| 词条 | Lord George Beauclerk |
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Lieutenant-General Lord George Beauclerk (26 December 1704 – 11 May 1768) was a British Army officer, the sixth son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans by his wife Diana, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford. Military careerBeauclerk served in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, and was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel in September 1736. In 1745 he was nominated aide-de-camp to King George II with the rank of colonel, and in 1747 he obtained the colonelcy of the 8th Regiment of Marines (afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed on 15 March 1748 to the 19th Regiment of Foot. In 1753 he was appointed Governor of Landguard Fort, holding the post until his death. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1755, to that of lieutenant-general in 1758 and performed the duties of Commander-in-Chief in Scotland from 1756 to 1767. Political careerHe was Member of Parliament for New Windsor from 1744 to 1754. He was elected again for New Windsor in the 1768 election but died the day after Parliament met. References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richard Cannon, [https://archive.org/details/cihm_48383 Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot] (London, 1848) pages 36–37. {{s-start}}{{S-par|gb}}{{Succession box| title=Member for Windsor | with = Henry Fox | before=Lord Sidney Beauclerk Henry Fox | after=Henry Fox John Fitzwilliam | years=1744–1754 }} |-{{Succession box | title= Member for Windsor | with = Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel | before=John Fitzwilliam Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel | after= Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel Richard Tonson | years=Mar-May 1768 }}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef| before = Charles Howard }}{{s-ttl| title = Colonel of the 19th (The 1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot | years = 1748–1768 }}{{s-aft| after = David Graeme }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauclerk, George}} 11 : 1704 births|1768 deaths|Younger sons of dukes|British Army generals|11th Hussars officers|Coldstream Guards officers|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1741–47|British MPs 1747–54|British MPs 1768–74|Beauclerk family |
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