Governor Lord George Beauclerk
Governor of Landguard Fort – 1753 – 1768
b. 26 December 1704, d. 11 May 1768, Lord George Beauclerk was the son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans and Lady Diana de Vere. He was born on 26 December 1704. He was, therefore a grandson of Charles II and Nel Gwynne.
A career soldier entering the army as an ensign in 1726 rising to Colonel and aid-de-camp to King George II in 1745 and Major General, commander of HM forces in North Britain in 1756. He represented Windsor in Parliament 1741 – 1754 & 1768.
He lived at Winchfield House, Hampshire, England.