Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort

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Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort KG (October 16, 1744 – October 11, 1803) was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and his wife, Elizabeth. On his father's death on October 28, 1756, he succeeded him and became 5th Duke of Beaufort.

On January 2, 1766 he married Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of Hon. Edward Boscawen, Admiral of the Blue, and sister to George Evelyn Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth. With her he had seven sons and two daughters:

1. Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort his heir and successor; and
2. Lord Charles Henry Somerset (December 2, 1767 – February 18, 1831)
3. Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset (December 19, 1776 – September 1, 1842)
4. Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset (February 12, 1780 – April 18, 1816) who married on June 23, 1808 to Elizabeth Boscawen (bef. 1793 – March 2, 1872), daughter of Hon. Admiral Edward Boscawen, with whom he had no issue;
5. Lady Elizabeth Somerset (bef. 1781 – May 5, 1836), who was married to Very Reverend Charles Talbot, Dean of Salisbury, grandson of the 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, on June 27, 1796, with whom she had three sons and three daughters;
6. Lord William George Henry Somerset (September 2, 1784 – January 14, 1861), who gained the title of a reverend and held the office of Prebendary of Bristol, and who was married twice, on June 29, 1813 to Elizabeth Molyneux, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet, with whom he had one child, a son, and who died in 1843, and in 1844 to Frances Westby Brady, who died on August 31, 1854, with whom he had no issue;
   1. Henry Charles Capel Somerset (June 20, 1816 – January 17, 1905), who gained the rank of a Colonel and on September 10, 1840 married to Alice Elizabeth O'Connell, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell, who died on August 29, 1892, and with whom he had — besides a natural daughter — his only child, a son:
      1. Blanche Isabella Somerset, who was married to George Henry Hopkinson, with whom she had only a son;
      2. Charles Bruce Henry Somerset (July 18, 1841 – April 1889), who married to Victoria Alice FitzGibbon (d. December 20, 1919) on July 31, 1862, with whom he had only a daughter:
         1. Sybil Mary Blanche Somerset (d. March 21, 1932), who was married to George Frederick Crisp Molyneux-Montgomerie (September 18, 1869 – October 22, 1915, k.a.) on June 4, 1901, with whom she had two daughters;
7. Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset (August 30, 1787 – October 3, 1846), who gained the rank of a Colonel, and who married to Catherine Annesley, daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris on December 4, 1814, with whom he had no issue;
8. Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855)
9. Lady Harriet Isabella Elizabeth Somerset, (July 9th,1775 – June 1st 1855),who was married to Colonel Henry Hugh Mitchell,(Colonel Mitchell commanded the 51st Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at the Battle of Waterloo). They had one son, Hugh Andrew Robert Mitchell, (Sept 12th, 1860 – August 21, 1857)and two daughters, Margaret Harriet Isabella Mitchell, (June 4th, 1806 – June 29th, 1876) and Charlotte Gertrude Elizabeth Mitchell, (Dec 6th, 1807 – Aug 4th, 1876)

Freemasonry offices
Preceded by The Lord Blayney	Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England 1767–1772	Succeeded by The Lord Petre
Court offices
Preceded by The Earl De La Warr	Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte 1768–1770	Succeeded by The Earl Waldegrave
Honorary titles
Preceded by Thomas Morgan	Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire 1771–1799	Succeeded by The Duke of Beaufort
Preceded by Charles Morgan	Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire 1787–1803
Preceded by The Duke of Rutland	Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire 1787–1799	Succeeded by The Duke of Rutland
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Noel Somerset	Duke of Beaufort 1756–1803	Succeeded by Henry Charles Somerset