Amelius Beauclerk

Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk (23 May 1771 – 10 December 1846) was a Royal Navy officer. Early life Beauclerk was born on 23 May 1771, the third son of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans (1740–1802) and his wife, the former Lady Catherine Ponsonby (1742–1789), daughter of William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough. He was baptised at St Marylebone Parish Church, London on 15 June 1771. He was entered on the books of the cutter in June 1782, and in 1783 was appointed to , bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral John Campbell on the Newfoundland Station. Afterwards he served in the West Indies under Commodore Gardner, and returned to England in 1789 as acting Lieutenant of . He was not confirmed as a Lieutenant until 21 September 1790, at the time of the Great Spanish Armament crisis. Promotion to captain In 1792 he went to the Mediterranean in the frigate , and on 16 September 1793 was made captain by Lord Hood and appointed to the command of (28 guns). In March 1794 he was transferred to (32 guns), and attached to the squadron under Admiral Hotham, blockading Toulon. Juno took part in the action of 14 March 1795, which resulted in the capture of the French ships and , and was one of the squadron, under Commodore Taylor, which convoyed the homeward trade in the following autumn, when the Censeur was recaptured by the French off Cape St Vincent on 7 October 1796.