Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort

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 of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort.

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 Order of the Garter (K.G.) 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 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 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), married Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, 4th Baron Calthorpe and had issue.
*Lady Susan Somerset (c. 1805–1886), married George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley.
*Lady Harriett Blanche Somerset (c. 1811–1885), married Randolph 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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