Diana (Spencer) Beauclerk (1734 - 1808)

Born 24 Mar 1734 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Frederick St John — married 8 Sep 1757 (to 10 Mar 1768) in Harbledown, Kent, England

Wife of Topham Beauclerk — married 12 Mar 1768 in St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1808 in England

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Biography

English noblewoman, artist.

As a result of her 1st marriage, Lady Diana Spencer was styled as Viscountess Bolingbroke on 8 September 1757 and her married name became St. John. She held the office of Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte between 1762 and 1768.^[1] From 12 March 1768, her married name became Beauclerk.

Sources

1. ↑ Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000, volume II, page 207.

• Virginia Surtees, ‘Beauclerk , Lady Diana (1734–1808)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2014 accessed 8 June 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free of charge to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.

• The Peerage Lady Diana Spencer

• WikiTree profile Spencer-2674 created through the import of Spencer Family Tree 4 2002.GED on Nov 28, 2011 by Chet Spencer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Chet and others.

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