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S6 BEAUFORT da. of Alexander (Stewart), yth Earl of Galloway [S.]. He d. at Bad- minton, 23 Nov., and was bur. there 2 Dec. 1835, aged 68.(*) M.I. Will pr. Mar. 1836. His widow, who was b. 11 Jan. 1771, d. 12 Aug. 1854, at Westbrook Hall, near Berkhamstead, aged 83. Will pr. Sep. 1854. VII. 1835. 7. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, iSc.^ s. and h., b. 5 Feb. 1792. Joined the loth Hussars, 18 10, being Aide-de-Camp to Wellington In Portugal and Spain, 18 12-14; a Lord of the Admiralty 1 815-19; Major, 1819; M.P. (Tory) for Mon- mouth, 1 8 13-3 1, i83i-32,andfor West Gloucestershire, Jan. to Nov. 1835. High Steward of Bristol, 1836 till his death; K.G. 11 Apr. 1842. He »»., istly, 25 July 1 8 14, at the house of C. C. Smith, in Upper Brook Str., Georgiana Frederica, da. of the Hon. Henry Fitzroy (s. of Charles, ist Lord Southampton), by Anne, sister of the famous Duke of Wellington, da. of Garrett (Colley-Wellesley), ist Earl of Mornington [I.]. She, who was b. 3 Oct. 1792, d. s.p.m.^ 11 May 1821, of internal inflammation, at Apsley House, Piccadilly.C') He »/.,(") 2ndly, 29 June 1822, Emily Frances (the sister, of the half blood, of his ist wire),('^) da. of Charles Culling Smith, by the said Anne (relict of the abovenamed Henry Fitzroy), da. of Garrett (Colley-Wellesley), ist Earl of Mornington [I.]. He d. at Badminton, 17, and was bur. there 24 Nov. 1853, aged 61. (°) Will if) " He was a man of generous disposition, plain and straightforward in his speech, punctual in his dealings, and of strict integrity. He was kind and open in his manner, very benevolent in his conduct, and always willing to oblige." V.G. C") " She has been snatched from life at a time when she was becoming every day more fit to live, for her mind, her temper and her understanding were gradually and rapidly improving; she had faults, but her mind was not vicious, and her defects may be ascribed to her education, and to the actual state of the society in which she lived." [Grevilh Memoirs, vol. i, p. 46). V.G. ('^) 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 indisputable validity to this important alliance contributed, not a little, to the passing of the Act, 5 is" 6 Will. IV (usually called Lord Lyndhurst's Act, from his having had the 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 that cause; but such marriages (as well as those within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity), solemnized since that date, are absolutely void and the issue consequently illegitimate." — See Hubback's Evidence of Succession, pp. 273-276. (d) "I heard by the last post of Worcester's marriage with Emily Smith. What a complication of folly, and I should fear eventually, of misery. He never was and never can be steady to any one thing or person, and is, I should suppose, utterly ruined. Does not the marriage too fall within the proscribed relationships, or do you cease to mind those matters ? " (Sir Charles Bagot to Lord Binning, 22 July 1822). V.G. {") "An excellent landlord, and a great patron of the sports of the field . . . his inherent courtliness was enhanced by a fine port and commanding figure, and a countenance whose features were cast in a truly noble mould. He was a consistent supporter of Conservative politics." {Gent. Mag.). V.G.