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Topham Beauclerk (/ b oʊ ˈ k l ɛər / boh-KLAIR; 22 December 1739 – 11 March 1780) was a celebrated wit and a friend of Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole.
Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk (born 22 February 1965), also styled Earl of Burford by courtesy, is a British aristocrat and heir to the peerage title of Duke of St Albans.
Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk (nacido el 22 de febrero de 1965), también llamado conde de Burford por cortesía, es un aristócrata británico y heredero del título nobiliario de duque de St Albans. .
18 de abr. de 2012 · When Dr Johnson’s friend Topham Beauclerk died in 1780, his small collection of antiquities was sold along with a range of objects reflecting his interests in all branches of natural philosophy. Some of the antiquities came to the British Museum via Joseph Banks and Charles Townley.
- David Noy
- 2013
Topham Beauclerk was a celebrated wit and a friend of Dr Johnson and Horace Walpole.
Beauclerk’s portrait. Topham’s marriage to the former Lady Diana Spencer immediately after her divorce from her first husband created a scandal at the time and eventually left him in her shadow, but when she died in 1808 she was remembered mainly as his widow. Lady Di’s reputation has risen as Topham’s has fallen. Her rejection,
Hace 2 días · Topham Beauclerk, born in 1739, was the only son of Lord Sydney Beauclerk. A man of wide reading and sprightly conversation, he owes his fame principally to his great friendship with Dr. Johnson, and the space which he occupies in the latter's great biography.
