Colonel Poulett George Henry Somerset CB (19 June 1822 – 7 September 1875) was a British soldier and politician.
The eldest son of Lord Charles Somerset by his second wife, Lady Mary Poulett, Somerset was educated at Eton and Sandhurst.
He was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1839.
On 15 April 1847, he married Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton (d. 4 June 1870), the daughter of John Mytton, by whom he had two sons and a daughter:
Somerset served as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, Lord Raglan, during the Crimean War. He fought at the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkermann. At Inkermann, his horse was killed under him by a shell. He served at the Siege of Sevastopol and was made a CB for his Crimean services in 1855, as well as a Knight of the Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class.
In 1859, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire after his first cousin Edward Arthur Somerset resigned. He held the seat until 1871, when he became Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He married Emily Moore on 10 September 1870, by whom he had one daughter:
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| Preceded by Charles Morgan Edward Arthur Somerset |
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire with Charles Morgan 1859–1871 |
Succeeded by Charles Morgan Lord Henry Somerset |