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by James I, lord keeper of the privy feal. He died 
March 3, ifiaS. Henry, fifth earl of Worcefter, his fon, 
is fuppofed to have been the richeft Englifli nobleman 
of his time; and it was in a conliderable degree owing 
to him that Charles 1. was enabled to make fo powerful 
a reltftance as he did at the breaking out of the civil 
war. Soon after the commencement of the rebellion, 
he was created marquis of Worcefter. He maintained, 
at his perfonal expence, a liege in his caftle of Ragland, 
in the county of Monmouth, from 1642, to Auguft 19, 
1646. The articles of capitulation upon which he fur- 
rendered were violated by the parliamentary forces, and 
he died under confinement in December the fame year, 
in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 
Edward, fecond marquis of Worcefter, his fon, at¬ 
tracted much attention during the life of his father, 
under the ftyle of the “ earl of Glamorgan.” His n'ego- 
ciations with the Irith catholics are now fully cleared 
up, to the dilhonour of king Charles. Though that 
monarch pretended to be ignorant of his meafures, and 
to difavow his proceedings, it appears that the mar¬ 
quis did nothing.' without the fulled authority. A 
commiflion, granted to him by the king, and dated 
April i, 1644, contains powers of the mod unlimited 
nature. Blank patents are there mentioned to have 
been intruded to him for titles of honour from a marquis 
to a baronet ; the title of duke of Somerfet is promifed 
to him and his heirs for ever; the princefs Elizabeth, 
with a portion of three hundred thoufand pounds, is 
promifed to his elded Ion in marriage ; and it is added, 
that whatever he contracts or engages for from the date 
of this commiftion, the king will make good the fame. 
His lordfliip died April 3, 1667. 
Henry, third marquis of Worcefter, his fon, was 
towards the clofe of the reign of Charles II. advanced 
to the title of Duke of Beaufort. He exerted himfelf 
in oppofition to the invafion of the duke of Monmouth 
in 1685, and in 1688 endeavoured to fecure Briftol 
againft the adherents of the prince of Orange, upon 
whofe elevation to the throne his grace refufed to take 
the oaths. He died January 21, 1699. Henry, fecond 
duke of Beaufort, his grandfon, was January 10, 1712, 
cpnftituted captain of the band of gentlemen penlioners. 
Charles Noel, fourth duke of Beaufort, his fon, fuc- 
ceeded his brother, the third duke, who died without 
iftue, February 24, 1745 ; and having been divorced 
from his duchefs, who afterwards, by Charles-Fitzroy 
Scudamore, efq. was mother to Frances, duchefs of 
Norfolk; on May 1, 1740, he married Elizabeth Ber¬ 
keley, daughter to the vifcountefs dowager Hereford, 
by John Berkeley, efq. of Stoke Giftord, in Gloucef- 
terlhire, late baronefs Bottetourt, who died April 8, 
1799, aged eighty (when her barony defcended to the 
duke of Beaufort,) being only filter and heirefs to Nor- 
borne Berkeley, baron Bottetourt, who died in 1776 ; 
by whom he had ilfue, Anne, born March ix, 1741 ; 
married to Charles, earl of Northampton, and died in 
May, 1763, leaving ilfue Elizabeth, who died May 7, 
1760; Henry the fifth duke ; Rachael, who died in her 
infancy; Henrietta,married the late fir Williams Wynne, 
bart. and died July 24, 1769; Mary-Ifabella, married, 
December 26, 1775, to Charles duke of Rutland, by 
whom (he had the prefent duke of Rutland, and other 
iftue.—His grace, Charles Noel, the fourth duke of 
Beaufort, died OCtober 28, 1736, and was fucceeded by 
his fon Henry, the fifth duke, born OCtober j6, 1744, 
married, April 2, 1766, Elizabeth, daughter of the late 
admiral Bolcawen, and had ilfue, 1. Henry-Charles, the 
prefent duke.—2. Charles-Henry, colonel of the fil'd 
Weft India regiment of foot, married Elizabeth, daugh¬ 
ter of William vifcount Courtenay.—3. Edward-Henry, 
died young.—4. Norborne-Berkeley-Henry, born May 
4, 1771.—5. Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Charles 
Talbot; and 6. Frances-Elizabeth, born April 3, 1774. 
