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The Rt. Hon.ble The Lord Aubrey Beauclerck

The Rt. Hon.ble The Lord Aubrey BeauclerckSlain at Cartagena in America, Feb: the 24th. 1740/1 in the 31st. Year of his Age. [Six lines of verse below.]

[n.d., c.1750.]
Etching, sheet 380 x 240mm (15 x 9½"). Trimmed to plate.
Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (1711-1741), youngest son of Charles, 1st Duke of St Albans. A Royal Navy captain, he served at Cartagena under Vernon and was killed during the attack on the Boca Chica, 22 March 1741. A handsome monument to his memory was erected in Westminster Abbey and a pension of £200 per annum was conferred on his widow. By George Vertue (1683 - 1756), after an unidentified artist.
NPG: D1039.
[Ref: 9887]  £220.00


 

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