Concept

Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

Summary
Beatrix Frances Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford, GBE, DGStJ (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953), born Lady Beatrix Frances Fitzmaurice, was a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, both by birth and through her two marriages. Life Beatrix was a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife Maud. She was named after her maternal aunt, Beatrix Frances Lambton, Countess of Durham (born Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton), Lady Lansdowne's favourite sister. On 16 October 1897, she married Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford (and would be styled as Marchioness of Waterford). Their wedding was a high society affair, noted in contemporary magazines. The couple had six children:
  • Lady Blanche Maud Beresford (1898–1940), who married Richard Girouard and had children
  • Lady Katharine Nora (1899–), who married her first cousin, Sir David Dawnay, and had children
  • John Charles de La Poer Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford (1901–193
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