- GB-2014-WSA-16018
- Person
- 1792-1853
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.