Charles George Beauclerk (20 January 1774 – 25 December 1845) was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Richmond from 1796 to 1798.
[1] On his return from the Continent, Beauclerk paid £5000 for the constituency of Richmond in 1796, but his shyness held him back, and he is not known to have spoken in Parliament.
Like other Foxite seceders he returned to oppose the assessed taxes, 14 Dec. 1797, 4 Jan., and the conduct of Irish affairs, 22 June 1798.
[3] Emily W. Sunstein, an American biographer of Mary Shelley, describes Charles Beauclerk as a "shy intellectual" and the marriage as "incompatible"[4] In 1803 he built his family seat, St Leonard's Lodge, in Sussex.
Their eldest son was Aubrey Beauclerk, an MP, with whom the widowed Mary Shelley was said to be romantically involved.