Captain Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort JP, DL (19 May 1847 – 24 November 1924), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1853 and Marquess of Worcester between 1853 and 1899, was a

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Background and education

Beaufort was the son of

Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier, and Conservative Party politic ...

. He was educated at

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between 1860 and 1864.

Military service and public appointments

Beaufort became a cornet in 1865 in the Royal Horse Guards and was promoted to captain in 1869. He was aide-de-camp to

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in 1899 and served as High Steward of

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in 1899. On 8 January 1900 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. He was Hereditary Keeper of

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. He gained the rank of honorary colonel in the service of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He was a Justice of the Peace for Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire and a Deputy Lieutenant of

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and Monmouthshire.

Family

Children of the 9th Duke of Beaufort - Speaight

Bookplate-Henry Somerset Duke of Beaufort

Beaufort married Louise Emily Harford (1864–1945), widow of a Dutch nobleman (Baron Charles Frederic van Tuyll van Serooskerken, 1859–1893, leaving two sons), on 9 October 1895. They had three children: * Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset (1897–1968), married

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(11 June 1890 – 31 March 1922), who died in a riding accident during a steeplechase, aged 31, leaving as issue two daughters. On 15 July 1924, she married George Francis Valentine Scott Douglas (14 February 1898 – 12 June 1930), who died from a polo injury. They had one son who died as the last of the Douglas baronets of Maxwell in 1969. Her descendants are the sole surviving descendants of the 9th Duke. Lady Blanche's eldest surviving grandson,

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, eventually had the barony of Herbert called out of abeyance in his favour in 2002, after eighteen years. * Lady Diana Maud Nina Somerset (12 September 1898 – 6 May 1935), married Captain Lindsey Shedden (1881–1971) on 19 September 1925, but had no known issue. * Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1984), married

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. He left no issue and was succeeded by

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, a first cousin twice removed. The 9th Duke of Beaufort died in 1924, aged 77, at Badminton House, Gloucestershire. He is buried at St Michael and All Angels Church,

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Ancestry

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaufort, Henry Somerset, 9th Duke Of 1847 births 1924 deaths Royal Horse Guards officers Deputy Lieutenants of Brecknockshire Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire Deputy Lieutenants of Monmouthshire 109 *17 *09 Masters of foxhounds in England People educated at Eton College Henry Somerset, 09th Duke of Beaufort Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club People from Badminton, Gloucestershire