Mons Star with Ypres Bar); Poor Clare Nun as Sister Mary Seraphim 1950-56; Author: The Book of Talbot (1933; won James Tait Black Memorial Prize); mar 1 Feb 1907, John Talbot Clifton JP, of Lytham Hall, Lancs and of Kildalton Castle, Port Ellen, Islay, Hebrides (d 23 March 1928); d 20 Nov 1961, leaving issue.
8.1.4. Florence Frederica de Vere; b 8 Oct 1885; mar 14 Nov 1912, Lt-Col Reginald Joseph Bentick (see PORTLAND, E); d 4 June 1977, leaving issue.
8.1.5. Nelthorpe de Vere; b 1 and dvp 2 Jan 1888.
(continued) William Nelthorpe mar 2nd 5 Sept 1892, Evelyn Amy (d 10 June 1933), elder dau of Sir Robert Hart, 1st Bt, of Kilmoriarty, co Armagh, GCMG (b 20 Feb 1835; d 20 Sept 1911); d 5 March 1908, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
8.1.6. Vera Louise; b 21 Sept 1893; mar 28 Apr 1926, George Ramsay Acland (d 1972), s of Rev Barton Reginald Vaughan Mills; dsp 5 Jan 1942.
8.1.7. Hilda de Vere; b 21 Jan 1895; mar 21 June 1933, Miles Malcolm Bed, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, s of Guy Francis Hamilton Acheson; d 16 Sept 1964, leaving 2 dau.
8.2. Lt Frederick Amelius, 60th Rifles; b 8 Oct 1851; educ Charterhouse, Cheltenham; retired from Army 1877; mar 12 Jan 1881, Mary Harriett Isabella Cumberland (mar 2nd 30 Apr 1898, Maj Robert FitzRoy Maclean Johnstone IA, see JOHNSTONE of Westerhall, Bt), sis of John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (b 31 Oct 1866; d 6 Dec 1936); d 22 May 1887, leaving issue,
8.2.1. Evelyn Eleanora; b 15 Feb and dvp 12 July 1883.
9. Lady Georgiana; b 11 Sept 1809; mar 10 Feb 1829, Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Bt, of Norton Place (qv); d 8 Jan 1880, leaving issue.
10. Lady Mary Noel; b 28 Dec 1810 (bapt 7 Jan 1811 at Redbourne); mar 15 Dec 1836 at Easton, Lincs, Thomas George Corbett, of Elsham Hall, Lincs (b 1796; d 5 July 1868); d 29 Nov 1850, leaving 2 dau.
11. Lord Henry; b 23 June 1812 (bapt 12 July at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); 2nd Lt 1830; Lt 1833; retired 1837; retired 1838; admitted to Ticehurst Mental Hosp 1837 due to a “brain fever”; d unm 22 Jan 1856 (bur 30 Jan at HIghgate Cemetery, Middx).
12. Lord Charles, of Lower Winchfield House, Hants and of Riding House, Northumb; b 10 Oct 1813 (bapt 1 Nov at Redbourne); Ensign 1832; Lt 1836; Capt 1839; retired 1842; Maj Northumberland Militia 1857; mar 7 Sept 1842 at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx, Laura Maria Theresa (b ca 1825; d 1858), dau and hrss of Col Edward Stopford, Amb to Spain; d 2 Nov 1861 from injuries received while trying to rescue a lifeboat crew in a storm in Scarborough harbor (bur at Scarborough; admon granted 14 Sept 1862 and 29 May 1896 for effects under £1,000), leaving issue,
12.1. William Arthur Stopford de Vere, of Richmond, Surrey; b 3 Jan 1844; with Bengal Cav IA; mar 1st 3 July 1869, Mary Augusta (d 20 Apr 1870), only dau of Adm Sir George Augustus Westphal RN (b 27 March 1785; d 12 Jan 1875); mar 2nd 4 Nov 1874, Elizabeth Susan (d 25 May 1934), ygr dau of Edward James, of Swarland Park, Northumb; d 11 Feb 1917, leaving with a dau by his 1st w, leaving issue by his 2nd w
12.1.1. Charles Edward de Vere; b 10 Sept 1875; educ Clifton, RMA Sandhurst; Lt KRRC; Lt Uganda Rifles 1898; ADC; d unm 14 Jan 1900 in Uganda.
