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- Major Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort KG was a British peer, soldier and the son of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort. He was styled Marquess of Worcester from 1803 until he succeeded to the dukedom in 1835. He was commissioned a cornet in the 10th Hussars on 18 June 1811. He was promoted lieutenant in the 14th Light Dragoons on 21 August, but transferred back to the 10th Hussars on 6 September. Worcester also served as an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain between 1812 and 1814. In 1813, Worcester was returned as Member of Parliament for the Monmouth Boroughs, as a Tory, and continued to hold the seat until 1831. On 25 July 1814, he married Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (1792–1821). They had two daughters: 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. Lady Georgiana Charlotte Anne Somerset (1817-1884), married, in 1836, Christopher Bethell-Codrington, MP (1805-1864) and had issue. On 26 October 1815, Worcester transferred to the 7th Hussars. In the following year, he was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty, serving on the Board until 1819. On 2 December 1819, he was made a captain in the 37th Foot, and on 30 December, was promoted to the rank of major. After the death of his wife in 1821, he married her younger half-sister, Emily Frances Smith, on 29 June 1822; they were both daughters of Lady Anne Smith, the Duke of Wellington's sister. (This marriage, in contravention of the canon laws of the Church of England, rendered his marriage potentially annullable for many years. ) They had seven children, one son and six daughters: 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, 12th Earl of Kinnoull and had issue. Lady Rose Caroline Mary Somerset (1829–1885), who eloped to marry Captain Francis Frederick Lovell. Lady Henriëtta Louisa Priscilla Somerset (1831–1863), married John Morant. Lady Geraldine Harriett Anne Somerset (1832–1915). Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset (1834–1914), married Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite. Lady Edith Frances Wilhelmina Somerset (1838–1915), married William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, and had issue. In the contentious election of 1831, Worcester was defeated by Benjamin Hall at Monmouth Boroughs. While Hall's victory was overturned on petition and Worcester regained the seat, he again lost to Hall in the 1832 election. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry in 1834. 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. Beaufort died and was buried in 1853, aged 61 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire. He is best known today for his two marriages, and his involvement, as a very young man, with the courtesan Harriet Wilson, to whom he apparently proposed marriage.
- Henry Somerset, 7. książę Beaufort KG, brytyjski arystokrata i polityk, najstarszy syn Henryego Somerseta, 6. księcia Beaufort, i lady Charlotte Leveson-Gower, córki 1. markiza Stafford. W 1810 r. został oficerem 10 pułku huzarów. W latach 1812-1814 był adiutantem księcia Wellington, podczas kampanii w Portugalii i Hiszpanii. W działalności politycznej związany był z partią torysów. Z ich ramienia zasiadał w Izbie Gmin w latach 1813-1832 z okręgu Monmouth Boroughs i w 1835 r. z okręgu West Gloucestershire. W tym samym roku odziedziczył tytuł księcia Beaufort i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. W latach 1815-1819 sprawował funkcję Lorda Admiralicji. W 1819 r. uzyskał rangę majora. W latach 1836-1853 pełnił urząd Wysokiego Stewarda w Bristolu. 11 kwietnia 1842 r. został kawalerem Orderu Podwiązki. 25 lipca 1814 r. Mayfair w Londynie, poślubił Georgianę Fredercę FitzRoy, córkę Henryego FitzRoya i lady Anne Wellesley, córki 1. hrabiego Mornington. Henry i Georgiana mieli razem jedną córkę: Georgiana Charlotte Anne Somerset, żona Christophera Williama Bethell-Codringtona, miała dzieci 29 czerwca 1822 r. poślubił przyrodnią siostrę swojej poprzedniej żony, Emily Frances Smith, córkę Charlesa Cullinga Smitha i lady Anne Wellesley, córki 1. hrabiego Mornington. Henry i Emily mieli razem syna i cztery córki: Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset, żona George'a Hay-Drummonda, 12. hrabiego Kinnoull, miała dzieci Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8. książę Beaufort Geraldine Somerset Katherine Emily Mary Somerset, żona Arthura Walsha, 2. barona Ormathwaite, nie miała dzieci Edith Frances Wilhelmina Somerset, żona Williama Denisona, 1. hrabiego Londesborough, miała dzieci Beaufort zmarł w 1853 r. i został pochowany w Badminton House w Gloucestershire.
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