Person Somerset; Charles (1660 - 1698); Marquess of Worcester; nobleman and politician Somerset Charles nobleman and politician 1660 - 1698 British Male December 1660 Wales 13 July 1698 16980713 Baptism: St Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, England, Europe (December 1660) Burial: Raglan, Wales, Europe

Troy, Monmouthshire; Badminton, Gloucestershire

Education: Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1677; MA 1682) Career: Left for continent on 6 May 1673, and kept a diary of his travels; Commissioner for Assessment for Brecon (1677-1679), and Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Monmouth and Brecon (1689-1690); travelled to the Netherlands (1681); Colonel of Militia, Bristol (1682-1685); Member of the Council in the Marches of Wales (1682-1689); Custos Rotulorum for Radnorshire (1682-1689); Deputy Lieutenant of Monmouthshire (1683-1687), for Wiltshire (1683-1688), and for Gloucestershire (1685-1687); Member of the Committee of the HEIC (1683-1691); Colonel of a regiment of foot (1685-1687); MP for Monmouthshire (1685-1687, 1689-1695); died in a coach accident Honours: Styled as Lord Herbert of Raglan from 1667 to 1682, then Marquess of Worcester. Parents: Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, and Mary Capel; predeceased his father Married: Rebecca Child Children: Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort; Lady Henrietta Somerset Additional relatives: uncle-by-marriage Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (FRS 1684); cousin Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (FRS 1672) After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Somerset started associating with Jacobite loyalists although there is some uncertaintiy about his exact political and religious affiliations. He was not particularly active in the Royal Society's work. He was a committee member of the Honorable East India Company (HEIC), an English and later British company formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region. The company ended up seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent (and briefly Afghanistan) and colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. In 1689, he held £1,000 of company stock. Fellow 04/06/1673 John Hoskyns Youngest Fellow ever elected by the Royal Society (aged 12); Proposed as a candidate on 7 May 1673 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; GEC; Hunter; Foster; Henning Notes: Diary of his travels from 1673 in archives of Duke of Beaufort [Dr Anne Benson transcribing] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Dec 1660 - 13 Jul 1698 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 29/07/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5755 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ac4cf310-f718-4bce-bf78-2aef914871ac