SOMERSET, HENRY, 7TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, eldest son of Henry Charles Somerset, 6TH Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 5 Feb 1792; styled Marquis of Worcester 1803-35; adm.; left 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1809; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 18 Jun 1811; Lieut., 14th Light Dragoons 21 Aug 1811; 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 6 Sep 1811; 7th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 26 Oct 1815; 93rd Foot; Capt., 37th Foot 2 Dec 1819; Maj. in Army 12 Dec 1819; half-pay 25 Oct 1821; served as ADC to Duke of Wellington in Peninsular War 1812-4; MP Monmouth 30 Dec 1813-31, 18 Jul 1831-2, West Gloucestershire Jan – 23 Nov 1835; a Lord of the Admiralty 24 May 1816 – May 1819; succ. father as 7th Duke of Beaufort 23 Nov 1835; took Conservative whip in Commons and Lords; a famous sportsman; Master, Badminton Hunt 1835-53; member, Four-in-Hand Club; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1814 Georgiana Frederica, dau. of Henry Fitzroy MP; m. 2nd, 29 Jun 1822 Emily Frances, dau. of Charles Culling Smith, and half-sister of his first wife; d. 17 Nov 1853. DNB.
SOMERSET, HENRY, 5TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 17 Oct 1744; styled Marquis of Worcester 1745-56; at school under Markham; succ. father as 5th Duke of Beaufort 28 Oct 1756; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1760; DCL 1763; Grand Tour (France) 1765; Grand Master, Grand Lodge of England (Freemasons) 1767-71; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte 21 Nov 1768 – Jan 1770; Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire, from 23 Dec 1771, Breconshire from 8 Jun 1787, and Leicestershire 14 Dec 1787 – 21 Oct 1799; KG 2 Jun 1786; obtained by patent termination in his favour of abeyance of Barony of Botetourt (previously held by his uncle) 4 Jun 1803; Col., Monmouthshire Militia 13 Nov 1771, with rank of Col. in the Army 2 Jul 1779; Busby Trustee 30 Mar 1775; m. 2 Apr 1766 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Adm. Hon. Edward Boscawen; d. 11 Oct 1803.
SOMERSET, HENRY CHARLES, 6TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, eldest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 22 Dec 1766; styled Marquis of Worcester 1766-1803; adm. 22 Feb 1780 (sic, but already at the School 27 Jun 1778 : see Hon. Mrs. Boscawen to Mrs Delany, 27 Jun 1778, Delany Correspondence, 2nd series, ii, 358); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1784; MA 1786; MP Monmouth 1 Apr 1788-90, Bristol 1790-6, Gloucestershire 1796 – 11 Oct 1803; succ. father as 6th Duke of Beaufort 11 Oct 1803; Lord Lieut., Monmouthshire and Breconshire, from 4 Nov 1803, and of Gloucestershire from 15 Sep 1810; KG 7 Jan 1805; carried crown of Queen Consort at Coronation of William IV 8 Sep 1831; DL Breconshire 1793; Col., Royal Monmouth Militia 26 Oct 1803 – still 1820; High Steward of Bristol from 1834; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804; m. 16 May 1791 Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson Gower, dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his third wife; d. 23 Nov 1835.
SOMERSET, GRANVILLE ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Right Hon. Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC MP, and Hon. Emily Smith, dau. of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, banker; grandson of Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 7 Jan 1824; adm. 15 Jun 1835 (G); QS 1836; Capt. of the School 1840; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1841, matr. 26 May 1841, Westminster Student; BA 1845; BCL 1848; DCL 1853; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1845-57; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 31 Jan 1851, Bencher 1869; Oxford Circuit; QC 4 Dec 1868; Recorder of Gloucester from 1877; Busby Trustee 17 May 1870; Governor of the School from 2 Feb 1881; m. 18 Aug 1857 Emma Philadelphia, second dau. of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., CB MP; d. 23 Mar 1881.
