Lord William Somerset Explained

Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset (2 September 1784 – 14 January 1851) was an Anglican cleric and aristocrat who was rector of the Woolaston Parish in the 1800s. He lived in an adjacent manor house now called The Old Rectory.^[1]

Lord William was the seventh of nine sons of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of the Hon. Edward Boscawen. He also had four sisters.^[2]

He is buried in the St Andrews Church cemetery.

Family

He married Elizabeth Molyneux (d. 1843), daughter of Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet on 29 June 1813. They had five children:

• Col. Henry Charles Capel (20 Jun 1816-17 Jan 1905), married Alice Elizabeth O'Connell, daughter of Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell and granddaughter of Vice Adm. William Bligh. They had seven children.
• Rev. William (3 Oct 1822-29 May 1902), who married Georgiana Amelia Darling and together had four sons.
• FitzRoy Molyneux Henry (29 Dec 1823-22 Feb 1901), married firstly Jemima Drummond Nairne, and secondly Emily Biedermann. With the former they had at least two sons.
• John Plantagenet Edward Henry (1826-1838)
• Rev. Boscawen Thomas George Henry (2 Jun 1833-13 Jun 1893), who married Sophia Vernon Powys, daughter of Horatio Powys, Bishop of Sodor and Man. They had two sons.

Notes and References

1. Book: Poole . Edwin . The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. 1886 . 226 . 13 July 2018 . en.
2. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage . 1885 . Burke's Peerage Limited . 105–106 . 13 July 2018 . en.