Person Beauclerk; Charles (1670 - 1726); 1st Duke of St Albans Beauclerk Charles 1670 - 1726 British Male His mother's house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, England Burial: St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire (10 May 1726)

Soldier Career: Chief Ranger of Enfield Chase (1684); Keeper of the Hawks (1685); Colonel of Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Horse (1687); served in the Imperial Army against the Turks and was present at the taking of Belgrade (1688); served in the Low Countries (1698); Captain of the Band of Gentleman Pensioners (1693-1712, 1714-1726); Lord of the Bedchamber (1697-1702); Ambassador Extraordinary to France (1697-1698); was attacked by footpads on Hounslow Heath but escaped (1698); Register of the Court of Chancery (1698); Lord of the Bedchamber (1697-1702); was with William II when he received Peter the Great of Russia at Utrecht, 1 September 1697, and at the Treaty of Rijswik 20 September 1697. Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (1714-1726) Freemason, member of Lodge No 28 formed 1724 and erased 1736 which met at Queen's Head, Cheap Street Bath with with four other FRS, John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford, Joseph Andrews, edward harrington and William Bristow. Honours: Created 27 December 1676 Baron Heddington and Earl of Burford 1676; Duke of St Albans 10 January 1684; KG 1718 Son of Charles II (FRS 1665) and Eleanor (Nell) Gwynne; inherited a large estate on the death of his mother (1687); married Diana, only daughter of Aubrey de Vere, 20th and last Earl of Oxford, and his second wife, Diana, daughter of George Kirke, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II Fellow 01/11/1722 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Masons' Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 2010 page 8-9 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 8 May 1670 - 10 May 1726 NA6714 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 96a6fd08-9f94-44bf-8f4e-9283eca96e8e