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Somerset 1: Somerset of Beaufort, Somerset of Worcester
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester b c1460, d 15.04.1526
m1 02.06.1472 Elizabeth Herbert d 1514, dau of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon
1. Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester d 26.11.1549
m1 1520 Margaret Courtenay dsp, dau of William Courtenay, Earl of Devon
m2 Elizabeth Browne dau of Sir Anthony Browne
A. William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester d 21.02.1588-9
m1 1550 Christian North dau of Edward North, 1st Lord of Kirtling
i. Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester d 03.03.1627-8
m Elizabeth Hastings d 28.08.1621, dau of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
a. Sir William Somerset b 1575/6, dvp before 21.01.1597/8
b. Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester b 1576/7, d 18.12.1646
m 16/9.06.1600 Anne Russell d 01.04.1639, dau of John Russell, Lord Russell
1 Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, 'Earl of Glamorgan' d 03.04.1667
m1 1628 Elizabeth Dormer d 31.05.1635, dau of Sir William Dormer
A Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort b 1629, d 21.01.1699
m 17.08.1657 Mary Capel d 07.01.1715-6, dau of Arthur Capel, Lord
i Henry Somerset d young
ii Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester / Somerset b 12.1660, dvp 13.07.1698
m 05.06.1682 Rebecca Child d 17.07.1712, dau of Sir Josiah Child of Wanstead
a Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort b 02.04.1684, d 24.05.1714
m1 07.07.1702, sps Mary Sackville d 18.06.1705, dau of Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset
m2 26.02.1706 Rachel Noel d 13.09.1709, dau of Baptist Noel, Earl of Gainsborough
1 Henry Somerset, later Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort b 26.03.1707, dsp 24.012.1745-6
m 28.6.1729, div 1743-4 Frances Scudamore dau of Sir James Scudamore of Holme Lacy, 3rd Viscount of Sligo
2 Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort b 12.09.1709, d 28.10.1756
m 01.05.1740 Elizabeth Berkeley d 08.04.1799, dau of John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford
A Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort b 16.10.1744, d 11.10.1803
m 02.01.1766 Elizabeth Boscawen d 15.06.1828, dau of Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen of Falmouth family
i Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort b 22.12.1766, d 23.11.1835 had issue
m 16.05.1791 Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower d 12.08.1854, dau of Granville, 1st Marquess of Stafford
ii Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of Cape of Good Hope b 12.12.1767, d 20.02.1831 had issue
m1 06.1788 Elizabeth Courtenay b 02.09.1766, d 1815, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay
m2 09.08.1821 Mary Poulett b 24.02.1788, d 11.06.1860, dau of John, 4th Earl Poulett
iii Norbert Berkeley Henry Somerset b 04.05.1771, d 01.12.1838
iv Robert Edward Henry Somerset b 19.12.1776, d 01.09.1842, General had issue
m 17.10.1805 Louisa Augusta Courtenay b 25.12.1781, d 09.02.1823, dau of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay
v Arthur John Henry Somerset b 12.02.1780, d 18.04.1816 had issue
m 23.06.1808 Elizabeth Boscawen d 02/3.03.1872, dau of George Evelyn Boscawen, 2rd Viscount Falmouth
vi William George Henry Somerset b 02.09.1784, d 14.01.1851 had issue
m1 29.06.1813 Elizabeth Molyneux d 1843, dau of Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Bart
m2 1844, sp Frances Westby Brady d 31.08.1854, dau of Henry Brady
vii John Thomas Henry Somerset b30.08.1787, d 03.10.1846, Colonel had issue
m 04.12.1814 Catharine Annesley d 25.06.1865, dau of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris
viii Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, Field Marshal b 30.09.1788, d Crimea 28.06.1855 had issue
m 06.08.1814 Emily Harriet Pole-Wellesley d 06.03.1881, dau of William Pole-Wellesley, 3rd Earl of Mornington
ix Elizabeth Somerset d 05.05.1836
m 27.06.1796 Charles Talbot, Dean of Sarum d 28.02.1823
x Frances Elizabeth Somerset d 27.05.1841
xi Harriet Isabella Somerset d 01.06.1855
