Charlotte Sophia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Charlotte Sophia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
- Charlotte Sophia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (11 January 1771 – 12 August 1854), formerly Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower, was the wife of Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort. She was the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, and his wife, the former Lady Susanna Stewart.She married the future duke, then Marquess of Worcester, on 16 May 1791 at Lambeth Church, London.
- They had four sons and eight daughters: Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792–1853) Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset (1792–1848), who married Hon.
- Emily Smith and had children Lord William George Henry Somerset (1793-1794) Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset (1795–1865), who married Frederick Gough, 4th Baron Calthorpe, and had children. Lady Elizabeth Susan Somerset (1798-1876), who married twice (first, Captain Lord Edward O'Brien; second, Maj-Gen.
- James Orde), and had children. Lady Georgiana Augusta Somerset (1800-1865), who married Granville Dudley Ryder and had children. Lord Edward Henry Somerset (1802-1803) Lady Susan Carolina Somerset (1804-1886), who married George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, and had no children Lady Louisa Elizabeth Somerset (1806-1892), who married George Finch, and had children Lady Isabella Somerset (1808-1831), who married Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote and had children Lady Harriett Blanche Somerset (1811-1885), who married Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, and had children Lady Mary Octavia Somerset (1814-1906), who married Sir Walter Farquhar, 3rd Baronet, and had children.In 1803, her husband succeeded his father as Duke of Beaufort, and she rose from marchioness to duchess.
- Her portrait was painted by Sir Francis Grant.
- The duke died in 1835 and was buried in St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
- The dowager duchess died in 1854, aged 83, at Westbrook Hay, Hertfordshire.
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