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 BEAUFORT, BEAUFORT. 281 Edward Somerset, styled Lord Herbert, s. and h. ap. of Henry, 1st Marquess of Worcester, is by some considered to have been cr. by Charles L 1 April 1614, BARON BEAUFORT OF CALDECOT CASTLE and EARL OF GLAMORGAN. See " Glamorgan," Earl of, under which title the circumstances of the case are fully related. Dukedom. 1. Henry (Somerset), Makquess of Worcester, &c, T igag was, on 2 Dec. 1682, cr. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. (») He was s. " 1 ' and h. of Edward, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (celebrated for his loyalty and literary attainments) by his first wife Elizabeth, sister of Robert, Earl ok Carnarvon, and da. of Sir William Dormer, was b. 1629, and, being then (by courtesy) styled Lord Herbert, was M.P. for co. Monmouth, 1654-55 and 1660-67 ; was one of the 12 commoners deputed, 7 May 1660, to invite the return of Charles II, and in that year was made Lord Lieut, of the counties of Gloucester, Hereford and Monmouth ; was Col. of a Reg. of Foot, 1660 ; of Horse, 1661 ; was cr. M A. of Oxford, 28 Sep. 1663, and sue. his father, as Marquess of Worcester, 3 April 1667 ; was Lord President of Wales, Lord Lieut, of North and South Wales and P.O. all in 1672 ; elected and inv. KG. 29 May, Lust 3 June, 1672. On 2 Dec. 16S2 was cr. DUKE OF BEAUFORT(") as afsd. He attended the funeral of Charles II and carried the crown of the Queen Consort at the coronation of James II, by whom he was made Col. of the 11th Regiment of Foot, a Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1685, and Lord Lieut, of the Isle of Purbeek, 16S7. To that King he steadily adhered, against the Duke of Monmouth in 1685, and against the Prince of Orange in 16SS. To the latter, when King William III, he refused the oath of allegiance. He m. Mary, widow of Henry Seymour, stykd Lord BeaucHamp, sister of Arthur, Earl of Essex, and 1st da. of Arthur (Capell), 1st Lord Cai-ell by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison. He d. 21 Jan. 1699, in his 70th year, and was bur. in the Beaufort chapel at St. George's, Windsor. M.I. Will pr. Jan. 1700. His widow d. 7 Jan. 1714-5, in her 85th yenr, and was bur. at Badminton, co. Glouc. Her will pr. Jan. 1715. [Henry Somerset, styled Lord Herbert, s. and h. ap. d. an infant and was bur. at the Beaufort chapel, St. George's, Windsor, afsd.] [Charles Somerset, styled, firstly, Lord Herbert and afterwards (1682) Marquess of Worcester, 2nd but 1st surv. s. and fa. ap. 6. Dec. 1660 at St. Martins in the fields, Midx., King Charles II being his godfather.( b ) Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 26 Nov. 1677 ; cr. M.A. IS Feb. 16S1. He m. 5 June, 1682, at Wanstead, Essex, Rebecca, sister of Richard, Earl Tylnet, da. of Sir Josiah Child, "who gives with her as is said a portion of £25,000 " (see Luttrell's diary). Lie. from Fac. oft'., 29 May 1682, he aged 22 and she 16. He d. v.p. 13 July 169S, from a coach accident, in his 38th year, and was bur. the 16th at Raglan. Admon. 14 Aug. 1699 to a creditor. His widow m. (lie. 14 April 1703 from Fac. off.) John (Granville), Lord Granville of Potheridgo (who d. s.p. 1707) and d. 17 July 1712.] II. 1G99. 2. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort, &c, grand- son and h. being s. and h. of Charles, styled Marquess of Worcester, by Rebecca, his wife, abovenamed, b. 2 April 1684 in the Castle of Monmouth. On (") In consideration, inter alia, " of his noble descent from King Edward III by John de Beaufort, eldest son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, by Catherine Swinford his third wife." See the patent as quoted in " Collins," vol. i, p. 237. This " noble " descent through John de Beaufort (himself bom a bastard and only legitimated by Act of Pari.), was farther sullied by being through yet another bastard (not so legitimated), vii. Sir Charles Somerset {cr. Earl of Worcester in 1514), an illegit. s. of Henry (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset. ( b ) "Sandford," p. 372.