Name Aubrey Beauclerk Role Member of Parliament | Died February 1, 1854 | |
Aubrey William de Vere Beauclerk (20 February 1801 – 1 February 1854) was a British politician.
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Life
Beauclerk was the son of Charles George Beauclerk and Emily Charlotte Ogilvie. A former army major, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Surrey from 1832 to 1837. He was a political radical, active in the reform movement. He lived at Ardglass Castle in County Down, Ireland, and St. Leonard Lodge at Horsham, West Sussex, England.
In 13 February 1834, Beauclerk married Ida Goring. Together they had four children. In 7 December 1841 he married Rose Matilda Robinson and they had two children.
Beauclerk has been romantically involved with the nineteenth-century writer Mary Shelley.
Political career
As an MP Beauclerk supported the radical causes of the day, including the abolition of slavery and the discontinuation of tithes. He believed in a small, fixed duty on corn, and sought Church reform and an end to taxes on knowledge. Beauclerk was the only person, according to a letter from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont, to support Mary Shelley's son Percy Florence Shelley's bid to become a member of parliament.