William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, PC DL (15 April 1840 – 10 May 1898), styled Earl of Burford until 1849, was a British Liberal parliamentarian of the Victorian era.

On 13 June 1863, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Rifle Volunteer Corps.

[3] He later took his seat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1868[6] to 1874[7] in William Ewart Gladstone's first administration.

In 1869 he was sworn of the Privy Council,[8] but never returned to active political office, although he accepted appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire serving between 1880[9] and 1898.

She was the granddaughter of London Sephardic Jewish Shakespearian actor turned parliamentarian Ralph Bernal.