Lord Sidney Beauclerk PC (27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744) was a British

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 politician and infamous fortune-hunter, and was the grandson of King Charles II

Charles II of England

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Beauclerk was a younger son of the 1st Duke of St Albans

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans

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. He was educated at Eton

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 and Trinity College, Oxford

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 and he entered Parliament in 1733 as MP

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 for Windsor

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, alongside his brother, Lord Vere Beauclerk

Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere of Hanworth

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. His fortune-hunting eventually gained him the estates of Richard Topham in and around Windsor

Windsor, Berkshire

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 and Old Windsor

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 in 1737. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1740 and made Vice-Chamberlain of the Household

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 the same year.

On 9 December 1736, Beauclerk had married Mary the daughter and heiress of Thomas Norris MP. They had only one son, Topham Beauclerk

Topham Beauclerk

Topham Beauclerk was a celebrated wit and the only son of Lord Sidney Beauclerk; he was the great-grandson of King Charles II. He was a friend of Dr...

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