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Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset

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Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset Veteran

Birth
Mayfair, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Death
5 Feb 1984 (aged 83)
Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England
Burial
Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England Add to Map
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10th Duke of Beaufort
12th Marquess of Worcester
16th Earl of Worcester
18th Baron Herbert
Knight of the Garter

Only son of Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort, and Louise Emily Harford. Paternal grandson of Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, and Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon. Maternal grandson of William Henry Harford and Ellen Tower.

Henry was Master of Horse to three British sovereigns - King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

He married Lady Victoria Constance Mary Cambridge in 1923. She was the daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge and a niece of Queen Mary.

They had no children.

On his death, the barony of Herbert fell into abeyance between the descendants of his eldest sister. The abeyance was terminated in 2002 in favor of Henry's great nephew, David John Seyfried, who has since added Herbert to his surname.

Henry's other titles passed to a distant cousin, David Robert Somerset, who became the 11th duke.
10th Duke of Beaufort
12th Marquess of Worcester
16th Earl of Worcester
18th Baron Herbert
Knight of the Garter

Only son of Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort, and Louise Emily Harford. Paternal grandson of Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, and Lady Georgiana Charlotte Curzon. Maternal grandson of William Henry Harford and Ellen Tower.

Henry was Master of Horse to three British sovereigns - King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

He married Lady Victoria Constance Mary Cambridge in 1923. She was the daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge and a niece of Queen Mary.

They had no children.

On his death, the barony of Herbert fell into abeyance between the descendants of his eldest sister. The abeyance was terminated in 2002 in favor of Henry's great nephew, David John Seyfried, who has since added Herbert to his surname.

Henry's other titles passed to a distant cousin, David Robert Somerset, who became the 11th duke.


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