BEAUCLERK, Charles, Earl of Burford (1696-1751).

Beauclerk’s father, the elder of Charles II’s two sons by Nell Gwynne, had eight sons, six of whom entered Parliament, four for Windsor, where Charles II had built close to the castle a large house, known as Burford House, for Nell Gwynne, entailing it in 1680 on her son, the Duke, and his heirs male.T. E. Harwood, Windsor Old and New, 122, pl. facing 124. The eldest, Charles, Lord Burford, is described by Lord Hervey as ‘one of the weakest men either of the legitimate or spurious brood of Stuarts’.Mems. 187. While in the Commons he supported the Government. He died 27 July 1751.