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Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset 1709–1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Sep 1709

Birth Location: Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales

Death Date: 28 Oct 1756

Death Location: Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Henry Somerset

Mother: Rachel Lady

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Beaufort

Children(s): Henry, Somerset, Henrietta Somerset, Rachel Somerset, Henry Somerset, Mary Somerset, Anne Somerset, Margaret Burr, Beaufort None, Anne Somerset, Elizabeth Somerset, Henry Noel

In 1709, Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset entered the world in Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales, born to Henry Somerset And Rachel Somerset Nee Moel Lady. Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset married Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Of Beaufort, and had children including Anne Somerset, Beaufort, Elizabeth Somerset, Henrietta Somerset, Henry 5Th Duke Of Beaufort Somerset, Henry Noel, Henry Somerset, Margaret Burr, Mary Isabella Somerset, Rachel Somerset. Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset passed away in 1756 in Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1709, Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset entered the world in Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales, born to Henry Somerset And Rachel Somerset Nee Moel Lady.
  • Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset married Elizabeth Berkeley Duchess Of Beaufort, and had children including Anne Somerset, Beaufort, Elizabeth Somerset, Henrietta Somerset, Henry 5Th Duke Of Beaufort Somerset, Henry Noel, Henry Somerset, Margaret Burr, Mary Isabella Somerset, Rachel Somerset.
  • Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset passed away in 1756 in Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Somerset
1684–1714
Birth Location: Beaufort, Monmouth, England
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Rachel Lady
1685–1709
Birth Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Beaufort
1718–1799
Birth Location: Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England
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Children(s)

Henry, Somerset
1744–1803
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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Henrietta Somerset
1748–1770
Birth Location: Badminton, Gloucestershire, , England
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Rachel Somerset
1746–1747
Birth Location: Badminton, Gloucestershire, , England
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Henry Somerset
1754–1787
Birth Location: –
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Mary Somerset
1756–1831
Birth Location: Badminton, Gloucestershire, , England
MS
Anne Somerset
1741–1760
Birth Location: Berkley, Gloucestershire, England
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Margaret Burr
1728–1798
Birth Location: she was an illegitimate daughter, and had an annuity of £200
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Beaufort None
1744–1803
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Anne Somerset
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Somerset
1741–1760
Birth Location: Berkley, Gloucestershire, , England
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Henry Noel
–1803
Birth Location: (Somerset)
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Charles Somerset's Ancestors

Self
Charles Somerset
1709–1756
Birth Place: Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
Parents
Henry Somerset
1684–1714
Beaufort, Monmouth, England
Rachel (Somerset, nee Moel) Lady
1685–1709
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, , England
Grandparents
Wriothesley (Baptist) Noel
1665–1690
Winchester, Hampshire, , England
Catherine Greville
1665–1704
Brooke, Wiltshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Charles Somerset's Descendants

