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6 Further Daughters Somerset

6 Further Daughters Somerset

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  1. 1.  6 Further Daughters Somerset (daughter of Lt Gen Sir Henry Somerset and Frances Sarah Heathcote).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt Gen Sir Henry Somerset was born in 1794 (son of General Lord Charles Henry Somerset and Lady Elizabeth Courtenay); died in 1862.

    Notes:

    Born the eldest son of Lord Charles Somerset, Somerset was commissioned a cornet on 5 December 1811 and promoted to lieutenant on 30 December 1812. He fought in the Peninsular War and with the 18th Hussars at Waterloo, serving as aide-de-camp to his uncle Lord Edward Somerset. On 6 October 1815, he was made a captain. Soon after his marriage, Somerset proceeded to the Cape Colony, where his father was governor, and served with the Cape Mounted Rifles throughout the Xhosa Wars. On 25 March 1823, he was made major, and on 17 July 1824, lieutenant-colonel. In 1834, he was made a Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, and later a Companion of the Bath. In 1846, he defeated the Xhosa on the Gwangu, and was promoted major-general on 11 November 1851. At the conclusion of the 8th Xhosa War in 1853, he was made a Knight Commander of the Bath for his services, and left the Cape to go on the staff of the Bombay Army. He served as the Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army from 26 March 1855 to March 1860,[2] and then returned to England. On 29 January 1857 he was promoted lieutenant-general. He died in Gibraltar in 1862.

    Henry married Frances Sarah Heathcote on 1 Apr 1817. Frances (daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote) was born on 21 Jun 1790; died on 16 Mar 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Frances Sarah Heathcote was born on 21 Jun 1790 (daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote); died on 16 Mar 1886.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Harriett Frances Somerset and died.
    2. 1. 6 Further Daughters Somerset
    3. Two further Sons Somerset
    4. Col. Henry Somerset was born in 1829; died in 1920.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  General Lord Charles Henry Somerset was born on 2 Dec 1767 (son of Henry (5th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset, KG and Elizabeth Boscawen); died on 18 Feb 1831.

    Notes:

    He was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator.
    He was governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826.

    Charles married Lady Elizabeth Courtenay on 7 Jun 1788. Elizabeth (daughter of William (8th Duke of Devon) Courtenay and Lady Frances Clack) was born on 2 Sep 1766; died on 11 Sep 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Elizabeth Courtenay was born on 2 Sep 1766 (daughter of William (8th Duke of Devon) Courtenay and Lady Frances Clack); died on 11 Sep 1815.

    Notes:

    Married:
    They eloped

    Children:
    1. 2. Lt Gen Sir Henry Somerset was born in 1794; died in 1862.

  3. 6.  Admiral Sir Henry Heathcote was born on 20 Jan 1777; died on 16 Aug 1851 in Ingouville, France.

    Notes:

    He was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

    Children:
    1. 3. Frances Sarah Heathcote was born on 21 Jun 1790; died on 16 Mar 1886.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry (5th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset, KG was born on 16 Oct 1744 (son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Berkeley); died on 11 Oct 1803.

    Notes:

    He held the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons between 1767 and 1772.
    He held the office of Master of the Horse between 1768 and 1770, to the Queen Consort.
    He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire between 1771 and 1803

    Henry married Elizabeth Boscawen on 2 Jan 1766. Elizabeth (daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN, daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN and Frances Glanville) was born on 28 May 1747; died on 15 Jun 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Boscawen was born on 28 May 1747 (daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN, daughter of Rt. Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, PC, RN and Frances Glanville); died on 15 Jun 1828.
    Children:
    1. Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort was born on 22 Dec 1760; died on 2 Dec 1835.
    2. Henry Charles (6th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset was born on 22 Dec 1766; died on 23 Nov 1835.
    3. 4. General Lord Charles Henry Somerset was born on 2 Dec 1767; died on 18 Feb 1831.
    4. Lord Edward Henry Somerset was born in 1768; died in 1769.
    5. Lord Norborne Berkeley Henry Somerset was born on 4 May 1771; died in 1838.
    6. Lady Elizabeth Somerset was born on 11 Feb 1773; died on 5 May 1836.
    7. Lady Frances Elizabeth Somerset was born on 3 Apr 1774; died on 24 May 1841.
    8. Lady Harriet Isabella Elizabeth Somerset was born on 9 Jul 1775; died on 1 Jun 1855.
    9. Lord Robert Henry Somerset was born on 19 Dec 1776; died on 1 Sep 1842.
    10. Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset was born in 1780; died in 1816.
    11. Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset was born on 2 Sep 1784; died on 14 Jan 1861.
    12. Lady Anne Elizabeth Somerset was born on 7 Jun 1786; died on 22 Sep 1803.
    13. Col. Lord John thomas Henry Somerset was born on 30 Aug 1787; died on 3 Oct 1846.
    14. Field Marshall Lord Fitzroy James Henry (1st Baron Raglan) Somerset, GCB PC was born on 30 Sep 1788 in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Jun 1855 in Sebastopol; was buried in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England.

  3. 10.  William (8th Duke of Devon) Courtenay was born on 30 Oct 1742; died on 14 Oct 1788.

    William married Lady Frances Clack on 7 May 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lady Frances Clack
    Children:
    1. 5. Lady Elizabeth Courtenay was born on 2 Sep 1766; died on 11 Sep 1815.



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