Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans
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His Grace The Duke of St Albans FCA |
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The Duke by Allan Warren
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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In office 8 October 1988 – 11 November 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans |
| Succeeded by | House of Lords Act 1999 |
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| Born | 19 January 1939 |
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Rosemary Frances Scoones (m. 1963; div. 1974) Cynthia Theresa Mary née Howard (m. 1974; div. 2001) Gillian Anita née Northam (m. 2002) |
| Children | Lady Emma Caroline de Vere Beauclerk Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford |
| Parents |
Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans Nathalie Chatham née Walker |
Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, FCA (born 19 January 1939), styled Earl of Burford from 1964 until 1988, is a British peer of the Realm.
The only child (by his first wife) and eldest son of Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans, the 14th Duke descends from King Charles II and Nell Gwyn by their illegitimate son, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans.
He is also the senior representative of the De Vere family by descent from Aubrey de Vere I, Chief Tenant of William the Conqueror.
Beauclerk attended Tonbridge School in Kent, before qualifying as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1962.
Since 1989, he has served as Governor-General of the Royal Stuart Society, and is also a Freeman of the City of London and Liveryman of the Drapers' Company.
Murray Beauclerk married Rosemary Frances Scoones on 31 January 1963; they had two children:
They divorced in 1974, and Lady Burford married secondly in 1975, divorcing in 2000, Paul Pellew, 10th Viscount Exmouth and (born Estoril, 8 October 1940).
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