Edward Somerset 
Edward was born in 1603 in Raglan. Edward's father was Henry Somerset and his mother was Ann Russell. His paternal grandparents were Edward Somerset and Elizabeth Hastings; his maternal grandparents were John Russell and Elizabeth Cook. He had a sister named Elizabeth. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 64 on April 3rd, 1667 in Worcester House.General Notes
"English soldier and inventor. Known as Lord Herbert after 1628, he received the title earl of Glamorgan in 1644 and succeeded as earl and marquess of Worcester in 1646. Sent to raise royalist troops in Ireland, Glamorgan, himself a Roman Catholic, exceeded his instructions when he signed (1645) on behalf of Charles I a treaty with the Irish Roman Catholics that would have given them freedom of worship. This treaty proved so offensive to the Protestant royalists that Charles repudiated it. Worcester went to France in 1648 and was imprisioned for two years on his return to England (1652). Most of his estates were returned to him at the Restoration (1660). He was interested in mechanical experiments, which he described in a long treatise, and is said to have invented a steam engine."
SOURCES: "Descendants of Stephen Russell and Alice de La Tour" http://www.geneastar.org. (with credit for above narrative.)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1460 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.15 Apr 1524
- b.1496 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England d.26 Nov 1549
- b.~ 1476 in Raglan, Usk, Monmouthshire, England
- b.~ 1527 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England d.21 Feb 1589 in House By St. John Near, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1443 in Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1501 in Bechworth, Surrey, England d.<20 Oct 1565 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England
- b.<Jan 1472 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.<30 Jun 1534
- b.~ 1550 in Of, Ragland, Monmouthshire, England d.BET 30 MAR 1627 AND 1628 in Worcester House, London, England
- b.~ 1528 in Cathladge, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.1577 d.18 Dec 1646 in Convent Garden
- b.26 Nov 1466 d.Nov 1506
- b.~ 1482 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.24 Mar 1544
- b.1467 d.10 Jul 1533
- b.~ 1514 d.20 Jun 1560 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England
- b.04 Sep 1455 in Groby, Leicestershire, England or Abergavenny, Monmouth, Wales d.02 Nov 1483 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.< 1485
- b.~ 1458 in Monmouthshire, England d.>22 Jul 1525
- b.~ 1552 in Worcester House, Strand, England d.24 Aug 1621 in Worcester House, London, England
- b.~ 1465 d.1504
- b.~ 1486 d.09 Jan 1539 in Executed in London, England
- b.~ 1468 d.27 May 1541 in Executed at Tower Hill, England
- b.1511 in Montacute, Somerset Co., England d.23 Sep 1576 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England
- b.1440 in Raby Castle, Raby With Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England d.20 Sep 1492 in Sussex, England
- b.<Oct 1485
- b.1444 in Sculton, Burdeleys, Norfolk and Braintree, Essex, England d.28 Sep 1485
- b.1603 in Raglan d.03 Apr 1667 in Worcester House
- b.1459 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Dorset, England d.1509 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Dorset, England
- b.1485 in The Strand/Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Dorset, England d.14 Mar 1555 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1466 in Sydenham, Devonshire, England d. in Kingston Russell, Dorsetshire, England
- b.1527 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.28 Jul 1585 in Bedford House, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1479 in Huntingdonshire or Buckinghamshire, England d. in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1498 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.14 Mar 1559 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1480
- b.~ 1551 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.Jul 1584 in High Gate, England
- b.1450 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.1525 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
- b.1498 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.1535 in Smallbudge, Suffolk, England
- b.1462 in Langstone, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.1527 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.27 Aug 1562 in Woburn, England
- b.1462 in Berley, Essex, England d.30 Jan 1529 in Smallbudge, Suffolk, England
- b.1485 in Smallbudge, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1463 in Codham, Yorkshire, England d.1540 in Bueres, England
- b.~ 1580 d.08 Apr 1639
- b.1555 in Giddy Hall Romford, Essex, England d.02 Jun 1609 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
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Edward and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony in 1628. They had a son and two daughters, named Henry, Anne and Elizabeth.
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Children
Henry Somerset
Henry was born in 1629. He died at the age of 72 on January 21st, 1701 in Badminton, England.
