William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans

William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans (18 December 1766 – 17 July 1825)[1] was an English aristocrat.

He was the second son of Lady Catharine Ponsonby and Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, a Whig Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1761 to 1768 and for Aldborough from 1768 to 1774.

His younger brothers were Adm. Lord Amelius Beauclerk (principal Naval aide de camp to King William IV and Queen Victoria) and the Rev.

Lord Frederick Beauclerk (Vicar of Kimpton, Redbourn and St Michael's who married Hon.

The Duke of St Albans died on 17 July 1825 and was succeeded by his son, from his second wife, William.

Portrait of his father and mother , and his siblings Aubrey , Lady Catherine, and Lady Caroline, by Franciszek Smuglewicz .