Background
Y-deoxyribonucleic acid of his descendants did not match Richard III.
Y-deoxyribonucleic acid of his descendants did not match Richard III.
Somersey matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, on 18 October 1760, and graduated on 7 July 1763 with a Doctor of Civil Laws (Data Control Language) degree.
He held the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons between 1767 and 1772. From 1768 to 1770, he was Master of the Horse to the Queen Consort. He was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire in 1771 and Lord-Lieutenant of Brecknockshire in 1787, holding both offices until his death in 1803, as well as that of Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire from 1787 to 1799.
His last will was dated from 21 June 1789 to 11 September 1800.
On 4 June 1803, shortly before his death, he succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Botetourt. The 5th Duke of Beaufort is buried at Street Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, his heir and successor Lord Charles Henry Somerset (2 December 1767-1718 February 1831) Lord Edward Henry Somerset (1768––1769) Lord Norborne Berkeley Henry Somerset (4 May 1771––1838) Lady Frances Elizabeth Somerset (3 April 1774 –24 May 1841) Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset (19 December 1776 –1 September 1842) Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset (1780––1816) Review Lord William George Henry Somerset (2 September 1784-1714 January 1861), Prebendary of Bristol, who was married twice.
On 29 June 1813 to Elizabeth Molyneux (d1843), daughter of Lieutenant-General
Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet, with whom he had five sons, and in 1844 to Frances Westby Brady (d 31 August 1854), with whom he had no issue Lady Anne Elizabeth Somerset (7 June 1786-1722 September 1803) Colonel.Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset (30 August 1787-1783 October 1846), married Lady Catherine Annesley, daughter of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris on 4 December 1814 Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (30 September 1788-1728 June 1855).
