Henry Charles Somerset KG (1766 - 1835)

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Sophia (Leveson-Gower) Somerset — married 16 May 1791 in Lambeth, London, England

Descendants

Henry Somerset was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Henry Somerset KG is Notable.

Somerset was the son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. He was styled by the courtesy title Marquess of Worcester from his birth until his accession to the dukedom in 1803. He was educated at Westminster School, London and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, on 28 June 1786 with a Master of Arts.

Worcester married Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (1771–1854), daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, on 16 May 1791 at Lambeth Church, London. They had four sons and eight daughters:

1. Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (February 1792–17 November 1853)
2. Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (December 1792–23 February 1848)
3. Lord William George Henry Somerset (1 December 1793 – 13 January 1794)
4. Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (25 April 1795 – 12 November 1865), married, on 12 August 1823, Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 4th Baron Calthorpe and had children.
5. 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.
6. Lady Georgiana Augusta Somerset (8 October 1800 – 30 March 1865), married, on 30 May 1825, Granville Dudley Ryder and had issue.
7. Lord Edward Henry Somerset (17 June 1802 – 19 February 1803)
8. Lady Susan Carolina Somerset (10 May 1804 – 4 February 1886), married George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley.
9. Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset (10 May 1806 – 26 August 1892), married, on 22 October 1832, George Finch.
10. Lady Isabella Somerset (19 August 1808 – 4 February 1831), married, on 8 April 1828, Thomas Henry Kingscote
11. Lady Harriett Blanche Somerset (18 August 1811 – 25 May 1885), married, on 9 August 1833, Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and had children.
12. 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, Gloucestershire, and was buried there in St Michael and All Angels Church on 2 December 1835, shortly before his 69th birthday

Sources

• Complete Peerage, Vol. II, pp. 55-6; all data not otherwise referenced are from this location.
• Complete Peerage, Vol. II, p. 568
• Debrett's, 1840 edition, p. 71.
• wikipedia:Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort

See Also

• Wikipedia: Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
• Wikidata: Item Q3784917, en:Wikipedia