Somerset (disambiguation)

Somerset is a county in England.

Somerset may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Somerset College (Australia), a private, non-denominational Christian school located in Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Australia
• Somerset Region, local government area in South East Queensland
• Lake Somerset, in Queensland
• Somerset, Queensland
• Somerset, Tasmania

Bermuda

• Somerset Island, Bermuda
• Somerset Village, Bermuda

Canada

• Somerset, Calgary, a neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Somerset, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Somerset, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
• Somerset, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in south-central Manitoba, Canada
  • Somerset Aerodrome, located southwest of Somerset, Manitoba, Canada
• Somerset Island (Nunavut), a large, uninhabited island
• Somerset Ward, a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada

Singapore

• Somerset MRT station, an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore

South Africa

• Somerset East, a town in the Eastern Cape
• Somerset West, a town in the Western Cape
• Somerset, Mpumalanga, a rural settlement also known by its local name Mahlobyanini
• Somerset Hospital (Cape Town), in the Green Point area of Cape Town, South Africa opened in 1864

United States of America

• Somerset, El Dorado County, California
• Somerset, Siskiyou County, California
• Somerset, Colorado
• Somerset, Illinois
• Somerset, Indiana
• Somerset, Kentucky
• Somerset County, Maine
• Somerset, Maryland
• Somerset County, Maryland
• Somerset, Massachusetts
• Somerset Township, Michigan
• Somerset Collection, a mall in Troy, Michigan
• Somerset Township, Minnesota
• Somerset, Nebraska
• Somerset, Mercer County, New Jersey
• Somerset, New Jersey, in Somerset County
  • Somerset Airport (New Jersey), a public-use airport in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
• Somerset County, New Jersey
• Somerset, New York
• Somerset, Ohio
• Somerset, Pennsylvania
• Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Somerset Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Somerset (SEPTA station), a rapid-transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Somerset, Texas
• Somerset, Vermont
• Somerset, Virginia
• Somerset (Powhatan, Virginia), a place on the NRHP in Powhatan County, Virginia
• Somerset, Washington
• Somerset (town), Wisconsin
• Somerset, Wisconsin, a village

Ships

• SAS Somerset, a 1941 ship of the South African Navy
• HMS Somerset (1698), a three-decker 80-gun third rate ship
• HMS Somerset (1731), an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• HMS Somerset (1748), a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• HMS Somerset (F82), launched in 1994
• USS Somerset (1862), a side wheel ferryboat
• USS Somerset (AK-212), an Alamosa-class cargo ship launched in January 1945
• USS Somerset (LPD-25), a 2012 San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
• USS Somerset (1917), a wooden motorboat of the United States Navy

Other uses

• Somerset, is an archaic spelling of somersault, an acrobatic feat
• Somerset (TV series), a 1970s spinoff of Another World
• Somerset (In Death), a character in the In Death series
• Samoset (1590–1653), or Somerset, Native American subordinate chief
• Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
• Somerset (European Parliament constituency)
• Somerset County Council, the county council of Somerset in the South West of England
• Somerset Space Walk, a 1997 trail model of the Solar System, located in Somerset, England
• Somerset cannon, type of naval cannon used in the 19th century
• Somerset House, 18th century neoclassical building in London
• Somerset Patriots, Atlantic League baseball team in Bridgewater, New Jersey
• Buick Somerset, automobile produced by General Motors from 1985 to 1987
• Somerset Books, UK family-owned publisher of the Blue Guides series of travel books
• Somerset Trust Company, American financial company

People with the surname

• Anne Somerset (historian) (born 1955), English historian and writer
• Anne Somerset, Countess of Northumberland (1538–1596), English noblewoman
• Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1497–1587), wife of Lord Protector Somerset
• Lord Arthur Somerset (1780–1816), MP for Monmouthshire
• Lord Arthur Somerset (1851–1926), British aristocrat
• Arthur Somerset (cricketer) (1855–1937), English first class cricketer.
• Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (1460–1526), 1st Earl of Worcester and husband of Elizabeth Browne
• Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester (1660–1698), eldest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
• Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709–1756), younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
• Lord Charles Somerset (1767–1831), General and governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826
• Lord Edward Somerset (1776–1842), British soldier, son of the 5th duke of Beaufort
• Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601?–1667), styled Lord Herbert of Ragland, English nobleman, son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester
• Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (bef. died 1628), English aristocrat, adviser to James I, serving as Lord Privy Seal
• FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
• Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847–1924), between 1853 and 1899, was a British peer
• James Somersett, slave who was party to the Somersett's Case of 1772, which abolished slavery in England

People with the given name

• W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English author
• Somerset Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham (1803–1884), MP for Cavan
• Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham (1849–1900), Irish Representative peer
• Somerset Arthur Maxwell (1905–1942), MP for King's Lynn

See also

• Somersault, an acrobatic feat
• Somerset Hospital (disambiguation)
• Somerset Mall (disambiguation)
• Duchess of Somerset (disambiguation)
• Duke of Somerset, a title in the English peerage
• Lord Somerset (disambiguation)