Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans

Who was Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans?

Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans KG KB was the son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans and his wife Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans. His paternal grandparents were Charles II of England and Nell Gwynne. He was styled Earl of Burford until 1726.

On 13 December 1722, he married Lucy Werden and they had two children:

George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans

Lady Diana Beauclerk, married Rev. Hon. Shute Barrington.

By his mistress Renee Lennox, illegitimate daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and his mistress Jacqueline de Mezieres:

Diane Beauclerk-Lennox who became the mistress of Baron Alessandro Mompalalao Cuzkeri.

And by his mistress Marie-Françoise de la Rochefoucauld, daughter of Casimir-Jean Charles, lord of Fontpastour and Chey:

Suzanne Beauclerk, married Jean IX Nolasque, marquess of Noves and count of Mimet.

Beauclerk died in 1751, aged 55 in London and was interred in Westminster Abbey.