William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans (24 March 1801 – 27 May 1849), styled the Hon. William Beauclerk before 1815 then Earl of Burford until 1825, was a 19th-century English cricketer and member of the House of Lords.
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Background and education
Beauclerk was born in Hampshire, the eldest son of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans, and his second wife, Maria Janetta née Nelthorpe. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge.
His paternal grandparents were Lady Catharine Ponsonby and Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans, a Whig Member of Parliament. His mother was the only daughter and heiress of John Nelthorpe, sixth of the Nelthorpe baronets, and Mary Cracroft.
Cricket
Beauclerk played cricket for Hampshire in 1817, and then minor cricket for the Gentlemen of Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club.