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William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans

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Died
  
27 May 1849

Nationality
  
British


Occupation
  
Cricket player

Name
  
William 9th

Parent(s)
  
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans

William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St. Albans (1801–1849) was an English aristocrat and cricket player.

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Early life

William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk was born on 24 March 1801. He was the son of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans.

Career

He played a first-class cricket match for Hampshire in 1817.

Personal life

He married, firstly, Harriet Mellon (11 November 1777 – 6 August 1837), on 16 June 1827 in London.

He married, secondly, Elizabeth Catherine Gubbins (c. 1818 – 2 December 1893 St Leonards-on-Sea), on 29 May 1839 in Harby, Leicestershire. They had three children:

  • William Ameleus Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans (1840–1898)
  • Diana de Vere Beauclerk (10 December 1842 – 1 April 1905), married John Walter Huddleston. Appeared in W P Frith's famous painting of the marriage of the Prince of Wales in 1863 and also in his later work A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881.
  • Charlotte Beauclerk (1849–?)

    • Death

    He died on 27 May 1849.

    References

    William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans Wikipedia
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