Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
Tory | |
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Spouse(s) | (1) Georgiana FitzRoy (1792–1821) (2) Emily Culling Smith (1800–1889) |
Children | 10, including Henry |
Parent(s) | Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower |
Major Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, KG (5 February 1792 – 17 November 1853), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1803 and Marquess of Worcester between 1803 and 1835,[1] was a British peer, soldier, and politician.
Background
Beaufort was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, and Lady Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. Lord Granville Somerset was his younger brother.
Military and political career
Beaufort was commissioned a
In 1813, Beaufort was returned as
In the contentious election of 1831, Beaufort was defeated by Benjamin Hall at Monmouth Boroughs. While Hall's victory was overturned on petition and Beaufort regained the seat, he again lost to Hall in the 1832 election. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry in 1834.[1] In 1835, he successfully contested West Gloucestershire, but left the House when he succeeded as Duke of Beaufort that November. In 1836, he became High Steward of Bristol and was appointed a Knight of the Garter on 11 April 1842.[1]
Family
Beaufort married
- Lady Charlotte Augusta Frederica Somerset (1816–1850), married, on 5 December 1844, Baron Philipp von Neumann (4 December 1781 – 14 January 1851), an Austrian diplomat, by whom she had issue.
- Natalie von Neumann
- Charlotte Augusta von Neumann
- Lady Georgiana Charlotte Anne Somerset (1817–1884), married, in 1836, Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington, son of Christopher Bethell-Codrington.
- Alice Bethell-Codrington, married Sir Henry Mervyn Vavasour, 3rd Bt.
- Sir Gerald Codrington, 1st Bt., married Lady Edith Denison, daughter of William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough.
- George Bethell-Codrington.
- Lady Anne Harriet Charlotte Somerset (1819–1877), married Colonel Philip James of Dorset.
After the death of his wife in 1821, he married her younger half-sister, Emily Frances Smith, daughter of
- Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899), married Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon and had issue.
- Lady Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset (1828–1895), married George Hay-Drummond, 12th Earl of Kinnoull.
- George Robert Hay, Viscount Dupplin, married Agnes, daughter of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife.
- Lady Constance Blanche Louisa Hay, married cricketer Walter Hadow.
- Archibald Hay, 13th Earl of Kinnoull.
- Capt. Hon. Alistair George Hay, married Camilla, daughter of Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville.
- Hon. Claude George Drummond Hay, unmarried.
- Lady Muriel Henrietta Constance, married Prince Alexander Münster.
- Lady Rose Caroline Mary Somerset (1829–1885), who eloped to marry Captain Francis Frederick Lovell, son of Peter Harvey Lovell. No issue.
- Lady Henriëtta Louisa Priscilla Somerset (1831–1863), married John Morant, son of John Morant and Lady Caroline Hay. No issue.
- Lady Geraldine Harriett Anne Somerset (1832–1915), served as Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridgeand left a diary: died unmarried
- Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset (1834–1914), married Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite.
- Arthur Walsh, 3rd Baron Ormathwaite, unmarried.
- George Walsh, 4th Baron Ormathwaite, unmarried.
- Reginald Walsh, 5th Baron Ormathwaite, married Lady Margaret Douglas-Home, daughter of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home.
- Lady Edith Frances Wilhelmina Somerset (1838–1915), married William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, and had issue.
- William Henry Francis Denison, 2nd Earl of Londesborough, who married Lady Grace Adelaide Fane, daughter of Francis Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland.
- Lady Edith Henrietta Sybil Denison, married her half-cousin Sir Gerald Codrington, 1st Bt.
- Lady Lilian Katharine Selina Denison, who married Newton Charles Ogle of Kirkley.
- Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison, married Sir George Reresby Sitwell, 4th Baronet.
In 1840, Beaufort bought the house at
Beaufort died in 1853, aged 61 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, and was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton. He is best known today for his two marriages, and his involvement, as a very young man, with the courtesan Harriette Wilson, to whom he apparently proposed marriage.
Fictional portrayal
Both Beaufort and Harriette Wilson feature as minor characters in Black Ajax by George MacDonald Fraser.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c d e Doyle, James E. (1886). The Official Baronage of England. Vol. I. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 136. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ Chancellor, E. Beresford (1908). The Private Palaces of London Past and Present. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co Ltd. pp. 366–367. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ thepeerage.com Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (p. 106)