A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Beauclerk, Frederick Charles Peter
BEAUCLERK, Lord. (Commander, 1834.)
The Right Honourable Lord Frederick Charles Peter Beauclerk, born 28 June, 1808, is second son of the late Duke of St. Albans, by Maria Janetta, only daughter of John Nelthorpe, Esq., of Little Grimsby House, co. Lincoln. He is next brother of the present Duke, elder brother of the preceding officer, and nephew of the late Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, from the R.N. College, in 1823, as Midshipman, on board the Victor 18, Capt. Thos. Prickett, stationed off the coast of Africa; served in the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his first commission 13 Sept. in the same year; and on 8 Dec. following was appointed to the Southampton 52, Capts. Peter Fisher and John Milligan Laws, on the East India station. In the latter ship his lordship continued to serve until 1832, when he removed for a short time to the Cruizer 18, Capt. John Parker, and on 3 Aug. assumed the Acting-Command of the Zebra 18, which sloop he brought home and paid off in the spring of 1833. He attained his present rank 6 Jan. 1834, and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.