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BEAUFORT 57 pr. Mar. 1854. His widow d. 2 Oct. 1889, aged 89, at 19 Hill Str., and was bur. at Badminton. VIII. 1853. 8. Henry Charles Fitzroy (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, i^c, only s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. i Feb. 1 824, in Paris. Ed. at Eton; Lieut, ist Life Guards, 1843; Capt. 7th Dragoons, 1847; Lieut. Col., 1858; retired 1861; Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington, 1 842 ; to Viscount Hardinge, 1 842-46 ; M.P. (Conserva- tive) for East Gloucestershire, 1846-53; High Steward of Bristol, 1854 till his death; P.C. 26 Feb. 1858; Master of the Horse, 1858-59, and again, 1866-68; K.G., 19 Mar. i867;(^) Lord Lieut, of co. Monmouth, 1867 till his death. C') He w., 8 July 1845, at Hampton, Georgiana Charlotte, ist da. of Richard William Penn (Curzon-Howe), ist Earl Howe, by his ist wife, Harriet Mary, 2nd da. of Henry Sturt. He d. of gout, at Stoke Gifford, 30 Apr., and was bur. 5 May 1899, at Bad- minton, aged 75. Will pr. over ;^io,ooo gross and over /.8,ooo net.() His widow, who was b. 29 Sep. 1825, d. after a short illness, at Stoke Park, Stapleton, near Bristol, 14, and was bur. 18 May 1906, at Badminton. Will pr. above £fiOQ gross and net. IX. 1899. 9. Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy (Somerset), DuK-E OF Beaufort [1682], Marquess of Worcester [1642], Earl of Worcester [1514], Lord Botetourt [1305], Lord Herbert de Herbert [1461], and Baron Herbert of Ragland, Chep- stow AND GowER [1506], 2nd, but 1st surv. s. and h., b. 19 May 1847. Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 1865; Captain, 1869; retired, 1877; Yeo- manry A.D.C. to the Queen, 1 899. High Steward of Bristol, 1 899. Like all his predecessors in title, of Tory or Conservative opinions. He w., 9 Oct. 1895, at Trinity Church, Sloane Str., Louise Emily, widow of Carlo, Baron deTuyll, 2nd andyst. da. of WiUiam Henry Harford, of Oldown, CO. Gloucester, and of the Old Bank, Bristol, by Ellen, da. of the Rev. William Tower, of How Hatch, Essex. She was b. i Sep. 1864. [Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, styled Marquess of Worcester, s. and h. ap., b. 4 Apr. 1900.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of about 27,300 acres in co. Monmouth, about 16,600 in co. Gloucester, 4,000 in co. Brecon, 1,200 in CO. Glamorgan (the last valued at above ^^4,000 a year), and about 2,000 in Wilts. Total, 51,085 acres, valued at ^56,226 a year. Principal Resi- (^) He was the 9th Earl of Worcester of his race similarly honoured. See Appendix B in this volume. C') As to the Earldom of Glamorgan, ^c., which was allowed to him on his Garter Plate, see under that title. if) A little more than a year before his death, he made over his estates to his eldest s., thus avoiding the heavy succession duties. He was honoured and popular on " the Turf," an owner of valuable race-horses, and a member of the Jockey Club as early as 1854. President of the " Four in Hand" Club, being a first rate whip, also a good shot and good angler. He was joint Editor of the Badminton Library. V.G. ' 9