Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort

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Captain Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort, DL (May 19, 1847 – November 24, 1924) was a British peer, the son of Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort.

He was educated between 1860 and 1864 at Eton College. He gained the rank of Cornet in 1865 in the service of the Royal Horse Guards and gained the rank of Captain in 1869. He was Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria in 1899 and held the office of High Steward of Bristol in 1899. On 8 January 1900 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.

He was Hereditary Keeper of Raglan Castle. He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the service of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. He was J.P. for Monmouthshire, Deputy Lieutenant of Monmouthshire and J.P. for Gloucestershire.

Somerset married Louise Emily Harford (1864–1945), widow of a Dutch nobleman, on 9 October 1895. They had three children:^{[citation needed]}

• Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset (1897–1968), married John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (11 June 1890- 31 March 1922)in a riding accident) aged 31, leaving issue two daughters. She remarried 15 July 1924 George Francis Valentine Scott Douglas (14 February 1898-12 June 1930), and had further issue, one son (who died before his maternal uncle). . Her descendants are the sole surviving descendants of the 9th Duke. Lady Blanche's eldest surviving grandson David John Seyfried-Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert eventually had the barony of Herbert called out in his favour in 2002 after eighteen years.
• Lady Diana Maud Nina Somerset (12 Sep 1898-6 May 1935), married 19 September 1925 Captain Lindsey Shedden (1881-1971), but had no known issue.
• Sir Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort b. 4 Apr 1900, d. 5 Feb 1984, married Princess Mary of Teck. He left no issue, and was succeeded by a first cousin twice removed.

Somerset died and was buried in 1924, aged 77 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire.

[edit] External links

• Paul Theroff. An Online Gotha - Beaufort. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

Peerage of England
Preceded by Henry Somerset	Duke of Beaufort 1899–1924	Succeeded by Henry Somerset