Lord Charles Somerset
Lord Charles Somerset | |
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Governor of the Cape Colony | |
In office 1814–1826 | |
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Preceded by | John Cradock |
Succeeded by | Richard Bourke(acting) |
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Born | 12 December 1767 |
Died | 18 February 1831 | (aged 63)
Nationality | British |
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Children | 9, includingHenryandPoulett |
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Lord Charles Henry SomersetPC(12 December 1767 – 18 February 1831), born inBadminton,England, was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator.[1]He was governor of theCape Colony,South Africa,from 1814 to 1826.
Early life[edit]
Somerset was the second son ofHenry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort,and Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral the Hon.Edward Boscawen.He was the brother ofHenry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort,GeneralLord Robert Somerset,Lord Arthur Somersetand Field MarshalFitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan.[1]
Career[edit]
Somerset sat asmember of parliamentforScarboroughbetween 1796 and 1802 and forMonmouth Boroughsbetween 1802 and 1813. He served asComptroller of the Householdbetween 1797 and 1804 and asJoint Paymaster of the Forcesbetween 1804 and 1806 and 1807 and 1813 and was sworn of thePrivy Councilon 26 April 1797. In 1814 he was appointedGovernor of the Cape Colony,a post he held until 1826.[2]The towns ofSomerset WestandSomerset Eastin South Africa are named after him.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Somerset married firstly Lady Elizabeth Courtenay[4](1766–1815), on 7 June 1788, following their elopement. She was the daughter of the8th Earl of Devon.[1]They had six children:[1]
- Elizabeth Somerset (1790–1872), who married Gen. Hon.Sir Henry Wyndhamin 1812.[1]
- Mary Georgiana Somerset (1793–1856), who married Lt-Col. Stirling Freeman Glover in 1833.[1]
- Sir Henry Somerset(1794–1862), a Lieutenant-General.[1]
- Charlotte Augusta Somerset (1799–1864), who married Herbert Cornewoll in 1822.[1]
- Charles Henry Somerset (1800–1835), a Lieutenant-Colonel.[1]
- Villiers Somerset (1803–1855), a Reverend who married Frances Dorothy Ley in 1844 and had issue.[1]
After the death of Lady Elizabeth, he married secondly Lady Mary Poulett, daughter ofJohn Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett,on 9 August 1821.[1]They had three children:[1]
- Poulett George Henry Somerset(1822–1875), a Colonel who married Barbara Augusta Norah Mytton, daughter ofJohn Mytton,in 1847. After her death in 1870, he married Emily Moore.[5]
- Mary Sophia Somerset (1823–1869)[1]
- Augusta Anne Somerset (1824–1881), who marriedSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronetin 1863.[1]
Somerset died in February 1831, aged 63. His second wife died in June 1860, aged 72.
Ancestry[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^abcdefghijklmnCharles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 221 – 223.
- ^Anonymous (16 March 2011)."Lord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England".South African History Online.Retrieved24 August2017.
- ^Millar, Anthony Kendal (1965).PLANTAGENET IN SOUTH AFRICA.Oxford:Oxford University Press.ISBN9780196370774.
- ^"Elizabeth Courtenay, Lady Charles Somerset, d. 1815".National Galleries Scotland.
- ^Charles Mosley, editor.Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes(Crans,Switzerland:Burke's Peerage(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pp. 221–223.
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