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BEAUFORT. 283 VI. 1803. 0. Henry Charles (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, &c, s. and h. b. 22 Dec. 17G6 ; matric. at Oxford (Triu.) 4 Feb. 1784 ; cr. M.A. 28 June 1786 ; M.P. for Monmouth, 178S-90 ; for Bristol, 1790-96 ; and for Gloucestershire, 1796-1803 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Monmouth and co. Brecknock, 1S03 ; of co. Gloucester, 1S10 ; Vice Admiral of Gloucester ; Constable of St. Briavel's Castle and Warden of the Forest of Dean, 1812. EL and inv. KG. 17 Jan., inst. 23 April 1S05. At the coronation of Will. IV, 8 Sep. 1831, ho bore the crown of the Queen Consort. He »t. 16 May 1791, Charlotte Sophia, da. of Granville (Leveson-Gower), 1st Marquess of Stafford, by his 3rd wife Susanna, da. of Alexander (Stewart), 7th Haul of Galloway [S.] He d. 23 tfor. 1835. Will pr. March 1836. His widow, who was 6. 11 Jan. 1771, d. Aug. 1854. Will pr. Sep. 1854. VII. 1S35. 7. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, <fec., s. and h. b. 5 Feb. 1792. Joined the 10th Hussars, 1810, being Aide-de- Camp to Wellington in Portugal and Spain, 1S12-1814 : Major in the army, 1819 ; Lt Col. Com. of the Glouc. (Hussar) Yeomanry, 1334; M P. for Monmouth, 1813-32, and for West Gloucestershire, 1835. High " Steward of Bristol, 1835; KG. 11 April 1842. He m. firstly 25 July 1S14, Georgiana Frederica, da. of the Hon. Henry FrrzitoY (s. of Charles, 1st Lord Southampton), by Anne (sister of the famous Duke of Wellington), da. of Garrett (Colley-Welleslet), 1st Earl of Mornington [I.] She, who was b. 3 Oct, 1792, (/. s.p.m. 11 May 1821. His Grace »!.(••) secondly, 29 June 1S22 Emily Frances (the sister, by the half blood, of his 1st wife), da. of Charles Culling Smith by the said Anne (relict of the abovenanied Henry Fitzroy), da. of Garrett (Coi.ley-W'elleslky), 1st Earl of Mornington [I.] He d. 17 Nov. 1S53. Will pr. March 1854. His widow is now (1885) living. VIII. 1853. <$'. Henry Cuarles Fitzroy (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort [1682], Marquess of Worcester [1642]; Earl of Worcester [1514], Lord Botetourt [1305], Lord Herbert de Herbert [1461], and Baron Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow and Gower [1506], only s. and h. by second wife, 6. 1 Feb. 1824 in Paris. Ed. at Eton; Lieut 1st Life Guards', 1843 ; Capt, 7th Dragoons, 1847 ; Lieut. Col. in the Army, 1S58 ; retired, 1861 ; Aide-de- Camp to the Duke of Wellington, 1S42 ; to Viscount Hardinge, 1852 to 1846 ; Lt. Col. Com. of the Glouc. (Hussar) Yeomanry, 1854 ; Hon. Col. thereof, 1S74; M.P. for East Gloucestershire, 1846-53 ; High Steward of Biistol 1853 : Master of the Horse, 1S5S-59, and, again, 1866-68; P.C., 185S ; KG., 19 March 1S67 ; Lord Lieut, of co. Monmouth, 1S67. He m. 8 July 1845, Georgiana Charlotte, 1st da. of Richard William Bean (Cuhzon-HoweI, 1st Earl Howe, by his 1st wife Harriet Mary, 2nd da. of Henry Stuut. She was-i. 29 Sep. 1825. [Henry Adalbert Wellington Fitzrov Somerset, styled Marquess of WORCESTER, s. and h. up. b. 19 May 1847." Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 1863 ; Captain, 1S69 ; retired, 1877 ; Major of the Glouc. (Hussar) Yeomanry.] Family Estates.— These, in 1S83, consisted of about 27,300 acres in Monmouthshire, about 16,600 in Gloucestershire, 4,000 in Breconshire, 1,200 in Glamorganshire (the last valued at above £4,000 a year), and about 2,000 in Wiltshire. Total 51.0S5 acres, valued at £56,226 a year. Chief resiliences, Badminton Park, co. Gloucester ; Troy House, co. Monmouth, and Llangattock Park, co. Brecknock. { h ) This marriage, being within " the prohibited degrees " of affinity, was (though not void, yet) voidable by " sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court pronounced during the lifetime of both parties." It was generally supposed that the desire to give indis- putable validity to this important aUiauce contributed, not a little, to the passing of the Act, 5 & 6 Will. IV (usually called Lord Lyndhurst's Act, from his having had Hie charge of it), whereby " marriages between persons within the prohibited degrees of affinity, which were solemnized before the 31st of Aug. 1835 cannot be annulled for thai cause; but such marriages (as well as those within the prohibited degrees of consunyuinity), solemnized since that date, are absolutely void and the issue con- sequently illegitimate."— See Hubback's "Evidence of Succession" (London, Svo., pp. 832,41844), pp. 273-276.