George Augustus Beauclerk (1818 - 1880)

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Died 3 Jan 1880 at age 61 in Mayfair, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lord George Beauclerk was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Lord George Augustus Beauclerk was born 14 December 1818, the son of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St. Albans and his second wife Mary Janetta (nee Nelthorpe), and was the youngest of his parents' thirteen children. He was a great-great-great-grandson of King Charles II by Charles's mistress Nell Gwyn.

George was baptised on 28 December 1818 in Westminster, London, England.^[1]

He purchased a commission in the British Army, serving in the 10th Hussars Regiment (The Prince of Wales Own Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons) as a Cornet 28 August 1838, Lieutenant 5 February 1841, and Captain 6 December 1844.^[2]

Death

He died unmarried at his home, 12 Little Stanhope Street, in Mayfair on 3 January 1880^[3] at age of 61. Probate was granted on 28 January 1880.^[4]

A death notice in the Glasgow Evening Citizen on 5 January 1880 read that George ...died in London on Saturday evening in his 62nd year from bronchitis; his Lordship was uncle of the Duke of St. Albans, and served with the 10th Hussars in the Crimean War. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975", database, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 January 2024), George Augustus Beauclerck baptism on 28 Dec 1818 (born 1818), son of William Beauclerck & Maria Jeannetta, in Westminster, London, England.
2. ↑ HartsList1850>Hart, H.G., The New Annual Army List for 1850, 11th ed (London: John Murray, 1850), image p. 156, digital image, National Library of Scotland, : accessed 31 May 2020
3. ↑ “England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1904/ : accessed 13 October 2019) > Wills and Administrations 1880 > Aaron-Beynon, image 362 of 439, “Page 362,” entry for The Honourable (commonly called Lord) Beauclerk George Augustus; citing Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (London, England: n.p., n.d.), volume number not cited; attributed to "Crown Copyright."
4. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJ3-3NYK : 30 August 2018), George Augustus Beauclerk, 28 Jan 1880; citing Probate, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm
5. ↑ Glasgow Evening Citizen on 5 January 1880 pg 2