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SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (commonly known as LORD EDWARD SOMERSET), son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 19 Dec 1776; at school under Vincent (name up School 1789); Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 4 Feb 1793; Lieut., 4 Dec 1793; Capt., 28 Aug 1794; Maj., 12th Light Dragoons 21 Nov 1799; Lieut. -Col., 5th Foot 25 Dec 1800; 4th Dragoons 3 Sep 1801; Brevet Col. and ADC to King 25 Jul 1810; Major-Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Col., 17th Light Dragoons 9 Sep 1822 – Nov 1829; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 1st Royal Dragoons 23 Nov 1829 - Mar 1836, 4th Dragoons from 31 Mar 1836; Gen., 23 Nov 1841; served in expedition to Netherlands 1799, in Peninsular War 1809-14 and at battle of Waterloo, where he commanded the Household Cavalry Brigade; commanded First Brigade of Cavalry, Army of Occupation in France 1816-8; MP Monmouth 27 Mar 1799-1802, Gloucestershire 14 Nov 1803-31, Cirencester 6 Aug 1834-7; Lieut. -Gen. of Ordnance 8 Jul 1829 – Nov 1830; Surveyor-Gen. of Ordnance 30 Dec 1834 – May 1835; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 17 Oct 1834; m. 17 Oct 1805 Hon. Louisa Augusta Courtenay, youngest dau. of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (qv); d. 1 Sep 1842. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.