12.1.2. Sybil Evelyn de Vere; b 10 Dec 1876; mar 15 March 1902, William Murray, of Lerryn, Cornw, ygr s of George Houseman Thomas; dsp 26 Dec 1902.
12.1.3. Diana Lily de Vere MBE (1918); b 27 Dec 1878; mar 4 Jan 1912, Christian Hugh Septimus, of Rudchester, Northumb, 7th s of Thomas James JP, DL, of Otterburn Tower, Northumb; dsp 30 Jan 1954.
12.2. Florence Emily Rachel; b 4 July 1845; mar 24 Apr 1867, Rev John Hart-Davies, Vicar of St Paul’s Ch, Covent Gdn, Middx; d 3 Apr 1922, leaving 5 s and 2 dau.
12.3. Thomas Wentworth Sydney, of Irasberg, VT, USA; b 21 March 1847; educ Mil Inst Lexington (KY); a civil engineer; mar 1st 2 Jan 1872, Mary Frances (d 17 May 1873), dau of Ira H. Allen, and had issue,
12.3.1. May Frances; b 10 May 1873; mar 1st, William C. Stetson, and had 2 s; mar 2nd, Dr Eben Gaynor, and had 1 s.
(continued) Thomas Wentworth Sydney mar 2nd 1875, Elizabeth Porter Yates, of Utica, NY (d 13 July 1911); d 29 Jan 1938, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
12.3.2. William Preston, of Concord, NH, USA; b 9 June 1875; a surgeon; mar 2 July 1894, Jennie Mabel Hayward (d 11 March 1959); d 18 March 1921, leaving issue,
12.3.2.1. Sydney Wentworth; b 10 Oct 1895; educ Syracuse Univ; with 12th Aero Sqdn 4th US Army Corps during WWI; KIA 29 Oct 1918 during WWI.
12.3.2.2. Barbara; b 4 Feb 1913; educ Syracuse Univ; mar 29 May 1940, Joseph John Betz, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA; d July 1985, leaving 2 s and 1 dau.
12.3.3. Laura Maria Theresa; b 1878; mar 8 Oct 1907, Dr Percy Charles Waller Templeton, of Irasberg, VT, USA; d 29 Sept 1938, leaving 4 dau.
12.3.4. Harry Wentworth; b 19 Oct 1879; drowned vp 28 July 1887.
12.3.5. Muriel.
12.4. Laura Maria Theresa; b 3 Jan 1849; mar 10 Aug 1867, William, styled Viscount Milton (b 27 July 1839; dvp 17 Jan 1877), eldest s and h app of William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam KG (b 12 Oct 1815; d 20 Feb 1902); d 20 March 1886, leaving issue.
12.5. Aubrey Topham, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; b 29 Oct 1850; served with RHA; mar 17 Sept 1913; Gwendolen Loftus (d 2 May 1958), 4th dau of Capt Sir Frederic Hughes JP, DL, of Barnstown House, co Wexford; d 14 Jan 1933, leaving issue,
12.5.1. Charles Frederic Aubrey de Vere, later 13th Duke of St Albans (see below).
12.6. Herbert Augustus Corbett; b 3 Jan 1852; d unm 30 Aug 1904.
12.7. George Robert Armstrong; b 15 July 1854; educ Haileybury; mar 1st 13 Nov 1873, Sarah (dsp 15 Apr 1903), dau of William Turner, of High Wycombe, Bucks; mar 2nd 23 March 1912, Antoinette Jeanne Alice (d 1 March 1926), dau of Arni Jacquerod, of Geneva, Switzerland; dsp 29 Apr 1927.
12.8. Blanche Evelyn; b 1 Oct 1855; mar 29 July 1903, Rev David Evans, Vicar of St James’s Ch, Croydon, Surrey (d 20 Jan 1906); dsp 30 Nov 1951.
