Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere

Arms of Admiral Lord Vere

Admiral Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere (14 July 1699 21 October 1781), known as Lord Vere Beauclerk until 1750, was a British peer and politician, a son of the 1st Duke of St Albans and a grandson of King Charles II.

From February 17311739 he commanded HMS Anglesea.

On 13 April 1736, in London, he married Mary Chambers (c. 1714-21 January 1783), a maternal granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Berkeley. They later had six children (four of whom died young):

From 1726 to 1741 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor and for Plymouth (succeeding his brother Henry) from 1741 to 1750. On his retirement from politics in 1750, he was created Baron Vere, of Hanworth in the County of Middlesex.

Lord Vere was elected one of the first Vice Presidents of London's charitable Foundling Hospital for abandoned children, an unpaid position. He served in that capacity from the institution's first year of 1739 until 1756, but then again from 1758 until 1767.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Earl of Burford
The Earl of Inchiquin
Member of Parliament for Windsor
with The Earl of Inchiquin 1726–1727
Viscount Malpas 1727–1733
Lord Sidney Beauclerk 17331741

17261741
Succeeded by
Lord Sidney Beauclerk
Henry Fox
Preceded by
Arthur Stert
Lord Henry Beauclerk
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
with Arthur Stert

17411750
Succeeded by
Arthur Stert
Charles Saunders
Political offices
Preceded by
The Duke of St Albans
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
1761–1771
Succeeded by
The Duke of St Albans
Peerage of Great Britain
New title Baron Vere
17501781
Succeeded by
Aubrey Beauclerk


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