Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort

Captain Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (19 May 1847 – 24 November 1924), styled the Earl of Glamorgan until 1853 and Marquess of Worcester between 1853 and 1899, was a British peer.

Background and education Beaufort was born in Berkeley Square, London, the first surviving son and heir of Charles, Somerset, Marquess of Worcester and his wife, the Marchioness of Worcester (born Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe.

He was named after his godparents, his grandfather Henry, 7th Duke of Beaufort; Adelaide, Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom; and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

In 1853, his father succeeded as the 8th Duke of Beaufort, at which point he was styled as the Marquess of Worcester. He was educated at Eton College between 1860 and 1864.

Military service and public appointments Beaufort became a cornet in 1865 in the Royal Horse Guards and was promoted to captain in 1869. He was aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria in 1899 and served as Lord High Steward of Bristol in 1899. On 8 January 1900 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. He was Hereditary Keeper of Raglan Castle. He was appointed the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. He was a Justice of the Peace for Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire and a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire.

Family

Beaufort married Louise Emily Harford (1864–1945), widow of a Dutch nobleman (Baron Charles Frederic van Tuyll van Serooskerken, 1859–1893, leaving two sons), on 9 October 1895. They had three children:

Lady Blanche Linnie Somerset (1897–1968), married John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (11 June 1890 – 31 March 1922), who died in a riding accident during a steeplechase, aged 31, leaving as issue two daughters.