Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset (1824 - 1899)

Born 1 Feb 1824 in Paris, France

Ancestors

Husband of Georgiana Charlotte (Curzon) Somerset — married 3 Jul 1845 in Hampton, London, England

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1899 at age 75 in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England

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

Biography

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8th Duke Beaufort [E., 1682]

Henry was born in 1824. He is the son of Henry Somerset and Emily Smith. He passed away in 1899. ^[1]

Styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853,[1] was a British peer, soldier and Conservative politician. He served as Master of the Horse between 1858 and 1859 and again between 1866 and 1868. Wikipedia

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Beaufort was commissioned a Cornet and Sub lieutenant in the 1st Life Guards on 17 August 1841. From 1842 to 1852, he was an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces[2] (Beaufort's father had also been Wellington's aide-de-camp during the Peninsular War). He was promoted lieutenant on 7 July 1843. On 13 August 1847, he purchased a captaincy in the 7th Hussars.[4]

On 15 June 1852, Beaufort was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and after the death of Wellington in September, he continued to serve as aide-de-camp to the new Commander-in-Chief, Viscount Hardinge, until the latter's death in 1856.[2]

On 21 April 1854, Beaufort purchased a commission as an unattached major,[5] and on 5 May, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry, replacing his late father.[6] During this time it was proposed to start "a cattle show" in Monmouth, and in 1857 Beaufort and John Etherington Welch Rolls each put money into a fund to start the show. Rolls was the greater financial contributor and he became President of the show.[7] This cattle show is now known as the Monmouthshire Show.

Beaufort was breveted lieutenant colonel on 26 October 1858,[8] but sold his commission and left the Army on 11 June 1861. On 16 September 1863, he was made a deputy lieutenant of Monmouthshire. He was also appointed Honorary Colonel of the 1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers on 20 November 1867. On 29 April 1874, he resigned the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry and became Honorary Colonel of the regiment. He resigned that commission on 2 July 1887. He also resigned the honorary colonelcy of the 1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers on 2 December 1888

In 1846, Beaufort was returned as Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire as a Conservative, holding the seat until succeeding his father in the dukedom in November 1853. He was appointed Master of the Horse on 26 February 1858, as part of Lord Derby's second government and was made a Privy Counsellor the same day. He left office in 1859, when Derby's ministry fell.[1] Beaufort was again appointed Master of the Horse in Derby's third government in 1866. On 19 March 1867, he was made a Knight of the Garter and appointed Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire later that year. He lost the Mastership of the Horse in 1868 when the government fell, but remained Lord Lieutenant for the remainder of his life.[1]

Beaufort conceived and planned the Badminton Library series of sporting books, the publication of which began in 1885 with a volume on Hunting,[13] and acted as its overseeing editor.

Beaufort married Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon (29 September 1825 – 14 May 1906), daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, on 3 July 1845. They had five children:

Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847–1924); married Louise Emily Harford and had issue. Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset (1849–1932); married Lady Isabella Caroline Cocks and had issue. Major Lord Henry Arthur George Somerset (1851–1926); died unmarried. Major Lord Henry Edward Brudenell Somerset (1853–1897); married Fanny Julia Dixie, daughter of Sir Alexander Dixie, 10th Baronet, and had issue. Lady Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset (c. 1854–1897); married John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford and had issue. Fitzroy George Henry Somerset (1857-1881) married Julia Hannah Monro in 1880

Somerset died in 1899, aged 75 at Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, from gout and was buried on 5 May 1899 at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.

Wikipedia

^ Jump up to: a b c Doyle, James E. (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 139. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 2.^ Jump up to: a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 110. 3.Jump up ^ thepeerage.com Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort 4.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 20764. p. 2953. 13 August 1847. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 5.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 21545. p. 1253. 21 April 1854. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 6.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 21550. p. 1404. 5 May 1854. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 7.Jump up ^ "Monmouthshire Show History". Monmouthshire Show. Retrieved 7 January 2012. 8.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 22199. p. 4789. 12 November 1858. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 9.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 22519. p. 2449. 11 June 1861. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 10.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 24090. p. 2300. 28 April 1874. Retrieved 7 March 2009. ^ The London Gazette: no. 25717. p. 3563. 1 July 1887. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 12.Jump up ^ The London Gazette: no. 25768. p. 7067. 20 December 1887. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 13.Jump up ^ His Grace the Duke of, Beaufort; Morris, K.G.; Morris, Mowbray (1885). Hunting. Boston: Little Brown. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Janice Hardin, Dec 10, 2011

• Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Name: Name: Sutton Publishing; Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K; Date: 1998;;), page 77.

• G,E Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A Doubleday, Geoffrey H, White, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes (Name: Name: Alan Sutton Publishing; Location: Gloucester, U,K; Date: 2000;;), volume II, page 57.

• Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 56.

• England & Wales, Free BMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, Name Charles Fitzroy Henry (marq of Worcester) Somerset Registration Year 1845 Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district Kingston Kingston Inferred County Surrey Volume 4 Page 211.

• England & Wales, Free BMD Death Index, 1837-1915, Name Henry Charles F (Duke of Beaufort) Somerset Estimated Birth Year abt 1824 Registration Year 1899 Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun Age at Death 75 Registration district Bristol Bristol Inferred County Gloucestershire Volume 6a Page 115.

• http://thepeerage.com/p1018.htm#i10175

See Also

• Wikipedia: Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
• Wikidata: Item Q3784915, en:Wikipedia