Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (22 December 1766 – 23 November 1835), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803, was a British politician.
Background and education
Somerset was the son of
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803) was an English courtier and politician. He was styled the Marquess of Worcester from 1745 until 1756, when he succeeded his father as 5th Duke of Beaufort (England), ...
and Elizabeth Boscawen. He was styled by the
courtesy title
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In some context ...
Marquess of Worcester from his birth until his accession to the dukedom in 1803. He was educated at
Westminster School
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,
London
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and graduated from
Trinity College, Oxford
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, on 28 June 1786 with a
Master of Arts
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.
Political career
Worcester was a
Tory
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Member of Parliament (MP) for
Monmouth
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between 1788 and 1790, for
Bristol
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between 1790 and 1796, and for
Gloucestershire
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between 1796 and 1803, when he succeeded to his father's seat in the
House of Lords
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. He was
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire and
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire from 1803, and
Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire from 1810, until his death in 1835. He bore the Queen's Crown for the coronation of William IV and
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King ...
, 8 September 1831. He became Constable of
St Briavel's Castle and Warden of the
Forest of Dean
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in 1812, and
High Steward of Bristol in 1834; he held all these posts for the rest of his life. He was nominated and invested as a
Knight of the Garter
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on 17 January 1805, and was installed on 23 April the same year; since no Knight had been installed since 1801, there were seven vacancies at the time.
He was commissioned
Major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
* Major and minor in musi ...
in his father's
Monmouth and Brecon Militia in February 1793 on the outbreak of the
French Revolutionary War
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. He succeeded his father as
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
of the regiment in 1803, and retained the command until his own death.
Family
Worcester married
Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (1771–1854), daughter of
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 172126 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in ...
, on 16 May 1791 at
Lambeth Church, London. They had four sons and eight daughters:
[Debrett's, 1840 edition]
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Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (5 February 1792 – 17 November 1853)
*
Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (22 December 1792 – 23 February 1848)
* Lord William George Henry Somerset (1 December 1793 – 12 January 1794)
* Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (25 April 1795 – 12 November 1865), married, on 12 August 1823,
Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe and had children.
* Lady Elizabeth Susan Somerset (23 June 1798 – 16 April 1876), married, on 16 April 1822, Captain Lord Edward O'Brien, and after his death, married, on 11 November 1829, Maj-Gen. James Orde.
* Lady Georgiana Augusta Somerset (8 October 1800 – 30 March 1865), married, on 30 May 1825,
Granville Dudley Ryder and had issue.
* Lord Edward Henry Somerset (17 June 1802 – 19 February 1822)
* Lady Susan Carolina Somerset (10 May 1804 – 4 February 1886), married
George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley.
* Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset (10 May 1806 – 26 August 1892), married, on 22 October 1832,
George Finch.
* Lady Isabella Somerset (19 August 1808 – 4 February 1831), married, on 8 April 1828, Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote (b. 19 Jan 1799, d. 19 Dec 1861)
* Lady
Harriett Blanche Somerset (18 August 1811 – 25 May 1885), married, on 9 August 1833,
Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and had children.
* Lady Mary Octavia Somerset (16 July 1814 – 7 September 1906), married, on 28 November 1837,
Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet and had children.
Beaufort died at
Badminton House
Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I Listed Building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England, which has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. The house, which has given its name to the spor ...
, Gloucestershire, and was buried there in
St Michael and All Angels Church on 2 December 1835, shortly before his 69th birthday.
Ancestry
References
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