Lord Charles Somerset

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Not to be confused with Lord Henry Somerset.

Governor of the Cape Colony
In office
1814–1826
Monarchs
Preceded byJohn Cradock
Succeeded byRichard Bourke (acting)
Personal details
Born12 December 1767 (1767-12-12)
Died18 February 1831 (1831-02-19) (aged 63)
NationalityBritish
Spouses
  • Lady Elizabeth Courtenay
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1788; died 1815)​
  • Lady Mary Poulett
    ​
    (m. 1821)​
Children9, including Henry and Poulett
Parents

Lord Charles Henry Somerset

Cape Colony, South Africa
, from 1814 to 1826.

Early life

Somerset was the second son of

Lord Arthur Somerset and Field Marshal FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan.[1]

Career

Somerset sat as

Governor of the Cape Colony, a post he held until 1826.[2] The towns of Somerset West and Somerset East in South Africa are named after him.[3]

Personal life

Somerset married firstly Lady Elizabeth Courtenay

8th Earl of Devon.[1] They had six children:[1]

  1. Elizabeth Somerset (1790–1872), who married Gen. Hon.
    Sir Henry Wyndham in 1812.[1]
  2. Mary Georgiana Somerset (1793–1856), who married Lt-Col. Stirling Freeman Glover in 1833.[1]
  3. Sir Henry Somerset (1794–1862), a Lieutenant-General.[1]
  4. Charlotte Augusta Somerset (1799–1864), who married Herbert Cornewoll in 1822.[1]
  5. Charles Henry Somerset (1800–1835), a Lieutenant-Colonel.[1]
  6. Villiers Somerset (1803–1855), a Reverend who married Frances Dorothy Ley in 1844 and had issue.[1]

After the death of Lady Elizabeth, he married secondly Lady Mary Poulett, daughter of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett, on 9 August 1821.[1] They had three children:[1]

  1. Poulett George Henry Somerset (1822–1875), a Colonel who married Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton, daughter of John Mytton, in 1847. After her death in 1870, he married Emily Moore.[5]
  2. Mary Sophia Somerset (1823–1869)[1]
  3. Augusta Anne Somerset (1824–1881), who married Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet in 1863.[1]

Somerset died in February 1831, aged 63. His second wife died in June 1860, aged 72.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 221 – 223.
  2. ^ Anonymous (16 March 2011). "Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England". South African History Online. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ISBN 9780196370774
    .
  4. ^ "Elizabeth Courtenay, Lady Charles Somerset, d. 1815". National Galleries Scotland.
  5. ^ Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pp. 221–223.

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