12.9. Valunga; b 21 March 1857; d unm 6 Dec 1939.
13. Capt Lord Amelius Wentworth JP (Suffolk), RN, of Leiston Hall, Suffolk; b 16 Aug 1815 (bapt 27 Aug at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); educ RNC Dartmouth; RN: joined 1830, Lt 1841, Cdr 1846, Capt 1864, retired 1864; mar 27 July 1853 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Frances Maria (b 1834; mar 2nd 2 July 1884 at St Martin-in-the-Fields Ch, Middx, Lt-Gen John Walpole D’Oyly (b 1821; d 9 Nov 1897); d 1910), only dau and hrss of Charles Mathew Harrison, of London; d 24 March 1879 at London (will pr 1 May 1879 for effects under £70,000), leaving issue,
13.1. Capt Charles William Wentworth de Vere, 15th Hussars; b 8 May 1854; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb (BA 1877; MA 1880); mar 17 Jan 1908, Ida Stewart (d 7 Feb 1929), widow of Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid MVO and eldest dau of Frederick Hendricks; dsp 29 Dec 1917.
13.2. Frances Maria Janetta; b 8 Sept 1855; mar 19 June 1879, Maj George, of Gate House, Staffs and of Eaton Grange, Lincs (d 18 July 1907), 3rd s of William Paynter JP, DL, of Camborne House, Leincs; d 6 May 1884, leaving issue.
13.3. Amelius Francis Ward; b 22 March 1857; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb, Lincoln’s Inn (Barrister 1885); d unm 1 Jan 1935.
13.4. William Abdy, of Tower Court, Ascot, Berks; b 29 Apr 1859; mar 20 Nov 1902, Emily Standbridge (d 3 June 1917), only dau of Thomas King; dsp Dec 1912.
13.5. Amelia Frances Mary Eveligh; b 29 Dec 1860; d 15 Dec 1868.
13.6. Maria Elizabeth Harriet Adele; b 10 July 1863; dvp 31 Jan 1865.
13.7. Lilchen Agnes Georgiana; dvp young 23 May 1867.
14. Lord George Augustus; b 14 Dec 1818 (bapt 28 Dec at St James’s Ch, Piccadilly, Middx); educ Charterhouse; Cornet 1838; Lt 1841; Capt 1844; Maj 1853; retired 1857; served Crimean War; d unm 3 Jan 1800 (will pr 28 Jan 1880 for effects under £20,000).
The eldest s,
William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans; b 24 March 1801; Bearer of Sceptre with Cross at Coronation of William IV 1830; Hon LLD (Camb) 1828; mar 1st 16 June 1827, Harriet/Harriot, an Ir actress (b 11 Nov 1777; d 6 Aug 1837), widow and principal hrss of Thomas Coutts, Fndr of Coutts & Co (b 7 Sept 1735; d 24 Feb 1822) and probably dau of Lt Matthew Mellon, Madras Inf, her vast remaining fortune of £600,000 eventually going to her step-dau, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts suo jure (see BURDETT of Burthwaite, Bt); mar 2nd 29 May 1839, Elizabeth Catherine (mar 2nd 10 Nov 1859, Lucius Bentick Cary, 10th Viscount of Falkland GCH, qv; d 2 Dec 1893), yst dau of Maj-Gen Joseph Gubbins, of Stoneham, Hants and of Kilfrush, co Limerick; d 27 May 1849, leaving issue by his 2nd w,
1. William Amelius Aubrey de Vere, later 10th Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Lady Diana de Vere; b 10 Dec 1841 (bapt 11 Jan 1842 at St George’s Ch, Hanover Sq, Middx); there were rumors of her engagement to the Prince of Orange in 1863 but this was opposed by Queen Victoria; mar 18 Dec 1872, Sir John Walter Kt (1875), QC (1857), SL (1875), of The Grange, Ascot, Berks, educ Gray’s Inn (Barrister 1839; Bencher 1857; Treas 1859, 1868); MP (Con): Canterbury 1865-68, Norwich 1874-75, Recorder of Burford 1865-75, Judge of the Advocate Fleet 1865-75, Justice CP 1875-80, JHC (QBD) 1880-90 (b 8 Sept 1815; d 5 Dec 1890; cremated at Woking Crematorium and bur with his w), yst s of Thomas Huddleston, Merchant Navy; dsp 1 Apr 1905 at London (bur at Bestwood; will pr 14 June 1905 for estate worth £83,468).
