Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset

For other people named Arthur Somerset, see Arthur Somerset (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable Arthur Somerset MP
In office 1805–1816
Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire
Personal details
Born	alma_mater 12 February 1780
Died	18 April 1816 (1816-04-19) (aged 36)
Resting place	alma_mater
Nationality	British
Spouse	Elizabeth Boscawen
Children	George Somerset Arthur Edward Somerset Elizabeth Anne Somerset
Parent	alma_mater
Occupation	soldier

Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset (12 February 1780 – 18 April 1816), English politician, was the sixth son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort.

He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, taking a BA in 1799 and an MA in 1803. He was commissioned a major in the Monmouthshire and Breconshire militia that year. Somerset was commissioned a lieutenant in the 7th Foot on 19 May 1804.

He was defeated at Gloucester in August 1805, but in November, was returned as Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Monmouthshire and Breconshire in December. On 26 June 1806, he was made a captain in the 4th West India Regiment and on 2 October exchanged into the 91st Foot.

Lord Arthur married his first cousin, Hon. Elizabeth Boscawen (bef. 1793 – 2 March 1872), daughter of George Boscawen, 3rd Viscount Falmouth, on 23 June 1808. They had three children:

• Rev. George Somerset (30 March 1809 – 12 October 1882), married Philida Elizabeth Call, daughter of Sir William Call, 2nd Baronet on 9 September 1835 and had issue.
• Elizabeth Anne Somerset (2 August 1810 – 12 April 1835)
• Arthur Edward Somerset (28 August 1813 – 9 September 1853), married his first cousin, Hon. Frances Boscawen, daughter of Rev. Hon. John Evelyn Boscawen, and had issue.

Somerset exchanged into the 19th Light Dragoons on 12 September 1811, serving until his death in Lisbon in 1816.

Ancestry

Family of Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset

Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort Rebecca Child Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort Wriothesley Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough Rachel Noel Catherine Greville Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Richard Berkeley John Symes Berkeley Elizabeth Symes Elizabeth Berkeley Walter Norborne Elizabeth Norborne Frances Bacon Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset Edward Boscawen (MP) Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth Jael Godolphin Admiral Rt. Hon. Edward Boscawen Col. Charles Godfrey Charlotte Godfrey Arabella Churchill Elizabeth Boscawen George Evelyn, MP for Bletchingley William Evelyn Glanville, High Sheriff of Kent Frances Broomhall Frances Evelyn Glanville William Glanville, Barrister of Middle Temple Frances Glanville Frances Hales