Background
He was the only son of three children born to the 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian N. On February 21, 1589, he succeeded his father as Earl of Worcester, and in 1593 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
He was the only son of three children born to the 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christian N. On February 21, 1589, he succeeded his father as Earl of Worcester, and in 1593 he was made a Knight of the Garter.
He was an important advisor to King James I (James VI of Scots), serving as Lord Privy Seal. In 1606 he was appointed Keeper of the Great Park, a park created for hunting by Henry VIII around Nonsuch Palace, of which Worcester Park was a part. The residence Worcester Park House was built in 1607.
She was a daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole.
Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. Jane was in turn a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne.
They had fifteen children among whom were:
Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, his heir and successor, who was later created the 1st Marquess of Worcester;
Elizabeth Somerset, who might have died young, but that is unsure;
Lady Catherine or Katherine Somerset, who died on November 6, 1654 and, before January 14, 1607, married Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor, with whom she had no issue. And
Lady Frances Somerset, wife of William Morgan, 1st Baronet Of Llantarnam
Sir Charles Somerset (1587/8 – 1665), traveler and writer, Knight of the Bath.
Somerset is buried in the family chapel in the Church of Street Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire.
