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  Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beaufort was invested as Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1672; on April 22nd, 1679 he became Privy Councillor (P.C.); and he held the office of Lord President of Wales (s.a.
Lady Anne Somerset, who was married to Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry, and became mother of one son.
Beaufort's son Charles died before he could inherit the dukedom, so on the duke's death it passed to Charles's son Henry.
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 Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Duke of Beaufort (Henry Somerset) was born in 1629.
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 Duke of Beaufort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.
The title Marquess of Worcester is used as a courtesy title by the Duke's eldest son and heir.
Field Marshal Lord Raglan, born Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was the son of the 5th Duke.
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 Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436 - 1464) was an important Lancastrian military commander during the English Wars of the Roses.
Somerset was the son of Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Eleanor Beauchamp, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
Somerset fought at the first Battle of St Albans (1455), where he was seriously wounded and his father was killed.
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 Duke of Beaufort
The Duke of Beaufort holds several subsidiary titles: Marquess of Worcester (created 1642), Earl of Worcester (1514), Baron of Herbert of Chepstow, Raglan and Gower (1461), Baron Herbert of Raglan (1506), Baron Herbert of Herbert (1509) and Baron Botetourt (1305).
\n*Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (1577-1646)\n*Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601-1667)\n*Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester (1629-1700) (became Duke of Beaufort in 1682)
According to the homepage of Anders Hulthen from Sweden(?) (http://www.hulthenhem.se) the Earldom of Glamorgan was created "10 January 1645" and that the "titular Earldom is held by the Duke of Beaufort".
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 Encyclopedia: Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was born around 1496 to Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert.
Henry Somerset (March 23, 1707 - February 26, 1745/1746) was the elder son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, and Rachel Noel.
Charles Noel Somerset (September 12, 1709 _ October 28, 1756) was the younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, and Rachel Noel.
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 Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Duke of Beaufort holds several subsidiary Marquess of Worcester (created 1642) Earl of Worcester (1514) Baron of Herbert of Chepstow Raglan and (1461) Baron Herbert of Raglan (1506) Baron Herbert of Herbert (1509) and Baron Botetourt (1305).
Henry Somerset 1st Marquess of Worcester (1577 - 1646)
Henry Somerset 3rd Marquess of Worcester (1629 - 1700) (became Duke of Beaufort in 1682)
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 Lord Granville Somerset - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (27 December 1792 - 23 February 1848) was a British politician of the early 19th century.
Somerset was the second son of Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort.
Lord Granville Somerset, 1792 births, 1848 deaths and Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
December 1660 - July 13, 1698), son to Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capel, gained the courtesy title of Marquess of Worcester in 1682.
Lady Henrietta Somerset, who was born on August 27, 1690, died on August 9, 1726 and was married to Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton on April 30, 1713, with whom she had four sons and three daughters.
Because Charles died before his father's, the Duke's of Beaufort death, on the duke's death the dukedom passed to Charles's son Henry.
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 John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (baptised March 25, 1404 – May 27, 1444), was an English noble and military commander.
He was the second son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and succeeded his elder brother Henry to become the 3rd Earl of Somerset in 1418.
In 1443 he was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal, made a Knight of the Garter, and appointed Captain-General of Guyenne.
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 Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of Somerset --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of, 1st Earl Of Dorset...
"Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 1st duke of, 1st Earl Of Dorset." Encyclopædia Britannica.
Somerset, Edward Seymour, 1st duke of, Baron Seymour of Hache
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 Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry Somerset (1629 – January 21, 1699/1700 (1699/1700: more facts about this subject)) was the first Duke of Beaufort (Duke of Beaufort: the title of duke of beaufort in the peerage of england was created by charles ii...
Beaufort was invested as Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1672; on April 22nd, 1679 he became Privy Councillor (Privy Councillor: more facts about this subject) (P.C.); and he held the office of Lord President of Wales (s.a.
Beaufort's son Charles died before he could inherit the dukedom, so on the duke's death it passed to Charles's son Henry (Henry: A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second).
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 Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Most Noble Henry Somerset (October 16, 1744 - October 11, 1803) was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, and Elizabeth Berkeley.
Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset (December 19, 1776 - September 1, 1842), who gained the rank of a General and married on October 17, 1805 to Louisa Augusta Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 8th Earl of Devon, who died on February 8, 1825, and with whom he had one child, a son:
Evelyn Somerset (November 20, 1857 - July 1, 1883), who was married - as his first wife - to George Coulfeild Prideaux Browne (December 16, 1855 - July 21, 1906), grandson of the 2nd Baron Kilmaine, on September 7, 1882, with whom she had one child, a daughter;
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 Station Information - Duke of Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Duke of Beaufort holds several subsidiary titles: Marquess of Worcester (created 1642), Earl of Worcester (1514), Baron Botetourt (1305), Baron Herbert (1461), Baron Herbert of Raglan, Chepstow and Gower (1506) and Baron Herbert of Herbert (1509).
Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-1899)
Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847-1924)
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 Encyclopedia: Badminton House
Arms of the Duke of Beaufort The title of Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England was created by Charles II in 1682 for [[Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of BeaufortHenry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester]], a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of Henry...
Successive Dukes of Beaufort have been masters of the Badminton Hunt, which is probably one of the two most famous hunts in the United Kingdom.
The Duke of Beauforts Hunt is one of the oldest and largest of the fox hunting groups in England.
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 Baron Herbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Later, the fifth Earl was made Marquess of Worcester, and the third Marquess became Duke of Beaufort.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester, 4th Baron Herbert (c.
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert (c.
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 FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan - RecipeFacts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was the eighth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort, by Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral the Hon.
His elder brother, General Lord Edward Somerset (1776–1842), distinguished himself as the leader of the Household Cavalry brigade at the Battle of Waterloo.
In 1819 he was appointed secretary to the Duke of Wellington as master-general of the ordnance, and from 1827 till the death of the duke in 1852 was military secretary to him as commander-in-chief.
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 Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan : Fitzroy Somerset   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron of Raglan (September 30, 1788 - June 28, 1855), British field marshal, was the eighth and youngest son of Henry, 5th duke of Beaufort, by Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral the Hon.
His elder brother, General Lord (Robert) Edward (Henry) Somerset (1776-1842), distinguished himself as the leader of the Household Cavalry[?] brigade at Waterloo.
Here the advantage of his training under the duke of Wellington was seen in the soundness of his generalship, and his diplomatic experience stood him in good stead in dealing with the generals and admirals, British, French and Turkish, who were associated with him.
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 Henry Beaufort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry V, king of England: Early Life - Early Life Henry was probably brought up under the care of his uncle, Henry Beaufort.
Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of - Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of, 1391–1447, English nobleman; youngest son of Henry IV and Mary...
Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, Duke of Beaufort.
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 Badminton: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Badminton
Here is Badminton House, the seat of the dukes of Beaufort, standing in a park some 10 m.
Thisis a Grecian building (1785), with a richly ornamented ceiling and inlaid altarpavement; it also contains much fine sculpture in the memorials to former dukes, and is the burial-place of Field Marshal Lord Raglan, who was the youngest son of the 5th duke of Beaufort.
Raglan Castle, near Monmouth, now a beautiful ruin, was the seat of the earls and the 1st marquess of Worcester, until it was besieged by the Parliamentarians in 1646, and after its capitulation was dismantled.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1378   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She married, firstly, Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, son of Sir Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capell, on 5 June 1682 in Wanstead, Essex, England.
She married Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester and Rebecca Child, on 7 July 1702 in Knole, Kent, England.
She married Sir Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester and Rebecca Child, on 26 February 1705/6 in Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, England, with a fortune of £60,000.
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 Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was born around 1496 to Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester: charles somerset, 1st earl of worcester was born around 1460 to henry beaufort, 3rd...
On April 15th, 1526, he succeeded his father and became the 2nd Earl of Worcester (Earl of Worcester: the title of duke of beaufort in the peerage of england was created by charles ii...
- Lady Anne Somerset, who died in 1591 and, in 1558, married Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland: thomas percy, 7th earl of northumberland was the nephew of henry percy, 6th earl of northumberland,...
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 My Lines - Person Page 346
Edmund (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset was born circa 1406 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
29 Jun 1509;Margaret was the niece of Edmund, 1st Duke of Somerset.
She married Henry VII, King of England, son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, on 18 January 1486 in Westminster, London, England; 3rd cousins.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2466
She married Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and Hon.
She married, firstly, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and Hon.
She married Lord Charles Henry Somerset, son of Sir Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, on 9 August 1821.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10198
     Sir John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset was born illegitimately between 1371 and 1373 in Beafort Castle, England.
She married, secondly, Sir John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, son of Sir John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, between 1439 and 1442.
She married Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III, King of England and Philippe de Hainaut, between 1 March 1372 and 30 April 1372 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 3312
She was the daughter of Sir Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capell.
She married, secondly, Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk and Hon.
She married Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk, son of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk and Hon.
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