m 1804 Henry Hugh Mitchell Colonel
B Anne Somerset
m 13.09.1759 Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton d 18.10.1763
C Elizabeth Somerset d unm
D Rachel Somerset d infant
E Henrietta Somerset dsp 24.07.1770
m 06.04.1769 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Bart d 29.07.1789
F Mary Isabella Somerset d 02.09.1831
m 26.12.1775 Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland b 15.03.1754, d 24.10.1787
m3. 14.09.1711 Mary Osborne d 04.02.1722, dau of Peregrine Osborne, Duke of Leeds
b Charles Somerset b 1689, d 1709/10 brought to our attention by a site visitor AG, 31.01.08
c Henrietta Somerset b 1690, d 09.08.1726
m 30.04.1713 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton b 25.10.1683, 06.05.1757
iii Arthur Somerset
m Mary Russell dau of Sir William Russell, Bart
a Mary Somerset
m Algernon Greville a 1704, MP
b Elizabeth Somerset
c Anne Somerset
m Uvedale Price d 1764
iv Mary Somerset d 1733
m 03.08.1685 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde b 29.04.1665, d 16.11.1745, CIC
v Anne Somerset b 1673, d 17.02.1763
m 04.05.1691 Thomas Coventry, 2nd Earl of Coventry b 1662, d 08.1710
vi Henrietta Somerset d 1715
m1 1686 Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibracken
m2 04.1705, sp Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk b 1670, d 19.09.1718
vii daughter
B Anne Somerset d1662
m 1652 Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk b 12.07.1628, d 11.01.1683-4
C Elizabeth Somerset d 1691
m 1654 William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis d 02.06.1696
m2 1639 Margaret O'Brien d 26.07.1681, dau of Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Desmond
2 Sir John Somerset 2nd son
m Mary Arundell dau of Thomas Arundell, 1st Lord of Wardour
A+ 2 sons
possibly one of these sons otherwise a son of another of Sir John's brothers was ...
A Henry Somerset of Pauntley Court
m Anne Aston dau of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord of Forfar
3 Elizabeth Somerset "youngest dau."
m Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu d 02.11.1682
c. Thomas Somerset, Viscount Somerset of Cashel dsps 1649/50
m 1631 Helena Barry dau of David Barry of Barry Court, 5th Viscount Barrymore
d. Catherine Somerset
m 08.11.1596 William Petre, 2nd Lord of Writtle b 24.06.1575, d 05.05.1637
e. Blanche Somerset b c1584, d 27/8.10.1649
m 1607 Thomas Arundell, 2nd Lord of Wardour b c1586, d 19.05.1643
f. Elizabeth Somerset
m Sir Henry Guildford
g. Sir Charles Somerset of Troy
m Elizabeth Powel dau of Sir William Powel of Llanpylt
1 Elizabeth Somerset
m Ratcliffe Gerard of Halsall
2 Elizabeth ! Somerset
m Sir Francis Anderton, 1st Bart of Lostock d 09.02.1678
3 Frances Somerset
m before 1662 Sir Henry Browne, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Bart of Kiddington b c1639, d c1689
h. Frances Somerset probably of this generation
m William Morgan of Llantarnam
i. Anne Somerset probably of this generation
m 11.08.1595 Sir Edward Winter
m2 Theophila Newton dau of Sir John Newton
B. Thomas Somerset had issue
C. Charles Somerset had issue
D. Francis Somerset d 1547
E. Eleanor Somerset
m1 Roger Vaughan
m2 Henry Johns
F. Lucy Somerset b c1523, d 22.02.1582
m John Nevill, 4th Lord Latymer d 22.04.1577
G. Anne Somerset d 1591
m 1558 Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland b 1528, d 22.08.1572
H. Joan Somerset d 16.10.1597
m Sir Edward Mansel d 05.08.1595
2. Elizabeth Somerset d 1545
TCP Worcester reports that there were was only 1 son by the 1st marriage and 3 children by the 2nd marriage. TCP Grey of Wilton confirms that Mary was by the 2nd marriage. GenEU identifies 5 children in total. A site visitor GAT, 22.05.06 kindly confirmed that Elizabeth was of this marriage.
m1 Sir John Savage of Clifton d 27.07.1528
m2 1530 William Brereton d 1536
m2 Elizabeth West dau of Thomas West, Lord de la Warr
3. Charles Somerset
4. George Somerset had issue
m Mary Bowlays
5. Mary Somerset
m1 Sir William Grey, 13th Lord of Wilton d 1562
m2 Robert Carr of Aswarby dsp 1606
m3 sp Eleanor Sutton dau of Sir Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley

Main sources: BP1934 Beaufort, GenEU Anjou4
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