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Charles (Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort,) Somerset (12 Sep 1709–28 Oct 1756) m. Elizabeth (Berkeley Duchess of) Beaufort (17 Jan 1718–8 Apr 1799)
  1. 1. Henry, (5th Duke of Beaufort,) Somerset 1744–1803 m. Elizabeth Boscawen 1747–1828
    1. 1. Robert (Edward Henry) Somerset 1776–1842 m. Louisa (Augusta Somerset, nee Courtenay) Hon. 1781–1823
      1. 1. Matilda (Elizabeth) Somerset 1815–1905
      2. 2. Edward (Arthur) Somerset 1817–1886
      3. 3. Louisa (Isabella) Somerset 1808–1888
      4. 4. Georgiana (Emily) Somerset 1819–1910
      5. 5. Frances (Caroline) Somerset 1809–1890 m. Theophilus Clive 1808–1875
        1. 1. Henry (Somerset) Clive 1841–1914
      6. 6. Augustus (Charles Stapleton) Somerset 1821–1854
      7. 7. Blanche Somerset 1811–1879
      8. 8. Robert (Henry) Somerset 1806–1807
    2. 2. Fitzroy (James Henry Somerset Field Marshall,) Lord 1788–1855
    3. 3. Norborne (Berkeley Henry) Somerset 1771–1838
    4. 4. Lord (Arthur John Henry) Somerset 1780–1816 m. Elizabeth (Somerset, nee) Unknown 1785–1872
      1. 1. Arthur (Edward) Somerset 1813–1853
      2. 2. George (Henry) Somerset 1809–1882
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Anne) Somerset 1811–1835
    5. 5. Lady (Harriett Isabella Elizabeth) Somerset 1775–1855 m. Henry (Hugh) Mitchell 1770–1817
      1. 1. Charlotte (Gertrude Elizabeth) Mitchell 1806–1876
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Augusta Harriett) Mitchell 1810–1883 m. Ernest (Augustus) Vaughan 1801–1873
        1. 1. Ernest (Augustus Malet Vaughan 5th Earl of) Lisburne 1836–1888
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Malet Jones*, nee) Vaughan 1840–1921 m. John (Inglis Jones , of Derry) Ormond 1829–1879
        3. 3. Edward (Courtenay) Vaughan 1841–1876
        4. 4. Gertrude (Dorothy Harriet Adelaide) Vaughan 1855–1869
        5. 5. Wilmot (Shafto) Vaughan 1839–1853
      3. 3. Margaret (Harriet Isabella) Mitchell 1806–1876
      4. 4. Hugh (Andrew Robert) Mitchell 1816–1857
      5. 5. Charles (William) Mitchell 1809–
      6. 6. Henry (Gordon John) Mitchell 1805–
    6. 6. William (George Henry Somerset Rev.,) Lord 1784–1851
    7. 7. John (Thomas Henry Somerset Col.) Lord 1787–1846
    8. 8. Charles (Henry Somerset - Gen) Lord 1766–1835 m. Hon. (Elizabeth Somerset, nee) Courtenay 1766–1815 m. The (Right Honourable Mary) Poulett 1788–1860 m. Isabella (Sarah) Somerset 1867– m. Sir (Henry Charles Fitzroy (6th Duke of Beaufort) Somerset, KG,) MP 1766–1835 m. Charlotte (Sophia) Leveson-Gower 1771–1854
      1. 1. Lt (Gen Sir Henry Plantagenet Somerset of Roehmapton) Lodge 1794–1862 m. Frances (Sarah Heathcote) Lady 1800–1886
        1. 1. Augusta (Rose Blanche) Somerset 1837–1893
        2. 2. Mary (Matilda) Somerset 1842–1913
        3. 3. Louisa (Leonora) Somerset 1824–1913
        4. 4. Colonel (Charles Henry) Somerset 1819–1863
        5. 5. Henry (George Edward) Somerset 1829–1920
        6. 6. Fitzroy (Maclean Henry) Somerset 1839–1907
        7. 7. Maria (Caroline Leeke, nee) Somerset 1835–1902 m. Henry (Edward Leeke*) Esq 1829–1885
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Frances Harriet) Somerset 1818–1869
        9. 9. Augusta Somerset 1833–1903
        10. 10. Leonora (Louisa Johnstone, nee) Somerset –1913
        11. 11. Henry (Plantagenet) Somerset 1826–1826
        12. 12. Plantagenet (Henry) Somerset 1831–1833
        13. 13. Caroline Somerset 1821–1841
      2. 2. Elizabeth Somerset 1790–1872
      3. 3. Charlotte (Augusta Cornewall, nee) Somerset 1799–1864 m. Herbert Cornewall 1794–1863
        1. 1. Herbert (Somerset Hamilton) Cornewall 1825–1902