Somerset, Geoffrey Francis Albert, son of William Ralph Somerset MB, of Wolverhampton, and Elsie Maud, d. of Albert Iles of Fairford, Gloucs.; b. 10 Mar. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; Univ. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1939; 2nd Lieut. Staffordshire Yeomanry (TA) June 1933, Lieut. June 1936; transf. RAMC (TA) Jan. 1939 (Capt., hon. Maj.); TD and Bar 1947; in gen. med. practice Wolverhampton; m. 16 Dec. 1944 Thyrza Jeffreys, d. of George Ernest Timms of Bishop's Stortford, Herts.; d. 2 Mar. 1992
Somerset, Fitzroy John, 5th Baron Raglan, son of Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan FSA, and Hon. Julia Ann Christine Margaret Hamilton CStJ, d. of Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (qv); b. 8 Nov. 1929; adm. Nov. 1941 (R); left July 1945; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945; RAC Cirencester; Capt. Welsh Guards RARO; JP (Mon. ) 1958; succ. his father as 5th Baron 5 Sept. 1964; DL (Gwent) 1971-97; a Crown Estates Commissioner 1970-4; chmn. Cwmbran New Town Dev. Corpn 1970-83; chmn. Bath Preservation Trust 1975-7, the Bath Soc. 1977-; chmn., pres. and trustee, other public and heritage organisations; m. 1973 Alice, d. of Peter Baily of Great Whittington, Northumberland; d. 24 Jan. 2010.
SOMERSET, FITZROY JOHN HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Sep 1788; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 9 Jun 1804; Lieut., 30 May 1805; Capt., 6th Garrison Battn., 5 May 1808; 43rd Foot 18 Aug 1808; Brevet Maj., 9 Jun 1811; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 25 Jul 1814; Col. in the Army and ADC to Prince Regent 28 Aug 1815; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 53rd Foot 19 Nov 1830 – May 1854 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 8 May 1854; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Field-Marshal 5 Nov 1854; served with Wellington in Peninsular War; wounded at battle of Busaco; lost right arm at battle of Waterloo; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1814, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jan – Mar 1815; Secretary to Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 1815-27; MP Truro 1818-20, 1826 – Mar 1829; Military Secretary, War Office Jan 1827 – Sep 1852; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 30 Sep 1852 – May 1855; Commander-in-Chief of British Troops in Crimea from 1854; Privy Councillor 16 Oct 1852; created Baron Raglan 20 Oct 1852; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 24 Sep 1852; DCL Oxford 1834; m. 6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley Pole, second dau. of William Wellesley Pole, 3rrd Earl of Mornington PC, Master of the Mint; d. in camp before Sevastopol 28 Jun 1855. DNB.
SOMERSET, CHARLES NOEL, 4TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT, brother of Henry Scudamore (formerly Somerset), 3rd Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 12 Sep 1709; adm. Jun 1717; in under school list 1720; at school in 1722; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Jun 1725; MA 1727; DCL 1736; MP Monmouthshire 17 May 1731-4, Monmouth 1734 – 24 Feb 1744/5; succ. brother as 4th Duke of Beaufort 24 Feb 1744/5; one of the acknowledged leaders of the English Jacobites; Busby Trustee 26 Apr 1751; m. 1 May 1740 Elizabeth, sister of Norborne Berkeley, 3rd Baron Botetourt (qv); d. 28 Oct 1756.
SOMERS-COCKS, JOHN SOMERS, 2ND EARL SOMERS, second son of John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (qv); b. 19 Mar 1788; in school lists 1797; left Whitsun 1799; Cornet, 16th Light Dragoons 27 Aug 1803; Lieut., 20 Jun 1805; Capt., 3 Dec 1806; 2nd Dragoon Guards 9 Jul 1807; retd. 1812; MP Reigate 1812-8, Hereford 1818-32, Reigate 1832 – 5 Jan 1841; succ. father as 2nd Earl Somers 5 Jan 1841; took Conservative whip both in Commons and in Lords; Lord Lieut., Herefordshire, from 6 Aug 1845; m. 4 Mar 1815 Lady Caroline Harriet Yorke, fourth dau. of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke KG PC; d. 5 Oct 1852.
Somers-Cocks, John Sebastian, son of Philip Alphonso Somers-Cocks CMG, British Consul General Naples, and Gwenllian Blanche, d. of David Williams of Hirwaun, Glam.; b. 6 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1920 and went to Ampleforth Sch.; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929; Leming Travelling Fellowship Queen's Coll. Oxf. 1930; HM Diplomatic Service 1930, served Baghdad, Budapest, Helsinki and Tehran; 1st sec. HM Legation to the Holy See 1947; HM Consul-General Munich 1954-9, Naples 1959; CBE 1959, CVO 1961; m. 27 Dec. 1946 Marjorie Olive, d. of Arthur Julius Weller, Chief lnspector of Schools, Malaya; d. 25 May 1964.