Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset (2 September 1784 – 14 January 1851) was the 5th Duke of Beaufort's seventh son and the Rector of the

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Parish in the 1800s. He lived in an adjacent manor house now called The Old Rectory. He was born to Henry Somerset the 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of the Hon.

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. He was the fourth out of nine sons, and had four sisters. He is buried in the St Andrews Church cemetery.

Family

He married Elizabeth Molyneux (d. 1843), daughter of

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on 29 June 1813. They had five children: *Col. Henry Charles Capel (20 Jun 1816-17 Jan 1905), married Alice Elizabeth O'Connell, daughter of Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell and granddaughter of Vice Adm. William Bligh. They had seven children. *Rev. William (3 Oct 1822-29 May 1902), who married Georgiana Amelia Darling and together had four sons. *FitzRoy Molyneux Henry (29 Dec 1823-22 Feb 1901), married firstly Jemima Drummond Nairne, and secondly Emily Biedermann. With the former they had at least two sons. *John Plantagenet Edward Henry (1826-1838) *Rev. Boscawen Thomas George Henry (2 Jun 1833-13 Jun 1893), who married Sophia Vernon Powys, daughter of

Horatio Powys Horatio Powys (20 November 1805–31 May 1877) was a priest in the Church of England and Bishop of Sodor and Man. Powys, born on 20 November 1805, was third son of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford (1775–1825), by Henrietta Maria, eldest daugh ...

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. They had two sons.

References

1784 births 1851 deaths Younger sons of dukes 19th-century English clergy People from Forest of Dean District {{England-reli-bio-stub