SOMERSET, Edward (c. 1603-67)

b. ?bef. 9 Mar. 1603, HMC Salisbury, xii. 667, 678. 1st s. of Henry Somerset^†, 5th earl, later mq. of Worcester, and Anne, da. of John Russell^†, Bar. Russell. educ. privately; travelled abroad (Germany, France, Italy) 1619–22; HMC 12th Rep. IX, 56. ?MA, Camb. 1627. m. (1) c.1628, Elizabeth (d.1635), da. of Sir William Dormer, sis. of Robert Dormer^†, earl of Carnarvon, 9s. (4 d.v.p.), 4da.; Henry Dircks, The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the 2nd Marquess of Worcester, i. 2. (2) 1639 (with £20,000), Margaret (d.1681), da. and coh. of Henry O’Brien, 4th earl of Thomond [I], 1da. d. v.p. Collins, Peerage (1812), i. 237. 3 Apr. 1667; admon. 23 Nov. 1667, 13 Jan. 1671, 15 Oct. 1681 to Henry Somerset, later duke of Beaufort. TNA, PROB 6/42; PROB 6/56.