Vere, Diana de (d. 1742)
Vere, Diana de (d. 1742)
English aristocrat. Name variations: Lady Diana de Vere; Lady Diana Beauclerk. Died in 1742; only child of Aubrey de Vere, 20th earl of Oxford, and Diana Kirke (d. 1719); married Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), 1st duke of St. Albans (and son of Nell Gwynn ), on April 13, 1694; children: Charles Beauclerk, 2nd duke of St. Albans (b. 1696); William, Lord Beauclerk (b. 1698); Baron Vere Beauclerk of Hanworth (b. 1699); Col. Henry Beauclerk (b. 1701); James Beauclerk, Lord Bishop of Hereford (b. 1702); Sidney Beauclerk (b. 1703, vice-chamberlain and MP); Lt. Gen George Beauclerk (b. 1704); Cmdr. Aubrey Beauclerk (b. 1711).
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