Duke of St Albans is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1684 for Charles Beauclerk, 1st Earl of Burford, then 14 years old. King Charles II had accepted that Burford was his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn, an actress, and awarded him the dukedom just as he had conferred those of Monmouth, Southampton, Grafton, Northumberland, and Richmond and Lennox on his other illegitimate sons who married.
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn.
Beauclerk or Beauclerc is an English surname, from Anglo-Norman meaning "fine scholar". It is also the family name of the Duke of St Albans.
Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans, KG KB was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1718 until 1726 when he succeeded to a peerage as Duke of St Albans. He was an illegitimate grandson of King Charles II.
Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans was a British landowner, and a collector of antiquities and works of art.
Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat and politician.
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat.
William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat and cricketer.
William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, PC DL, styled Earl of Burford until 1849, was a British Liberal parliamentarian of the Victorian era.
Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans, OBE was a British soldier and hereditary peer.
Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, born Lady Diana de Vere, was a British courtier. She was Mistress of the Robes to Caroline, Princess of Wales from 1714 to 1717. She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties of Mary II of England.
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, KG, PC was an English peer and military officer who fought on the Royalist side during the English Civil War.
Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere, known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a Royal Navy officer, British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 24 years from 1726 to 1750. After serving various ships in the Mediterranean and then commanding the third-rate HMS Hampton Court, he joined the Board of Admiralty, ultimately serving as Senior Naval Lord.
(Vreda Esther) Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, was the elder of the two daughters of Maj. William Frank Lascelles, the son of diplomat Frank Lascelles. Her mother was Lady Sybil Evelyn de Vere Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, and his first wife, Sybil Mary Grey. Through her mother, Mary was descended from Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans (1670–1726), illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Nell Gwynn.
Catherine Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans was a British noblewoman. She was Duchess of St Albans through her marriage.
Louisa Grace Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, formerly Lady Louisa Grace Manners, was the second wife of Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans.
Suzanne Marie Adèle Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, known professionally as Suzanne St Albans, was a British writer and painter.
Maria Janetta Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, formerly Maria Janetta Nelthorpe, was the second wife of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans, and the mother of the 9th Duke.
Jane Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, formerly Jane Roberts, was the wife of George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans.
Lord William Beauclerk was a British army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1733.