Osborne Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans
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Osbourne de Vere Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albans (16 October 1874 – 2 March 1964) was the son of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans
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Osborne de Vere Beauclerk served as a Captain during the Boer War
. In 1913 he spent an extended period of time in British Columbia, Canada where he was involved in mining investment. Part of his time there was spent camping with British travelogue writer Warburton Pike
and the American mining engineer Marshall Latham Bond
. During World War I he served as Aide-de-Camp to Field Marshal Douglas Haig
. During his late eighties he spent a month traveling in the United States on a Greyhound unlimited travel pass.
On 19 August 1918, He married Beatrix Beresford, Dowager Marchioness of Waterford
and daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
. He died in 1964, aged 89 and childless, and his titles passed to his cousin, Charles Beauclerk
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William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans
William Amelius Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans PC , styled Earl of Burford until 1849, was a British Liberal politician...
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Osborne de Vere Beauclerk served as a Captain during the Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...
. In 1913 he spent an extended period of time in British Columbia, Canada where he was involved in mining investment. Part of his time there was spent camping with British travelogue writer Warburton Pike
Warburton Pike
Warburton Pike a British explorer of British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic. Pike was born in Wareham, Dorset in 1861 and he committed suicide in the sea at Bournemouth in 1915 after being refused entry into the army. He was named after his grandfather's friend Jacob Warburton of New Hall Pottery...
and the American mining engineer Marshall Latham Bond
Marshall Latham Bond
Marshall Latham Bond was one of two brothers who were Jack London's landlords and among his employers during the autumn of 1897 and the spring of 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. They were the owners of the dog that Jack London fictionalized as Buck....
. During World War I he served as Aide-de-Camp to Field Marshal Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a British soldier and senior commander during World War I.Douglas Haig may also refer to:* Club Atlético Douglas Haig, a football club from Argentina* Douglas Haig , American actor...
. During his late eighties he spent a month traveling in the United States on a Greyhound unlimited travel pass.
On 19 August 1918, He married Beatrix Beresford, Dowager Marchioness of Waterford
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford, GBE, DGStJ , born Beatrix Frances Petty-FitzMaurice, was a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud....
and daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as the fifth Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
. He died in 1964, aged 89 and childless, and his titles passed to his cousin, Charles Beauclerk
Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans
Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans, OBE was the son of Aubrey Topham Beauclerk and Gwendolen Loftus Beauclerk née Hughes...
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