Family and Education
b. 5 Feb. 1792, 1st s. of Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, and bro. of Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset. educ. by Rev. Walter Fletcher at Dalston, Cumb.; Westminster until 1805; by Edward Vernon, bp. of York; Christ Church, Oxf. 1809. m. (1) 25 July 1814, Georgiana Frederica (d. 11 May 1821), da. of Hon. Henry Fitzroy, 4th s. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton, 2da., (2) 29 June 1822, Emily Frances, half-sis. of his 1st w., da. of Charles Culling Smith, 1s. 6da. suc. fa. as 7th Duke of Beaufort, 23 Nov. 1835; KG 11 Apr. 1842.
Offices Held
Ld. of Admiralty May 1815 – Mar. 1819.
Cornet, 10 Drag. 1811, lt. 1811; a.d.c. to Duke of Wellington 1812 – 14; lt. 7 Hussars 1815, 93 Ft. 1819; capt. 37 Ft. 1819, maj. 1819, half-pay 1821, ret. 1832; lt.-col. commdt. Glos. Hussars 1834.
High steward, Bristol 1836 – d.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
SOMERSET, Henry (1792-1853)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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