Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort
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Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG GCVO KStJ PC (April 4, 1900 – February 5, 1984) was a British peer, the son of Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort.
He was educated at Eton College and Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was Honorary Colonel of the 21st (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Armoured Car Company, Territorial Army between 1969 and 1971 and Honorary Colonel of the Warwickshire Yeomanry between 1971 and 1972.
Beaufort was Master of the Horse (1936–1978), to three British Sovereigns, King Edward VIII, King George VI, and Elizabeth II. He was widely known as Master, not because of his office under the Crown, but because of his long service as Master of the Beaufort Hounds.
He married Princess Mary of Teck, daughter of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, on 14 June 1923. They had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Victoria Somerset.
He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1930, as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1936, Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1937 and was awarded the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain in 1953.
He held the office of Steward of Tewkesbury between 1948 and 1984, Hereditary Keeper of Raglan Castle and was sometime Lord Lieutenant of Bristol and Lord High Steward of Bristol, Tewkesbury and Gloucestershire. He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire between 1974 and 1984 and was Chancellor of Bristol University in 1965.
Beaufort died in 1984, aged 83 at his seat, Badminton House. On his death, the Baronies of Botetourt and Herbert fell into abeyance between the male descendants of his sister, Blanche Linnie and his other titles passed to his distant cousin, David. The Abeyance on the Herbert barony was, in 2002, terminated in favour of David John Seyfried
| Honorary Titles | ||
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| Preceded by The Earl Beauchamp |
Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire 1931–1984 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Granard |
Master of the Horse 1936–1978 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Westmorland |
| Peerage of England | ||
| Preceded by Henry Somerset |
Duke of Beaufort 1924–1984 |
Succeeded by David Somerset |
| Baron Botetourt 1924–1984 |
Succeeded by Abeyant |
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| Baron Herbert 1924–1984 |
Succeeded by Abeyant (until 2002) Next Incumbent: David Seyfried-Herbert |
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| Academic Offices | ||
| Preceded by Winston Churchill |
Chancellor of the University of Bristol 1965–1970 |
Succeeded by Dorothy Hodgkin |
