William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans

William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St. Albans (24 March 1801 – 27 May 1849) was the son of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. He played a first-class cricket match for Hampshire in 1817.

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 and features 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–?)

External links

CricketArchive: Lord Burford

Dukes of St Albans

House of Beauclerk (1684-)

Charles, 1st Duke (1684-1726) • Charles, 2nd Duke (1726-1751) • George, 3rd Duke (1751-1786) • George, 4th Duke (1786-1787) • Aubrey, 5th Duke (1787-1802) • Aubrey, 6th Duke (1802-1815) • Aubrey, 7th Duke (1815-1816) • William, 8th Duke (1816-1825) • William, 9th Duke (1825-1849) • William, 10th Duke (1849-1898) • Charles, 11th Duke (1898-1934) • Osborne, 12th Duke (1934-1964) • Charles, 13th Duke (1964-1988) • Murray, 14th Duke (1988-)

Peerage of England
Preceded by William Beauclerk	Duke of St Albans 1825–1849	Succeeded by William Beauclerk