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Somerset, Lord Charles Henry, 1767-1831
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1767-1831
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.