After the death of his 1st w, the 9th Duke of St Albans is said to have seduced a servant girl and had an illegit dau by her,
1. Charlotte (?); b 19 July 1839; mar and had issue.
The only s,
William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans PC (1869), JP, DL (Lincs 1860); b 15 Apr 1840; educ Eton, Trinity Coll Camb; Hon Col of 1st Notts Rifle Vols 1868; Capt of Yeo of the Grd 1868-74; turned down KG 1885; Ld-Lt of Notts 1880-98; Member of Notts CC 1889-98; Member: Royal Yacht Sqdn 1862-98, Jockey Club 1863-98; Author: The Life of R. B. Osborne (1884; written by Philip Bagenal but published under his name; biography of his f-in-law); mar 1st 20 June 1867, Sybil Mary (d 7 Sept 1871 aft childbirth), eldest dau of Gen Hon Charles Grey, Priv Sec to Queen Victoria 1861-70, 2nd s of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (qv), and had issue,
1. Lady Louise de Vere; b 12 Apr 1869 (sponsored by HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll); mar 25 Oct 1890, Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (qv); d 15 Dec 1958, leaving issue.
2. Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere, later 11th Duke of St Albans (see below).
3. Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere; b 21 Aug 1871; mar 4 Nov 1899, Maj William Frank (b 21 March 1863; d 8 March 1913), elder s of Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, Amb to Germany 1895-1908 (see HAREWOOD, E); d 20 Sept 1910, leaving issue.
(continued) 10th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 3 Jan 1874, Grace (d 18 Nov 1926), dau and cohrss of Sir Ralph Bernal-Osborne MP (see OSBORNE of Ballintaylor and Ballylemon, Bt); d 10 May 1898, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
1. Osborne de Vere, later 12th Duke of St Albans (see below).
2. Lady Moyra de Vere; b 20 Jan 1876; mar 30 July 1895, Lt-Col Lord Richard Frederick CB, CMG, DL, JP, MP (b 31 Jan 1871; d 7 Jan 1946), ygr bro of Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD (qv); d 7 Feb 1942, leaving issue.
3. Lady Katherine de Vere; b 25 May 1877 (21 June bapt at St Peter’s Ch, Eaton Sq, Middx); mar 1st 23 Jan 1896 at St Peter’s Ch, Eaton Sq (div 1920), Henry Charles Somers Augustus, of Reigate Priory, Surrey (b 1874; d 1945), paternal grands of Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG (qv); mar 2nd 22 Apr 1921, Maj-Gen Hon Sir William Lambton KCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, GOC 4th Div 1915-17 (b 4 Dec 1863; d 11 Oct 1936), ygr s of George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (qv); d 1 Feb 1958.
4. Lady Alexandra de Vere; b 5 July 1878; d unm 16 Apr 1935 (bur at Bestwood; admon granted 16 Sept 1935 for estate worth £9,144).
5. Lord William Huddleston de Vere; b 16 Aug 1883; educ Eton; mentally ill in later life; d unm 25 Dec 1954 at The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey (admon granted 2 Apr 1954 for estate worth £3,841).
