Английская Википедия:Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans

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Arms of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, prior to his marriage to Lady Diana De Vere in 1694, after which he added the De Vere arms as an escutcheon of pretence: Royal arms of King Charles II debruised by a baton sinister gules charged with three roses argent

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG (8 May 1670Шаблон:Snd10 May 1726) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn.

Biography

His surname, Beauclerk (Anglo-Norman for "fine scholar"), had been an epithet of King Henry I. On 21 December 1676, a warrant was passed for "a grant to Charles Beauclerc, the King's natural son, and to the heirs male of his body, of the dignities of Baron of Heddington, co. Oxford, and Earl of Burford in the same county, with remainder to his brother, James Beauclerc, and the heirs male of his body." A few weeks later, James was given "the title of Lord Beauclerc, with the place and precedence of the eldest son of an earl." Just after the death of Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans, at the turn of the year, on 5 January 1684, King Charles granted his son Charles, Earl of Burford, the title of Duke of St Albans, gave him an allowance of £1,000 a year, and granted him the offices of Chief Ranger of Enfield Chace and Master of the Hawks in reversion (i. e. after the death of the current incumbents).Шаблон:Citation needed He became colonel in the 8th regiment of horse in 1687, and served with the emperor Leopold I, being present at the siege of Belgrade in 1688.

When his mother died (14 November 1687), Beauclerk received a large estate, including Burford House, near Windsor Castle. After the Battle of Landen in 1693, William III made Beauclerk captain of the gentlemen pensioners, and four years later gentleman of the bedchamber. His father had given him the reversion of the office of Hereditary Master Falconer and that of Hereditary Registrar of the Court of Chancery, which fell vacant in 1698. His Whig sentiments prevented his advancement under Queen Anne, but he was restored to favour at the accession of King George I. In 1718, George made him a Knight of the Garter.

Beauclerk died at Bath two days after his 56th birthday and is buried in Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded by his eldest son.

Marriage and issue

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Arms of de Vere: Quarterly gules and or, in the first quarter a mullet argent, quartered by the 2nd Duke and his successors

On 17 April 1694 he married Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and sole heiress of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. She was a well-known beauty, who became lady of the bedchamber to Caroline of Ansbach, Princess of Wales. By his wife he had twelve children:

Sons

• Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans (6 April 1696Шаблон:Snd27 July 1751), eldest son and heir;
• Lord William Beauclerk (22 May 1698Шаблон:Snd23 February 1733 N.S.)
• Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (14 July 1699Шаблон:Snd21 October 1781)
• Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk (11 August 1701Шаблон:Snd5 January 1761)
• Lord Sidney Beauclerk (27 February 1703Шаблон:Snd23 November 1744)
• Lieutenant-General Lord George Beauclerk (26 December 1704Шаблон:Snd11 May 1768)
• Lord Seymour Beauclerk (born 24 June 1708Шаблон:Sndc. 1709)
• Rev. Lord James Beauclerk (c. 1709Шаблон:Snd20 October 1787); was Bishop of Hereford (1746–1787)
• Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (c. 1710Шаблон:Snd22 March 1741), became a captain in the Royal Navy, and died at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias.

Daughters

• Lady Diana Beauclerk (born c. 1697)
• Lady Mary Beauclerk (born c. 1712)
• Lady Anne Beauclerk (born c. 1714)

Earl of Burford

Several legends describe how Beauclerk became Earl of Burford. The first is that on arrival of the King, his mother said, "Come here, you little bastard, and greet your father." When the king rebuked her for calling him that, she replied, "Your Majesty has given me no other name to call him by." In response, Charles created him Earl of Burford.

Another legend is that Beauclerk's mother held him out of a window (or above a river) and threatened to drop him unless he was given a peerage. Charles supposedly cried out "God save the Earl of Burford!" and subsequently created that peerage.

References

• John H[arold] Wilson: Nell Gwyn: Royal Mistress (Dell Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1952)

External links

• Шаблон:Cite DNB

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