Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG (22 December 1766 – 2 December 1835) was a British peer, the son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. He was styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803. He was educated at Westminster School, London and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, on 28 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.

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  • Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG (22 December 1766 – 2 December 1835) was a British peer, the son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. He was styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803. He was educated at Westminster School, London and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, on 28 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 and Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire between 1810 and 1826. He was invested as a Knight of the Garter on 17 January 1805. He held the office of Constable of St Briavel's Castle between 1812 and 1835, Warden of the Forest of Dean between 1812 and 1835 and High Steward of Bristol between 1834 and 1835. Somerset 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: Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792–1853) Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (1792–1848) Lord William George Henry Somerset (1 December 1793 – 13 January 1794) Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (25 April 1795 – 12 November 1865), married, on 12 August 1823, Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 4th Baron Calthorpe and had issue. 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. Lady Georgiana Augusta Somerset (8 October 1800 – 30 March 1865), married, on 30 May 1825, Granville Dudley Ryder and had issue. Lord Edward Henry Somerset (17 June 1802 – 19 February 1802) Lady Susan Carolina Somerset (10 May 1804 – 4 February 1886), married George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley. Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset (10 May 1806 – 26 August 1892), married, on 22 October 1832, George Finch. Lady Isabella Somerset (19 August 1808 – 4 February 1831), married, on 8 April 1828, Thomas Henry Kingscote Lady Harriett Blanche Somerset (18 August 1811 – 25 May 1885), married, on 9 August 1833, Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and had issue. Lady Mary Octavia Somerset (16 July 1814 – 7 September 1906), married, on 28 November 1837, Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet and had issue. Somerset died and was buried, in 1835, aged 68 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire.
  • Henry Charles Somerset, 6. książę Beaufort KG, brytyjski arystokrata i polityk, najstarszy syn Henryego Somerseta, 5. księcia Beaufort, i Elizabeth Boscawen, córki admirała Edwarda Boscawena. Od urodzenia nosił tytuł markiza Worcester. Wykształcenie odebrał w Westminster School oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim. W 1788 r. został wybrany do Izby Gmin jako reprezentant torysów z okręgu Monmouth Boroughs. W niższej izbie parlamentu zasiadał do 1803 r. Reprezentował jeszcze dwa inne okręgi wyborcze - Bristol oraz Gloucestershire. Po śmierci ojca w 1803 r. odziedziczył tytuł księcia Beaufort i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. Beaufort był Lordem Namiestnikiem Brecknockshire i Monmouthshire w latach 1803-1835. 17 stycznia 1805 r. został kawalerem Orderu Podwiązki. W latach 1810-1826 był Lordem Namiestnikiem Gloucestershire. W 1812 r. został strażnikiem lasu Dean oraz konstablem zamku St. Briavel's. W 1834 r. otrzymał stanowisko Wysokiego Stewarda Bristolu. 16 maja 1791 r. w Londynie poślubił lady Charlotte Leveson-Gower, córkę Granville'a Levesona-Gowera, 1. markiza Stafford, i Susanny Stewart, córki 6. hrabiego Galloway. Henry i Charlotte mieli razem dwóch synów i osiem córek: Elizabeth Susan Somerset, żona lorda Edwarda O'Briena, miała dzieci Georgiana Augusta Somerset, żona Granville'a Rydera, miała dzieci Henry Somerset, 7. książę Beaufort Granville Charles Henry Somerset, ożenił się z Emily Smith, miał dzieci Charlotte Sophia Somerset, żona Fredericka Gougha, 4. barona Calthorpe, miała dzieci Susan Somerset, żona George'a Cholmondeleya, 2. markiza Cholmondeley, nie miała dzieci Louisa Elizabeth Somerset, żona George'a Fincha, nie miała dzieci Isabella Anne Frances Somerset, żona pułkownika Thomasa Kingscote'a, miała dzieci Harriet Blanche Somerset, żona Randolpha Stewarta, 9. hrabiego Galloway, miała dzieci Mary Octavia Somerset, żona sir Waltera Farquhara, 3. baroneta, miała dzieci Beaufort zmarł w 1835 r. i został pochowany w Badminton. Tytuł książęcy odziedziczył jego najstarszy syn.
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  • 16 October 1744
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  • 11 October 1803
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  • Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
    Granville Charles Henry Somerset
    William George Henry Somerset
    Charlotte Sophia Somerset
    Elizabeth Susan Somerset
    Georgiana Augusta Somerset
    Edward Henry Somerset
    Susan Carolina Somerset
    Louisa Elizabeth Somerset
    Isabella Somerset
    Harriett Blanche Somerset
    Mary Octavia Somerset
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  • Elizabeth Boscawen
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  • Henry Somerset
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  • Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower
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  • 1803–1835
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  • Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG (22 December 1766 – 2 December 1835) was a British peer, the son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort. He was styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803. He was educated at Westminster School, London and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford, on 28 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.
  • Henry Charles Somerset, 6. książę Beaufort KG, brytyjski arystokrata i polityk, najstarszy syn Henryego Somerseta, 5. księcia Beaufort, i Elizabeth Boscawen, córki admirała Edwarda Boscawena. Od urodzenia nosił tytuł markiza Worcester. Wykształcenie odebrał w Westminster School oraz w Trinity College na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim. W 1788 r. został wybrany do Izby Gmin jako reprezentant torysów z okręgu Monmouth Boroughs. W niższej izbie parlamentu zasiadał do 1803 r.
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  • Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
  • Henry Somerset, 6. książę Beaufort
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