The elder s,
Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 11th Duke of St Albans; b 26 March 1870 (sponsored by Queen Victoria and HRH The Prince of Wales later Edward VII); educ Eton; 3rd Btn The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt): 2nd Lt 1888, Lt 1889; 2nd Lt Life Grds June-Sept 1893; S Notts Yeo: 2nd Lt 1894, Capt 1898, retired 1900; d unm 19 Sept 1934, when he was suc by his ygr half-bro,
Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans; b 16 Oct 1874; educ Eton; served Boer War as Capt 17th Lancers 1899-1902 (despatches); ADC to 1st Earl Haig during WWI; High Sheriff of co Waterford 1920-21; mar 19 Aug 1918, Lady Beatrix Frances GBE (1919), DGStJ (d 5 Aug 1953), widow of Henry de la Poer Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford KP (qv) and 2nd dau of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE (qv); dsp 2 March 1964, when he was suc by his cousin,
Charles Frederic Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans OBE (1945); b 16 Aug 1915; mar 1st 21 March 1938 (div 1947), Nathalie Chatham (d 1985), dau of Percival Field Walker, of Rythe Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey, and had issue,
1. Murray de Vere, present 14th Duke of St Albans (see below).
(continued) 13th Duke of St Albans mar 2nd 19 March 1947, Suzanne Marie-Adele, of 64 West Stre, Newbury, Berks RG13 1BD (2003), Author: The Mimosa and The Mango, Paraide and Pestilence: Aspect of Provence (1997) (b 1922; d 12 Feb 2010), dau of Emile William Fesq, of Mas Mistral, Vence, France; d 8 Oct 1988, leaving further issue by his 2nd w,
2. +Lord Peter Charles de Vere; b 13 Jan 1948; educ Eton, Pacific Coll of Oriental Medicine; with RNR 1966-69; mar 17 May 1972 (div 1978), Beverlie June, dau of Alva Edwin Bailey, of CA, USA, and issue,
2.1. Robin de Vere; b 24 Feb 1971; accidentally drowned 10 June 1973.
2.2. ●Angela Grace de Vere; b 24 Dec 1974.
(continued) Lord Peter Charles de Vere mar 2nd 1999, ●Lechima Tsering Dolma, dau of Nyima Gyalpo, of Shungru, Tibet, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
2.3. +Tenzin Jinpa de Vere; b 2005.
2.4. +Yontan de Vere; b 2008.
3. +Lord James Charles Fesq de Vere; b 6 Feb 1949; educ Eton.
4. +Lord John William Aubrey de Vere; b 10 Feb 1950; educ Eton; with Save the Children Fund (USA); mar 1st 1986 (div 2000), Caroline Ann Heath, dau of Mrs B. Wilkinson, of IoW, and has issue,
4.1. +Gianni Emrys; b 1979; mar 2007, ●Gabriella Cacciola, and has issue,
4.1.1. ●Angelica Chiara; b 2010.
4.1.2. ●Isabella Juliana; b 2014.
4.2. ●Kiatsi Sofia; b 12 Oct 1984; mar 2013, ●David Whittock, and has issue,
4.2.1. ●Callum John; b 2014.
4.3. ●Mayasuni Ann; b 1986; mar 2006, ●HI&RH Archduke Philip Joachim Franz Max Clemens Gallus von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria-Este (b 9 Dec 1991), s of ●Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este (b 16 Dec 1955), husband of ●HRH Princess Astrid Joséphine-Charlotte Fabrizia Elisabeth Paola Marie (b 5 June 1962), eldest dau of ●Albert II Felix Humbert Theodoor Christiaan Eugen Maria, King of the Belgians 1993-2013 (b 6 June 1934) and has issue,
4.3.1. ●HI&RH Archduchess Amaya Anna Maria; b 2010.
4.3.2. ●HI&RH Archduchess Amaya Anna Maria; b 2010.
(continued) Lord John William Aubrey de Vere mar 2nd 2000, ●Joanna Maria, dau of Stanislav Kolaczinski of Warsaw, Poland, and has further issue by his 2nd w,
4.4. ●Annamary; b 6 May 1998 prior to their parents’ marriage.
4.5. ●Emilie; b 2008.
5. ●Lady Caroline Anne de Vere; b 19 July 1951; educ Fritham House Sch, Queen’s Gate Sch; mar 11 July 1970 (div 1986), Neil St John, elder s of Lt-Col R. L. V. ffrench Blake, of Midgham Park Farm, Berks, and has issue,
5.1. ●Clare Eleanor de Vere ffrench; b 15 Jan 1972.