—7. Harriet-llabella, married, July 17, 1804, major 
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Mitchell, of the 26th regiment of foot.—8. Robert" 
Edward-Henry, a colonel in the army, and lieutenant* 
colonel of the fourth regiment of dragoons, married* 
October 17, 1805, Louifa, daughter of William, fecond 
vifcount Courtenay.—9. Arthur-John-Henry, born Fe¬ 
bruary 12, 1780, captain in the ninety-fird regiment of 
loot.—-10. William-George-Henry, born September 2, 
1784, in the tenth regiment of dragoons.—11. Anne- 
Elizabeth; died September 22, 1803.—12. john-Tho- 
mas-Henry, born Auguft 30, 1787, in the feventh regi¬ 
ment of foot.—13. Fitzroy-James-Henry, born Septem¬ 
ber 30, 1788,. in the fourth regiment of dragoons. His 
grace, dying October iT, 1803, was fucceeded by his 
eldeft fon, Henry-Charles, the prefent and lixth duke. 
Creations. —Baron Herbert, lord Herbert of Rag¬ 
land, Chepftow^ and Gower, July 26, 1461. Earl of 
Worcefter, February 2, 1514. Marquis of Worcefter, 
November 2, 1/542. Duke of Beaufort, November 2, 
1682. Baron de Bottetourt, June 4, 1803. 
Residences. —Badmington-Kouie, and Bottetourt 
Park, in the county of Gloucefter; Chepftow Caftle, 
and Troy-Houfe, in the. county of Monmouth; and 
Nether Haven in the county pf Wilts.—Town-houfe s 
Grofvenor-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Mutareveltimerefperno. —“1 fcorn tochange 
or to fear.” 
BEAUCLERCK, DUKE OF SAINT ALBANS. 
AUBREY BEAUCLERCK, Duke of SAINT 
ALBANS, Earl of Burford, Baron of Heddington in 
the county of Oxford, and Baron Yere of Hanworth in 
the county of Middlefex, Hereditary Grand Falconer of 
England, and Hereditary Regiftrarof the High Court of 
Chancery. His grace was born Auguft 21, 1765; mar¬ 
ried July 9, 1788, while earl of Burford, to Jane Moles, 
daughter of- Mofes, efquire, by whom he had 
iftue a daughter, Mary. The countefs died Auguft 18, 
1800; and his grace married, fecondly, Auguft 12, 1802, 
Louila-Grace, third daughter of Lady Louifa Manners.' 
The family of Beauclertk is defcended from Charles 
II. king of England, by Eleanor Gwyn. Charles, fur- 
named Beauclerck, her eldeft fon, born May 8, 1670, 
was, in the feventh year of his age, created baron of 
Heddington and earl of Burford, with remainder in de¬ 
fault of his male ilfue, to James Beauclerck, his brother, 
who died September, 1680. In the fourteenth year of 
his age he was advanced to the dignity of duke of 
Saint Albans, and conftituted hereditary grand falconer 
of England, and hereditary regiftrar of'the high court 
of chancery. His grace ferved in the imperial army at 
the fiege of Belgrade, and afterwards under king Wil¬ 
liam in the Low Countries. He was, November 30, 
1693, appointed captain of the band of gentlemen pen- 
fioners, and, having refigned that appointment in 1710, 
wasreinftated upon the acceftion of George I. He mar¬ 
ried Diana, daughter and heir of Aubrey de Vere earl 
of Oxford ; by which lady he had ilfue, nine Ions, and 
one daughter who died an infant. 
Charles, the fecond duke of Saint Albans,'was born 
April 6, 1696; on May 11, 1726, he fucceeded his 
father as duke of Saint Albans; on December 13, 1722, 
married Lucy, daughter and co-heir of fir John Werden, 
of Hollyport, in Berklhire, bart. and by her had ilfue 
one fon, and one daughter, Diana, born Oftober 20, 
1725 ; married to the honorable and reverend Shute 
Barrington, billiop of Durham, and died in 1766, with¬ 
out ilfue; and George, born June 25; 1730, ,the third 
duke, who married October 28, 1752, Jane, daughter 
and heir of fir Walter Roberts, of Glalfenbury, Kent, 
bart. by whom he had no ilfue; and his grace died 
February 1, 1786, and was fucceeded by his grand¬ 
nephew, George, the fourth duke, and grandfon of his 
brother William. 
William, bom May 22, 1698, married Charlotte, 
6 C . daughter 
