Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
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His Grace The Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL |
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| Master of the Horse | |
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In office 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Wellington |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Ailesbury |
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In office June 1866 – 1 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Ailesbury |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Ailesbury |
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| Born | 1 February 1824 |
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30 April 1899 (aged 75) Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Georgiana Curzon (1825–1906) |
Captain Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort KG, PC, DL (1 February 1824 – 30 April 1899), styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1835 and Marquess of Worcester from 1835 to 1853, was a British peer, soldier and Conservative Party politician. He served as Master of the Horse between 1858 and 1859 and again between 1866 and 1868.
Born at Paris, he was the only son of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort by his second wife Emily Frances, daughter of Charles Culling Smith and his wife Lady Anne Wellesley. He was educated at Eton College.
Beaufort was commissioned a Cornet and Sublieutenant in the 1st Life Guards on 17 August 1841. From 1842 to 1852, he was an aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (Beaufort's father had also been Wellington's aide-de-camp during the Peninsular War). He was promoted lieutenant on 7 July 1843. On 13 August 1847, he purchased a captaincy in the 7th Hussars.
On 15 June 1852, Beaufort was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and after the death of Wellington in September, he continued to serve as aide-de-camp to the new Commander-in-Chief, Viscount Hardinge, until the latter's death in 1856.
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