Lord Henry Somerset

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Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset PC (7 December 184910 October 1932) was a British politician and the third son of the 8th Duke of Beaufort.

Somerset was MP for Monmouthshire from 1871–80 and later Comptroller of the Household from 1874–79. On 6 February 1872, he had married Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks (d. 1921), the eldest daughter and coheir of the 3rd Earl Somers, and they had an only son, Henry Charles Somers Augustus (1874–1945).

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Morgan
and Poulett Somerset
Member for Monmouthshire
with Charles Morgan 1841-74,
Frederic Morgan 1874-85

1871–1880
Succeeded by
Frederic Morgan
and John Rolls
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Otho FitzGerald
Comptroller of the Household
1874–1879
Succeeded by
Earl of Yarmouth