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Lord Sidney Beauclerk
1703Feb, 27

Lord Sidney Beauclerk

Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (d. 1744)
Lord Sidney Beauclerk (27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1744. He acquired a reputation as a fortune hunter.

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