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'Somerset1'
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Families covered:
Somerset of Beaufort, Somerset of Worcester
| Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (b c1460, d 15.04.1526) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.06.1472) Elizabeth Herbert (d 1514, dau of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (d 26.11.1549) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1520) Margaret Courtenay (dsp, dau of William Courtenay, Earl of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Browne (dau of Sir Anthony Browne) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (d 21.02.1588-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1550) Christian North (dau of Edward North, 1st Lord of Kirtling) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (d 03.03.1627-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hastings (d 28.08.1621, dau of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Somerset (b 1575/6, dvp before 21.01.1597/8) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (b 1576/7, d 18.12.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16/9.06.1600) Anne Russell (d 01.04.1639, dau of John Russell, Lord Russell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, 'Earl of Glamorgan' (d 03.04.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1628) Elizabeth Dormer (d 31.05.1635, dau of Sir William Dormer) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (b 1629, d 21.01.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1657) Mary Capel (d 07.01.1715-6, dau of Arthur Capel, Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Somerset (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester / Somerset (b 12.1660, dvp 13.07.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.06.1682) Rebecca Child (d 17.07.1712, dau of Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (b 02.04.1684, d 24.05.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.07.1702, sps) Mary Sackville (d 18.06.1705, dau of Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.02.1706) Rachel Noel (d 13.09.1709, dau of Baptist Noel, Earl of Gainsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Somerset, later Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (b 26.03.1707, dsp 24.012.1745-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.6.1729, div 1743-4) Frances Scudamore (dau of Sir James Scudamore of Holme Lacy, 3rd Viscount of Sligo) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (b 12.09.1709, d 28.10.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.05.1740) Elizabeth Berkeley (d 08.04.1799, dau of John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (b 16.10.1744, d 11.10.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.01.1766) Elizabeth Boscawen (d 15.06.1828, dau of Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen of Falmouth family) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (b 22.12.1766, d 23.11.1835) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.05.1791) Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (d 12.08.1854, dau of Granville, 1st Marquess of Stafford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of Cape of Good Hope (b 12.12.1767, d 20.02.1831) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.1788) Elizabeth Courtenay (b 02.09.1766, d 1815, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.08.1821) Mary Poulett (b 24.02.1788, d 11.06.1860, dau of John, 4th Earl Poulett) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Norbert Berkeley Henry Somerset (b 04.05.1771, d 01.12.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Robert Edward Henry Somerset (b 19.12.1776, d 01.09.1842, General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1805) Louisa Augusta Courtenay (b 25.12.1781, d 09.02.1823, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Arthur John Henry Somerset (b 12.02.1780, d 18.04.1816) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.06.1808) Elizabeth Boscawen (d 02/3.03.1872, dau of George Evelyn Boscawen, 2rd Viscount Falmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi)) | William George Henry Somerset (b 02.09.1784, d 14.01.1851) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.06.1813) Elizabeth Molyneux (d 1843, dau of Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1844, sp) Frances Westby Brady (d 31.08.1854, dau of Henry Brady) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vii)) | John Thomas Henry Somerset (b30.08.1787, d 03.10.1846, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1814) Catharine Annesley (d 25.06.1865, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris) | |||||||||||||||
| ((viii)) | Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, Field Marshal (b 30.09.1788, d Crimea 28.06.1855) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.08.1814) Emily Harriet Pole-Wellesley (d 06.03.1881, dau of William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ix)) | Elizabeth Somerset (d 05.05.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1796) Charles Talbot, Dean of Sarum (d 28.02.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| ((x)) | Frances Elizabeth Somerset (d 27.05.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| ((xi)) | Harriet Isabella Somerset (d 01.06.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1804) Henry Hugh Mitchell (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1759) Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton (d 18.10.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Somerset (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Rachel Somerset (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Henrietta Somerset (dsp 24.07.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1769) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bart (d 29.07.1789) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Mary Isabella Somerset (d 02.09.1831) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.12.1775) Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland (b 15.03.1754, d 24.10.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (14.09.1711) Mary Osborne (d 04.02.1722, dau of Peregrine Osborne, Duke of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Charles Somerset (b 1689, d 1709/10) brought to our attention by a site visitor (AG, 31.01.08) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Henrietta Somerset (b 1690, d 09.08.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1713) Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton (b 25.10.1683, 06.05.1757) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Arthur Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Russell (dau of Sir William Russell, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Algernon Greville (a 1704, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anne Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Uvedale Price (d 1764) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary Somerset (d 1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.08.1685) James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (b 29.04.1665, d 16.11.1745, CIC) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Anne Somerset (b 1673, d 17.02.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1691) Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry (b 1662, d 08.1710) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Henrietta Somerset (d 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1686) Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibracken | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.1705, sp) Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk (b 1670, d 19.09.1718) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Somerset (d1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1652) Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (b 12.07.1628, d 11.01.1683-4) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Somerset (d 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1654) William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis (d 02.06.1696) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1639) Margaret O'Brien (d 26.07.1681, dau of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Desmond) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir John Somerset (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Arundell (dau of Thomas Arundell, 1st Lord of Wardour) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | 2 sons | ||||||||||||||
| possibly one of these sons (otherwise a son of another of Sir John's brothers) was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Somerset of Pauntley Court | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Aston (dau of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord of Forfar) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Somerset "youngest dau." | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu (d 02.11.1682) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Somerset, Viscount Somerset of Cashel (dsps 1649/50) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1631) Helena Barry (dau of David Barry of Barry Court, 5th Viscount Barrymore) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1596) William Petre, 2nd Lord of Writtle (b 24.06.1575, d 05.05.1637) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Blanche Somerset (b c1584, d 27/8.10.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1607) Thomas Arundell, 2nd Lord of Wardour (b c1586, d 19.05.1643) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Elizabeth Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Guildford | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Sir Charles Somerset of Troy | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Powel (dau of Sir William Powel of Llanpylt) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ratcliffe Gerard of Halsall | |||||||||||||||
| (2) |
Elizabeth (!) Somerset |
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| m. Sir Francis Anderton, 1st Bart of Lostock (d 09.02.1678) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1662) Sir Henry Browne, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Bart of Kiddington (b c1639, d c1689) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Frances Somerset probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Morgan of Llantarnam | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anne Somerset probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.08.1595) Sir Edward Winter | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Theophila Newton (dau of Sir John Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Somerset had issue | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Charles Somerset had issue | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Francis Somerset (d 1547) | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Eleanor Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Roger Vaughan | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Henry Johns | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Lucy Somerset (b c1523, d 22.02.1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Nevill, 4th Lord Latymer (d 22.04.1577) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Anne Somerset (d 1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1558) Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b 1528, d 22.08.1572) | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Joan Somerset (d 16.10.1597) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Mansel (d 05.08.1595) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Elizabeth Somerset (d 1545) | ||||||||||||||
| TCP (Worcester) reports that there were was only 1 son by the 1st marriage and 3 children by the 2nd marriage. TCP (Grey of Wilton) confirms that Mary was by the 2nd marriage. GenEU identifies 5 children in total. A site visitor (GAT, 22.05.06) kindly confirmed that Elizabeth was of this marriage. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John Savage of Clifton (d 27.07.1528) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1530) William Brereton (d 1536) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth West (dau of Thomas West, Lord de la Warr) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Charles Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | George Somerset had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bowlays | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Mary Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Grey, 13th Lord of Wilton (d 1562) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Carr of Aswarby (dsp 1606) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp) Eleanor Sutton (dau of Sir Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BP1934
(Beaufort), GenEU (Anjou4)
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