        2. 2. Frederick (Talbot) Cornewall 1828–1893
        3. 3. Charlotte (Henrietta) Cornewall 1833–1909
        4. 4. Cecil Cornewall –1870
      4. 4. Villiers (Henry Plantagenet Somerset) -Rev 1802–1855
      5. 5. Charles (Henry) Somerset 1800–1835
      6. 6. Dukeof Reanfort 1824–1899 m. Duchess Beaufort 1825–1906
        1. 1. Blanche (Elizabeth Adelaide) Somerset 1856–1897
        2. 2. Henry (Edward Brudenell Somerset) Lord 1853–1897
        3. 3. Henry (Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset (Marquis of)) Worcester 1847–1924 m. Louise (Emily) Harford 1864–1945
        4. 4. Henry (Fitzroy Francis Somerset) Lord 1855–1881
        5. 5. Henry (Adelbert William Fitzroy) Somerset 1848–1924
        6. 6. Caroline Somerset 1843–
        7. 7. Mary Somerset 1845–1922
        8. 8. Raglan Somerset 1856–
        9. 9. Georgina (Hester Cornelia) Somerset 1848–
        10. 10. Margins (of Worcester Somerset Marquis of) Beaufort 1848–
        11. 11. Henry (Richard Charles) Somerset 1849–1932
        12. 12. Henry (Arthur George) Somerset 1851–1926
        13. 13. Henry (Edward Brudenell) Somerset 1853–1897
        14. 14. Blanche (Elizabeth Adelaide) Somerset 1856–1897
        15. 15. Henry (Fitzroy Francis) Somerset 1855–1881
        16. 16. Mary Somerset 1845–1879
        17. 17. Caroline Somerset 1843–
        18. 18. Lady (Blanche) Somerset 1857–1897
        19. 19. Henry (Richard Charles Somerset) Lord 1849–1932
        20. 20. Blanche Somerset 1847–
        21. 21. Georgiana (H C) Somerset 1849–
        22. 22. Caroline (E A) Somerset 1843–
      7. 7. Augusta (Anne) Somerset 1826–1881
      8. 8. Mary (Georgiana Glover, nee) Somerset 1793–1856 m. Stirling (Freeman) Glover 1796–1866
        1. 1. Sterling (Freeman) Glover* 1857–1923
      9. 9. Charlotte (Augusta) Somerset 1799–1864
      10. 10. Villiers (Henry Plantagenet Somerset) -Rev 1803–1855
      11. 11. Isabella (Frances Anne) Somerset 1808–1831
      12. 12. Sir (Henry Somerset) -Col 1794–1862
      13. 13. Henry (Charles Fitzroy Somerset (Marq of) Worcester) 1824–1899
      14. 14. Charles (Henry) Somerset 1800–1835
      15. 15. Elizabeth Somerset 1790–1827
    9. 9. Anne (Elizabeth Somerset) Lady 1778–1803
    10. 10. Henry (Charles Fitzroy Somerset Sir. 6th) Duke 1766–1835
    11. 11. Edward Somerset 1768–1769
    12. 12. Lady (Georgiana) Somerset –1856
    13. 13. Elizabeth (Susan Somerset) Lady 1770–1836
    14. 14. Sir (Charles Henry Somerset,) PC 1767–1831
    15. 15. Frances (Elizabeth) Somerset 1774–1876
    16. 16. Charles (E) Somerset 1864–
    17. 17. Edward (Henry Somerset) Lord 1776–1842
  2. 2. Henrietta Somerset 1748–1770
  3. 3. Rachel Somerset 1746–1747
  4. 4. Henry Somerset 1754–1787
  5. 5. Mary (Isabella) Somerset 1756–1831
  6. 6. Anne Somerset 1741–1760
  7. 7. Margaret Burr 1728–1798
  8. 8. Beaufort 1744–1803
  9. 9. Anne Somerset
  10. 10. Elizabeth Somerset 1741–1760
  11. 11. Henry Noel –1803

Charles Somerset's Timeline

2 Records

1709
12 Sep 1709
Birth of Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset in Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
1756
28 Oct 1756
Age 47
Death of Charles Noel, 4th Duke Beaufort, Somerset in Monmouthshire, Wales
Monmouthshire, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1709
    Event Place: Caldicot Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Middlesex
    Record Source: London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1756
    Event Place: Monmouthshire, Wales
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Badminton, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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