Education
He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, taking a Bachelor in 1799 and an Master of Arts in 1803.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, taking a Bachelor in 1799 and an Master of Arts in 1803.
He was commissioned a major in the Monmouthshire and Breconshire militia that year. Somerset was commissioned a lieutenant in the 7th Foot on 19 May 1804. On 26 June 1806, he was made a captain in the 4th West India Regiment and on 2 October transferred to the 91st Foot.
Elizabeth Boscawen (bef 1793 – 2 March 1872), daughter of George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth, on 23 June 1808.
They had three children:
Review George Somerset (30 March 1809 – 12 October 1882), married Philida Elizabeth Call, daughter of Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet on 9 September 1835 and had issue.
Frances Boscawen, daughter of Review Honorary John Evelyn Boscawen, and had issue.
Elizabeth Anne Somerset (died 1835)
Somerset became a captain in the 19th Light Dragoons on 12 September 1811, serving until his death in Lisbon in 1816.
2nd United Kingdom Parliament. 3rd United Kingdom Parliament. 4th United Kingdom Parliament.
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He was defeated at Gloucester in August 1805, but in November, was returned as Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Monmouthshire and Breconshire in December.