5.2. ●Katherine “Kate” Juliana de Vere ffrench; b 25 May 1977.
6. A dau; b and vp 15 Nov 1963.
S.S.
Patricia Light
I had earlier posted about the descent of the Earls of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.For completeness, I attach the draft genealogy of the Dukes of St Albans.
ST ALBANS, D
Arms: Quarterly I and IV grandquarters the Arms of King Charles II (viz. quarterly I and IV quarterly France and England; II Scotland; III Ireland) overall a baton sinister Gules charged with three roses barbed and seeded proper; II and III quarterly Gules and Or in the first quarter a mullet Argent (de Vere).
Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a lion statant guardant Or crowned with a ducal coronet per pale Argent and of the first and gorged with a collar of the last thereon three roses also Argent barbed and seeded proper.
Supporters: Dexter an antelope Argent armed and unguled Or; Sinister a Greyhound Argent each supporter gorged with a collar as in the crest.
Motto: Auspicium Melioris Aevi (Latin: A pledge of better times).
Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, 14th Earl of Burford, 14th Baron Heddington, 11th Baron Vere of Hanworth also Hereditary Grand Falconer of England and Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery; b 19 Jan 1939; educ Tonbridge; CA 1962; Partner: Burford & Co (CA) 1981; Pres: Burford Opera 1991; Gov-Gen of Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Liveryman of Drapers’ Co 1962; FCA; Freeman of CoL; mar 1st 31 Jan 1963 (div 1974), Rosemary Frances, sis of Philip Scoones and only dau of Francis Harold Scoones JP, MRCS, LRCP (see BARRAN, B); mar 2nd 29 Aug 1974 (div 2001), Cynthia Theresa Mary (b 1929; d May 2002), former w of (1) Henry George Arton, of Canada and (2) Sir Anthony Robin Maurice Hooper, 2nd Bt, of Tenterden, Kent (b 1918; d 1987), being yst dau of Lt-Col William James Holdsworth Howard DSO; mar 3rd 14 Dec 2002, ●Gillian Anita, widow of Philip Nestfield Roberts and ygr dau of Lt-Col Cyril George Reginald Northam, and has issue by his 1st w,
1. ●Lady Emma Caroline de Vere; b 22 July 1963; educ Roedean, St John’s Coll Camb (BA), UEA; mar 1991, ●David Craig Shaw, s of Prof (Robert) Martin Stuart Smellie, of Hyndland, Glasgow, and has issue,
1.1. ●Martha Lucy Rose; b 5 March 1997.
1.2. ●Magnus Robert Francis; b 30 Oct 1998.
1.3. ●Ailsa Mary Florence; b 24 Apr 2000.
2. +Charles Francis Topham de Vere, styled Earl of Burford (discounted use of title since 2000); b 22 Feb 1965; educ Eton, Sherborne, Hertford Coll (MA), Edinburgh Univ; Itinerant Lecturer in USA 1991-97; contested Kensington and Chelsea (Democratic Party) 1999; Pres and Fndr of de Vere Soc 1986; Pres: Shakespeare Oxford Soc 1995-97; V-Pres: Royal Stuart Soc 1989; Dir: Vere Experiences 2022; Tstee: Shakespearean Authorship Tst 1986-2011; Liveryman of Drapers Co 1990; Freeman of CoL 1986; a leading proponent of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship; Author: Visions (1998), Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom (2010), Nell Gwyn, A Biography (2005), Piano Man, A Life of John Ogdon (2014); mar 1st 29 Dec 1994 (div 2001), ●Louise Ann Beris “Beatrice” Fiona, a French-Canadian actress and singer as “Robey”, acted as Micki Foster in Friday the 13th: The Series 1987-90 among others, eldest dau of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey RCAF, and has issue,
S R Eglesfield
Paul Theroff
"The simple Duke of St. Albans who is retired to Brussels for debt, has made a most sumptuous funeral in public for a dab of five months old that he had by his cook-maid"