Henry Somerset 
Henry was born in 1629. Henry's father was Edward Somerset and his mother was Elizabeth Dormer. His paternal grandparents were Henry Somerset and Ann Russell; his maternal grandfather was William Dormer and his maternal grandmother is Alice Molyneux. He had two sisters named Anne and Elizabeth. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 72 on January 21st, 1701 in Badminton, England.General Notes
"Henry...abandoned the Roman Catholic religion and was a member of one of Cromwell's parliaments. But he was quietly loyal to Charles II who, in 1682, created him duke of Beaufort. As the defender of Bristol, the duke took a considerable part in checking the progress of the duke of Monmouth in 1685, but in 1688 he surrendered the city to William of Orange. He inherited Badminton, still the residence of the dukes of Beaufort, and died there on the 21st of January 1700. The Worcester title was henceforth merged in (with) that of Beaufort (q.v.). Henry, the 7th duke (1792-1853), was one of the greatest sportsmen of his day, and the Badminton hunt owed much to him and his successors, the 8th duke (1824-1899) and 9th duke (b.1847)."
SOURCES: "Descendants of Stephen Russell and Alice de La Tour" http://www.geneastar.org (with credit for the 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.1496 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England d.26 Nov 1549
- b.~ 1527 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England d.21 Feb 1589 in House By St. John Near, London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1501 in Bechworth, Surrey, England d.<20 Oct 1565 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England
- 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.~ 1482 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England d.24 Mar 1544
- b.~ 1514 d.20 Jun 1560 in Ashby De La Zouche, Leicestershire, England
- b.< 1485
- b.~ 1552 in Worcester House, Strand, England d.24 Aug 1621 in Worcester House, London, England
- b.~ 1486 d.09 Jan 1539 in Executed in London, England
- b.1511 in Montacute, Somerset Co., England d.23 Sep 1576 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England
- b.<Oct 1485
- b.1603 in Raglan d.03 Apr 1667 in Worcester House
- b.1485 in The Strand/Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Dorset, England d.14 Mar 1555 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
- b.1527 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.28 Jul 1585 in Bedford House, Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1498 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.14 Mar 1559 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1551 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.Jul 1584 in High Gate, England
- b.1498 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England d.1535 in Smallbudge, Suffolk, England
- b.1527 in Cheines, Buckinghamshire, England d.27 Aug 1562 in Woburn, England
- b.1485 in Smallbudge, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1580 d.08 Apr 1639
- b.1555 in Giddy Hall Romford, Essex, England d.02 Jun 1609 in Bisham, Berkshire, England
- b.1629 d.21 Jan 1701 in Badminton, England
- b.~ 1485 in Wycombe, Buckshire, England d.<20 Oct 1552
- b.~ 1515 d.17 May 1575
- b.~ 1495 in Haresfield, Middlesex, England
- b.1551 d.08 Nov 1616
- b.~ 1534
- b.~ 1590 d.Oct 1616
- b.~ 1496 d.06 May 1548 in Byfleet
- b.1528 d.19 Oct 1592 in West Horsley, England
- b.~ 1505
- b.~ 1560
- b.29 Apr 1500 d.18 Nov 1563 in Kirkoswald
- b.1538 d.1608
- b.< 1508 d.1552
- b.~ 1608 d.31 May 1635 in Worcester House
- b.~ 1486 d.1568
- b.~ 1512 in Of, Stefton, Lancashire, England d.11 Jul 1567 in Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1488
- b.~ 1545 d.08 Feb 1623
- b.~ 1513 in Merstham, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1590
- b.~ 1495 in Ince, Lancashsire, England
- b.1534 d.1592
- b.~ 1498 in Holcroft, Lancastershire, England
- b.~ 1560
- b.~ 1540
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Henry and Mary were married in a religious ceremony on August 17th, 1657 in Clerkenwell, England. They had two sons named Charles and Arthur.
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Children
Charles Somerset
Charles was born in December 1660 in Saint Martins-in-the-Fields. He died at the age of 37 on July 13th, 1698.