Jane Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

Jane and her sister Elizabeth (who died young) were the daughters of Sir Walter Roberts, 6th Baronet of Glassenbury (1691–1745), and his wife, the former Elizabeth Slaughter, who herself was the only daughter and heiress of William Slaughter (or Slatter),[2] of Rochester, Kent.

Following the deaths of her parents, her guardians were Lord Romney and Sir Philip Boteler.

[3] Jane, whose inheritance was valued at £125,000,[4] married the Duke on 23 December 1752 at St George's, Hanover Square, London.

[2] Having paid off his debts with her dowry, he treated her badly, and the couple separated after two years of marriage.

In 1760 the couple were briefly reconciled in Brussels, but they soon separated again, and the duchess returned to her family home at Glassenbury.