Topham Beauclerk
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Topham Beauclerk was a celebrated English wit and a friend of Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole.
Portrait of Beauclerk, by Francis Cotes (1756)
A plaque at Great Russell Street, London, commemorating Topham Beauclerk and Lady Diana Beauclerk, erected in 1905 by the Duke of Bedford
George Richard St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke, styled The Honourable George St John from his birth until 1787, was a British politician. He became famous in his own lifetime for embarking on an ext
Topham Beauclerk
…usage of her. He had one son and two daughters by Lady Di. One married Lord Herbert, the second went abroad with her Brother, Lord Bolingbroke [i.e. George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke]. On 12 March 1768, Beauclerk was married to the Viscountess Bolingbroke, Diana St John (1734–1808), former Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte…
portrait by John Hoppner