Name Vere 1st Died October 21, 1781 | Role British Politician | |
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Children Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans Parents Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans Siblings Lord Sidney Beauclerk, Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans, Lord William Beauclerk Grandchildren Lord Frederick Beauclerk Similar People Charles Beauclerk - 1st Duke, Nell Gwyn, Charles II of England | ||
Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (14 July 1699 – 21 October 1781), known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a British peer and politician, a son of the 1st Duke of St Albans and a grandson of King Charles II.
From February 1731–1739 he commanded HMS Anglesea.
On 13 April 1736, in London, he married Mary Chambers (c. 1714-21 January 1783), a maternal granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Berkeley. They later had six children (four of whom died young):
From 1726 to 1741 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor and for Plymouth (succeeding his brother Henry) from 1741 to 1750. On his retirement from politics in 1750, he was created Baron Vere, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex.
Lord Vere was elected one of the first Vice Presidents of London's charitable Foundling Hospital for abandoned children, an unpaid position. He served in that capacity from the institution's first year of 1739 until 1756, but then again from 1758 until 1767.