Aubrey Beauclerk (1740-1802) was the fourth child of Admiral Vere Beauclerk and his wife Mary Chambers. He was a great-grandson of King Charles II by his mistress, Nell Gwyn.
Aubrey was the only son that lived long enough to succeed his father. He became the 2nd Baron Vere in 1781. In 1787, he also picked up the title of 5th Duke of St. Albans. This he inherited from the previous duke - a childless cousin, George Beauclerk.
In May of 1763 he married Lady Catherine Ponsonby, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Bessborough. All of their seven children survived to adulthood.
Children of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St. Albans and Lady Catherine Ponsonby
Lady Catherine Elizabeth Beauclerk d. c Jul 1803
Lady Caroline Beauclerk+ d. 23 Nov 1838
Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St. Albans+ b. 21 Aug 1765, d. 12 Aug 1815
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St. Albans+ b. 18 Dec 1766, d. 17 Jul 1825
Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk+ b. Aug 1771, d. 10 Dec 1846
Reverend Lord Frederick Beauclerk+ b. 8 May 1773, d. 22 Apr 1850
Cokayne, G.E., White, Geoffrey H. & Lea, R.S. (eds.), (1959), The Complete Peerage: or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times. vol 12, pt 2, London : St Catherine Press, p. 257.
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-YH73 : 17 April 2019), Aubrey Beauclerk, Duke Of St Albans Earl Of Burford Baron Vere, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 15 Feb 1802, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aubrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Basil Stewart :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718[compare]
Robert Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #759198 +
Y-Chromosome Test 30 markers, haplogroup I-M223, MitoYDNA ID T10780[compare]