Lord George Beauclerk
Lieutenant-General Lord George Beauclerk (26 December 1704 – 11 May 1768) was a British Army officer, the sixth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans by his wife Diana, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford.
Military career
Beauclerk served in the
Commander-in-Chief in Scotland
from 1756 to 1767.
Political career
He was Member of Parliament for
New Windsor from 1744 to 1754. He was elected again for New Windsor in the 1768 election
but died the day after Parliament met.
Family
Beauclerk married Margaret Bainbridge, daughter of Thomas Bainbridge of Slaley, Northumberland.
References
- R. S. Lea, BEAUCLERK, Lord George (1704-68). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
- Mary M. Drummond, BEAUCLERK, Lord George (1704-68). in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot (London, 1848) pages 36–37.