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Lord Sidney Beauclerk PC (27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1744. He acquired a reputation as a fortune hunter. Early life.
Nov 11, 2022 · Lord Sidney Beauclerk was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of St Albans and his wife, the former Lady Diana de Vere, daughter and heiress of Aubrey de Vere, 20th and last Earl of Oxford; and he was a grandson of King Charles II and his mistress, Nell Gwynne.
Biography. Lord Sidney Beauclerk was regarded by his contemporaries as a fortune hunter; as early as 1727 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu describes him 2 as ‘Nell Gwyn in person, with the sex altered’, paying court to the Duchess of Cleveland, aged 63: Her children banished, age forgot. Lord Sidney is her care; And, what is much a happier lot,
Lord Aubrey Beauclerk. Aubrey has a monument of white and grey marbles in the north transept of Westminster Abbey. The sculptor was Peter Scheemakers and it shows a bust within a niche and naval trophies. His coat of arms is shown. He was killed in 1740 and presumably buried at sea.
Topham Beauclerk was born on 22 December 1739 in Pall Mall, London. He was the only son of Lord Sidney Beauclerk and a great-grandson of King Charles II. He was christened on 19 January 1740 in St James's Church, Piccadilly, in Westminster.
Lord Sidney Beauclerk was the fifth son of of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, and his wife Lady Diana de Vere and was born 27 February 1702/03. Lord Sidney was a notorious fortune-hunter [1]
When Lord Sidney Beauclerk was born on 27 February 1703, in Ardglass, County Down, Ireland, his father, Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke of St Albans, KG, was 32 and his mother, Lady Diana de Vere, was 24. He married Mary Norris on 9 November 1736. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
