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282 BEAUFORT. 29 Aug. 1702 lie entertained the Queen and Prince Consort at his seat .it Badminton' cr. D.C.L. of Oxford (St. Johns) 26 April 1706. He absented himself from Court till the accession of the Tory Ministry iu 1710, when he is said to have told the Oueen that "he could then call her Queen in reality." P.C., 1710; Lord Lieut, of Hampshire, 1710 ; (if Gloucestershire, 1712 ; Capt. of the Gent. Pensioners, tTl& ■ Elected KG. 25 Oct. 1712, inst. 1 Aug. 1713 He m, firstly at Knole, co. Kent, 7 July 1702, Mary, cV.. of Charles (Sackviu.k), E. i, ot Dorset by his 2nd wife Mary, da. of James (Co.MPTON), Eari. 6V NoiiTIIA.Ml'TON. She was 21 April 1G38 at Copthall, Esses, and bap. at Waltham Holy Cross. She d. s.p.s., IS June 1705 and was bur. at Badminton. Admoti. 20 Oct. 1709 to bar husband. He ml secondly 26 Feb. 1705-6, at 8 p.m., at the Chapel Royal, St. James', Midx, Rachel 2nd and yst. da. and coheir of Wriothesley Baptist (Noel), 2nd Kap.l Of Gains' bohouuh, by Catharine, 1st da. of Kulke (Urevii.le), 5th Louu Brooke. She d. in childbed 13 Sep. 1 709, and was bur. at Badminton. Admon. (also) 20 Oct. 170<i. He 7». thirdly, 14 Sep. 1711, Mary, yst da. of Peregrine (Osborne), 2nd Duke ok Leeds by Bridget, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Hyde, Bart. He d. 24 May 1714, in liis 31st year, at Badminton and was bin: there. Will pr. Sep. 1714. His widow m. (as his 2nd wife) John (Cochrane), 5th Eari, ok Dundonald [S.j, who d. 5 June WO and d. s.p. in Scotland, 4 Feb, 1722. Will pr. -May 1722. IIL 1 7 1 4. 3. Henry (Somerset, afterward* Scudamore), Puke ok Beaufort, See., s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 26 Mar. Il and bap. 2 April 17H7; matric. attheagenfl3.it Oxford (Eni'v.), 20 Oct, 1720 ; cr. D.C.L. 22 April 1725. High Steward of Hereford, 1729. He m. 2S June 1729, Frances, only ,1,. ami h. of James (Scudamore), 2nd Viscount Scud.vjiore [1.]. by Frances, da. and h of Simon (Dioby Hh Loud Diohy [I.] She was b. 14 Aug. 1711 ami sue. her father 11 Dee. 1716. By Act of Pari 1730 he took the name of Scudamore on succeeding, in right of his said wife, to Holme Lacy, co. Hereford, and the other estates of that family. From her, however, he obtained a divorce for crim. con. by Act of Pari. 2 March 1743-4.( ;l ) He d. s.p. at Bath, 24 Feb. 174 1-5, in his 3Sth year and was bur. at Badminton. Will pr. March 1745. IV. 1715. J,. Charles Xoel (Somerset), Duke ok Beaufort, &c, br. (of the whole blood) and h. He was b. 12 Sep. 1709 ; inatric. at Oxford (Univ.) W June 1725 ; a: MA. 10 Oct. 1727 ; D.C.L. 12 July 1736 ; was MP. force. Monmouth, 1731-34 : and for Monmouth, 1734-45. He in. 1 May 1710, Elizabeth, sister and sole heir of Norborne, LORD Botetourt, da. of John Symes Berkeley of Stoke Gilford, co. Glouc, by Elizabeth, Dow. Viscountess Herekoiid, da. and coheir of Waiter Nohbohnf. of Cable, Wilts. He d. 28 Oct. 1750' in his ISth year and was bur. at Badminton. Will pr. Dec. 1756. His widow d. 8 April 1799. WU pr. Apr. 1799. V. 175G. 5. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, &c, s. and h. 6. 16 Oct. 1744 in Brook street, St. Geo. Han. so,. Matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 18 Oct. 1760 ; or, D.C.L. 7 July 1763: Master of the House to the Queen Consort, 1768-70 ", Lord Lieut, of co. Monmouth, 1771 ; of co. Brecknock, I7S7 ; and of co. Leicester, 1787 to 1799 ; el. and tor. KG. 2 June 17S6, iiist. 29 Mav 1801. On 4 June 1803 he obtained, by patent, a declaration of the termination in his favour of the abeyance of the BARONY OF BOTETOURT, to which, jure matrix, he was one of the" coheirs.— See " Botetourt," Lord, cr. 1305. He m. 2 Jan. 1766 at St. Geo. Han. sq., Elizabeth, sister of George Evelyn, 3rd Viscount Falmouth, yst. da. of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen, by Frances, da. of William Evelyn Glanvii.ee of St. Clair, co. Kent. He d. 11 Oct. 1S03. Will pr. Dec 1803. His widow, who was b. 28 May 1747, d. 15 June 1828 at Stoke near Bristol, having lived to see nearly 80 of her descendants of the name of Somerset, Will pr. March 1829. (») She had eloped with William (Talbot), Lord Talbot (afterwards, 1761, Earl Talbot), himself a married man (see H. Walpole's letter to Sir H. Mann dat, 10 June 1742). She m. secondly Charles Fitzroy, who took the name of Scudamore and d. 19 Aug. 1782 aged 75, leaving by her one da. and h. Frances, who inherited the estates of the Scudamore family and »i. Charles (Howard), Duke of Norfolk, hut d. s.p. 22 Oct. 1820. The ex-duchess of Beaufort d., aged 39, and was bur. 27 Feb. 1749-50 at Holme Lacy.