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Somerville, Angus Christopher, son of the Rev. William James Sommerville, Rector of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, by Alice, daughter of Henry Conyers, of Ben Rhydding, Yorks; b. Oct. 7, 1900; adm. from Chigwell School Jan. 15, 1914 (H); London Univ. and King's Coll. Hospital; L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S. 1923; house surgeon, King's Coll. Hospital; Asst. Med. Officer, Grove Hospital, Tooting. Surrey, Nov. 1924-7; clinical asst. Gt. Ormond St. Hospital; in practice at East Grinstead, Sussex; H.M. Coroner for East Sussex (Lewes Div.); m. Sept. 1, 1927, Joan Crawford, daughter of Henry Riley, of Kew, Surrey; d. 22 June 1981.

SOMERSET, RAGLAN GEORGE HENRY, brother of Granville Robert Henry Somerset (qv); b. 17 Dec 1831; adm. 19 Apr 1843 (G); QS 1845; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1849, matr. 31 May 1849, Westminster Student 1849-67; BA 1853; MA 1856; Clerk, Audit Office 1853-4; Junior Clerk, Treasury Mar 1854 – Jul 1856, Third Class Clerk Jul 1856 - Apr 1857; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to Queen Victoria 19 Mar 1873 – Jan 1901; d. 2 Sep 1924.

SOMERSET, LORD WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 2 Sep 1784; at school under Vincent (name up School 1797); Cornet, 4th Dragoons 6 Nov 1801; Lieut., 10th Light Dragoons 17 Dec 1803; Capt., 13 Jun 1805; 4th West India Regt., 17 Mar 1808; retd. 1808; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; MA 1818; ordained; Vicar of Stoke Gifford, Gloucs., 3 Aug 1814-34; Rector of Llangattock, Breconshire 10 Aug 1814 (still 1826, held with R. Tormarton); Rector of Magor with Redwick, Monmouthshire 13 Dec 1821-6; Rector of Crickhowell, Breconshire 25 Oct 1823; Rector of Tormarton, Gloucs., 27 Apr 1826; Prebendary of Bristol from 17 Sep 1822; m. 1st, 29 Jun 1813 Elizabeth, elder dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart.; m. 2nd, 22 Sep 1844 Frances Westby, widow of Cornelius O’Callaghan, Ballynahinch, co. Clare, and dau. of Henry Brady, Raheen Manor, co. Clare; d. 14 Jan 1851.

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.

SOMERSET, LORD JOHN THOMAS HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Aug 1787; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 4 Aug 1804; Lieut., 14 Aug 1805; Capt., Apr 1806; 4th Garrison Battn., 15 Apr 1808; 23rd Light Dragoons 19 May 1808; 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1813; half-pay 1814; Brevet Maj., Jun 1815; Major Watteville’s Regt., 18 Jun 1815; half-pay 25 Jul 1816; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 19 Jul 1821; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 16 Jul 1830; Brevet Col., 10 Jan 1837; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo, where he was ADC to Prince of Orange; m. 4 Dec 1814 Lady Catherine Annesley, third dau. of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris (I); d. 3 Oct 1846.

SOMERSET, LORD CHARLES HENRY, son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 12 Dec 1767; adm. 22 Feb 1780; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1784; MA 1786; Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 11 May 1785; Lieut., 13th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1786; Capt., 77th Foot 25 Dec 1787; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 15 Jun 1791; Lieut. -Col., 103rd Foot 19 May 1794; Col., 21 Aug 1795; Major-Gen., 18 Jun 1798; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; Gen., 4 Jun 1814; Col., 1st West India Regt., from 5 Jan 1804 – Feb 1830; Col., 33rd Foot, from 22 Feb 1830; MP Scarborough 1796-1802, Monmouth 1802 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 26 Apr 1797; Comptroller of the Household 27 Apr 1797 – May 1804; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 7 Jul 1804 – Feb 1806, 4 Apr 1807- Nov 1813; Governor, Cape of Good Hope 13 Nov 1813-27; m. 1st, 8 Jun 1788 Hon. Elizabeth Courtenay, fourth dau. of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay (qv); m. 2nd, 9 Aug 1821 Lady Mary Poulett, second dau. of John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett; d. 20 Feb 1831. DNB Missing Persons.

SOMERSET, LEVESON ELIOTT HENRY, brother of Granville Robert Henry Somerset (qv); b. 29 Aug 1829; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); left May 1843; Cadet, Royal Navy 22 May 1843; Sub-Lieut., 1 Aug 1849; Lieut., 24 Oct 1851; Cdr., 10 May 1856; Capt., 15 Apr 1862; Rear-Adm., 28 Feb 1878; Vice-Adm., 7 Jul 1884; Adm., 19 Jun 1888; retd. 20 Jun 1891; served in Baltic 1854-5; ADC to Queen Victoria 1876-8; JP Middlesex, London; m. 18 Jun 1872 Eva, dau. of Col. Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley; d. 7 Feb 1900.

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.