Name Elizabeth Duchess | Died April 9, 1799 | |
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Spouse Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (m. 1740) Children Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Grandchildren FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan Great grandchildren Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort Similar People Lord Charles Somerset, Lord Edward Somerset, FitzRoy Somerset - 1st Baron | ||
Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (née Berkeley; c. 1713 – 9 April 1799) was born in Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire to John Symes Berkeley and Elizabeth Norborne. Her younger brother was Norborne, Lord Botetourt.
On 1 May 1740 she married Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his second wife Rachel Noel. They had six children:
- Lady Anne Somerset (11 March 1741 – 18 May 1763, aged 22), married Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton on 13 September 1759 and had issue
- Lady Elizabeth Somerset (12 March 1742 – 7 May 1760, aged 18)
- Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803, aged 58)
- Lady Rachel Somerset (August 1746 – May 1747) (died an infant)
- Lady Henrietta Somerset (26 April 1748 – 24 July 1770, aged 22), married Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet on 6 April 1769, no issue.
- Lady Mary Isabella Somerset (1 August 1756 – 2 September 1831, aged 75), married Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland on 26 December 1775 and had issue
A stone obelisk to the memory of her daughter Elizabeth is located in Stoke Park, Bristol. It is engraved with the Latin inscription:
ELIZABETHA SOMERSET
CAROLI DUCIS BEAUFORT FILIA SECUNDA HIC OBIIT VII
MAII MDCCLX
RESTITUTUM ANNO MMIV
This translates as 'Elizabeth Somerset, second daughter of Charles Duke of Beaufort, died here 7 May 1760. Restored in the year 2004'.