Arms of the Duke of St Albans since 1696

The title Duke of St Albans was created in 1684 for Charles Beauclerk when he was fourteen years old. King Charles II had accepted that Beauclerk was his illegitimate son by Eleanor Gwynn, an actress, and had awarded Beauclerk the dukedom, just as he had awarded the dukedoms of Richmond and Lennox, Buccleuch and Grafton on his other illegitimate sons. The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe... St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ... Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called pretty, witty Nell by Samuel Pepys. ... Since 1623 the same person has usually held the dukedoms of Richmond and of Lennox. ... The title of Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced Bucloo) was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. ... The title of Duke of Grafton was created in 1675 by Charles II of England for his 2nd illegitimate son by the Duchess of Cleveland, Henry FitzRoy. ...

The subsidiary titles of the Duke are: Earl of Burford (1676), Baron Heddington (1676) and Baron Vere of Hanworth (1750). The titles created in 1676 were in the peerage of England, while that created in 1750 was in the peerage of Great Britain. The eldest son and heir of the Duke of St Albans is known by the courtesy title of Earl of Burford. The present Earl of Burford became briefly prominent in 1999 when he ran from the steps of the throne to stand on the Woolsack in the House of Lords to denounce the House of Lords Bill which would remove hereditary peers from the House. A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

Dukes of St Albans (1684)

• Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans (1670-1726)
• Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans (1696-1751)
• George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans (1720-1786)
• George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans (1758-1787)
• Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans (1740-1802)
• Aubrey Beauclerk, 6th Duke of St Albans (1765-1816)
• Aubrey Beauclerk, 7th Duke of St Albans (1815-1816)
• William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans (1766-1825)
• William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans (1801-1849)
• William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans (1840-1898)
• Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 11th Duke of St Albans (1870-1934)
• Osborne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans (1874-1964)
• Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans (1915-1988)
• Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans (b. 1939)

Heir Apparent: Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, Earl of Burford (b. February 22, 1965)
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