Duke of St Albans
His father succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth on 1 October 1781. In 1787, his father succeeded his childless cousin, George as the 5th Duke of St Albans. The 4th Duke had inherited the dukedom from his childless second cousin, George Beauclerk, 3rd Duke of St Albans (the only son of the 2nd Duke).