Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

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Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (c. 1679–15 January 1742) was born Lady Diana de Vere, the daughter of the Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford and Diana Kirke. On 17 April 1694, she married the 1st Duke of St Albans, an illegitimate son of King Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwynne, whereupon Diana became Duchess of St Albans. She was Mistress of the Robes to Caroline, Princess of Wales from 1714 to 1717. Together Beauclerk and Diana had 12 children.[1]

Lady Diana de Vere1

F, #108419, d. 15 January 1741/42

Lady Diana de Vere was the daughter of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford and Diana Kirke.1 She married Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, son of Charles II Stuart, King of Great Britain and Eleanor Gwynne, on 17 April 1694. She died on 15 January 1741/42.

From 17 April 1694, her married name became Beauclerk.
Children of Lady Diana de Vere and Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans

Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St. Albans+ b. 6 Apr 1696, d. 27 Jul 1751

Lady Diana Beauclerk b. c 1697

Lord William Beauclerk+ b. 22 May 1698, d. 23 Feb 1732/33

Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere of Hanworth+ b. 14 Jul 1699, d. 21 Oct 1781

Colonel Lord Henry Beauclerk+ b. 11 Aug 1701, d. 5 Jan 1761

Lord Sydney Beauclerk+ b. 27 Feb 1703, d. 23 Nov 1744

Lord George Beauclerk b. 26 Dec 1704, d. 11 May 1768

Lord Seymour Beauclerk b. 24 Jun 1708

Rt. Rev. Lord James Beauclerk b. c 1709, d. 20 Oct 1787

Lord Aubrey Beauclerk b. c 1711, d. 24 Feb 1740

Lady Mary Beauclerk b. c 1713

Lady Anne Beauclerk b. c 1716

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 257. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."