- Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG (
December 22 1766 –December 2 1835 ) was a British peer, the son ofHenry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort .He was educated at
Westminster School ,London and graduated fromTrinity College, Oxford , on28 June 1786 with a Master of Arts.Somerset was a
Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth between 1788 and 1790, for Bristol between 1790 and 1796, and for Gloucestershire between 1796 and 1803.He held the office of
Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire between 1803 and 1835,Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire between 1803 and 1835 andLord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire between 1810 and 1826.He was invested as a Knight of the
Order of the Garter (K.G.) on17 January 1805 .He held the office of Constable of
St Briavel's Castle between 1812 and 1835, Warden of theForest of Dean between 1812 and 1835 andHigh Steward of Bristol between 1834 and 1835.Somerset married Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (1771–1854), daughter of
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , on16 May 1791 atLambeth Church , London. They had eight children:*Lady Mary Octavia Somerset (d. 1906), married
Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet and had issue.
*Elizabeth Susan Somerset (d. 1876), married Captain Lord Edward O'Brien.
*Georgiana Augusta Somerset (d. 1865), married Granville Dudley Ryder and had issue.
*Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792–1853), married Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy and had issue.
*Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (1792–1848), married Emily Smith and had issue.
*Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (1795–1865), marriedFrederick Gough-Calthorpe, 4th Baron Calthorpe and had issue.
*Lady Susan Somerset (c. 1805–1886), marriedGeorge Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley .
*Lady Harriett Blanche Somerset (c. 1811–1885), marriedRandolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and had issue.Somerset died and was buried, in 1835, aged 68 at
Badminton House , Gloucestershire.
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