Edward Somerset KG (abt. 1553 - 1628)

Born about 1553 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales

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Died 3 Mar 1628 at about age 75 in Somerset, England

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Biography

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester KG (bef. 1568 – 3 March 1628) was an English aristocrat and a favorite of Elizabeth I. He was an important advisor to King James I, serving as Lord Privy Seal.

Parents

He was the only son of three children born to the 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian, daughter of Edward, 1st Baron North.

On February 21/22, 1588/9, he succeeded his father as Earl of Worcester, and on 23 April 1593 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

Birth

Born: About 1553 (age 36 in 1589).

Marriage

He married Elizabeth Hastings (d. 21 Aug 1621),^[1] fourth daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. Jane was a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne.

Edward and Elizabeth had fifteen children, including:

• William (d.v.p; s.p)

• Henry, 5th Earl of Worcester, heir and successor, created the 1st Marquess of Worcester;

• Thomas (1579-1649), created 1st Viscount Somerset of Cashel, co. Tipperary^[2] on December 8, 1626. in 1616 he became the third husband of Helen Barry. They had one daughter: Elizabeth, who might have died young but it's uncertain.

• Sir Charles, KB

• Sir Edward, KB

• Elizabeth (eldest dau)^[3]

m. (08 Nov 1596 Essex House) Sir Henry Guildford of Hemstead

• Catherine, 2nd dau.^[3]

m. (08 Nov 1596 Essex House) William, Lord Petre of Writtle

• Catherine or Katherine (d. 06 Nov 1654)

m. Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor. No issue.^{[citation needed]}

• Blanche (d. 28 Oct 1649)

m. (settlement 11 May 1607) Thomas Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Wardour. Issue: 1 son; 2 dau.^[4]

• Frances

m. William Morgan, 1st Baronet Of Llantarnam.^[1]

• Anne^[1]

m. (11 Aug 1595) Sir Edward Wynter (Winter) of Lydney, Gloucestershire (c.1560-1619)^[5]

Occupation

In 1606 Edward was appointed Keeper of the Great Park, which was designed for hunting by Henry VIII around Nonsuch Palace, of which Worcester Park was a part. The residence Worcester Park House was built in 1607.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia: Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (wife of the 4th Earl)
2. ↑ Peerage of Ireland
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Lee (1898), states that the Elizabeth (eldest dau) and sister Catherine (2nd dau), were both married on 08 Nov 1596 at Essex House.
4. ↑ Arundell's only children
5. ↑ "Winter of Lydney." Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682-3, pp. 206. FamilySearch. eBook. PDF.[1];
   Wynter, Edward (c.1560-1619), of Lydney, Glos. HOP. Web.[2]

• Lee, S. (1898). "Somerset, Edward." DNB, 53, pp. 231-232. NY: MacMillan. Google Books.[3]
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 (volume III, page 373; volume IV, pages 658-661). For more information about this reference, see WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• VCH Gloucs Pauntley Manor (which he bought in 1620).
• Wikipedia: Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

Acknowledgements

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