Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans

Charles Frederick Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans, OBE (16 August 1915 – 8 October 1988) was a British soldier and hereditary peer.

Early life and education St Albans was the son of Aubrey Topham de Vere Beauclerk (1850–1933) and Gwendolen Loftus Hughes (1880–1958) and a great-grandson of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. His father had married late, and he was an only child. At his birth he stood ninth in the line of succession to the dukedom. He was educated at Hordle House School, Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

His commercial ventures initially prospered, allowing him to recover a number of family portraits and other heirlooms, which he kept at a home in Chelsea. which he gave to charity.

Marriages and issue St Albans married Nathalie Chatham Walker (1915–1985), daughter of Percival Field Walker, on 21 March 1938. They divorced in 1947 having had one son: Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of Saint Albans (19 January 1939 − 22 April 2026), a chartered accountant who held the courtesy title Earl of Burford during his father's lifetime. Had issue. He married secondly Suzanne Marie Adèle Fesq, an author and daughter of Emile William Fesq, a third-generation Australian of largely French descent, on 19 March 1947. They had five children: Lord Peter Charles de Vere Beauclerk (born 13 January 1948). Had issue; Lord James Charles Fesq de Vere Beauclerk (born 6 February 1949); Lord John William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (born 10 February 1950). Married twice and had issue; Lady Caroline Anne de Vere Beauclerk (born 19 July 1951). Had issue; unnamed daughter (born & died 15 November 1963).

Honours St Albans was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945.

Death St Albans died in 1988 at the age of 73 and was succeeded in the dukedom and other titles by his eldest son, Murray.