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See also:CHARLES See also:SEYMOUR , 6th See also:duke of See also:Somerset (1662—1748), succeeded his See also:brother See also:Francis, the 5th duke, when the latter was shot in 1678 at the See also:age of twenty, by a Genoese See also:gentleman named Horatio Botti, whose wife Somerset was said to have insulted at See also:Lerici. Charles, who thus inherited the See also:barony of Seymour of See also:Trowbridge along with the dukedom of Somerset, was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge; and in 1682 he married a See also:great heiress, See also:Elizabeth, daughter of Joceline See also:Percy, See also:earl of See also:Northumberland, who brought him immense estates, including See also:Alnwick See also:Castle, Petworth, Syon See also:House and Northumberland House in See also:London. (See NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND See also:DUKES OF.) In 1683 Somerset received an See also:appointment in the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:household, and two years later a colonelcy of dragoons; but at the revolution he See also:bore arms for the See also:prince of See also:Orange. Having befriended Princess See also:Anne in 1692, he became a great favourite with her after her See also:accession to the See also:throne, receiving the See also:post of See also:master of the See also:horse in 1702. Finding him-self neglected by See also:Marlborough, he made See also:friends with the Tories, and succeeded in retaining the See also:queen's confidence, while his wife replaced the duchess of Marlborough as See also:mistress of the See also:robes in 1711. In the memorable crisis when Anne was at the point.of See also:death, Somerset acted with See also:Argyll, See also:Shrewsbury and other Whig nobles who, by insisting on their right to be See also:present in the privy See also:council, secured the Hanoverian See also:succession to the See also:Crown. He retained the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of master of the horse under See also:George I. till 1716, when he was dismissed and retired into private See also:life; he died at Petworth on the 2nd of See also:December 1748. The duke's first wife having died in 1722, he married secondly, in 1726, See also:Charlotte, daughter of the 2nd earl of See also:Nottingham. He was a remarkably handsome See also:man, and inordinately fond of taking a
II
See also:Richard of See also:York, whom in 1446 he superseded as See also:lieutenant of See also:France. He lacked statesmanship, and as a See also:general could do nothing to stop See also:French successes. The loss of See also:Rouen and See also:Normandy during the next four years was precipitated by his incompetence, and his failure naturally made him a See also:special See also:object of Yorkist censure. The fall of See also:Suffolk See also:left Somerset the See also:chief of the king's ministers, and the See also:Commons in vain petitioned for his removal in See also:January 1451. In spite of York's active hostility he maintained his position till See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry's illness brought his See also:rival the See also:protectorate in See also:March 1454. For a See also:year he was kept a prisoner in the See also:Tower " without any lawful See also:process." On the king's recovery he was honourably discharged, and restored to his office as See also:captain of See also:Calais. Mistrust of Somerset was York's excuse for taking up arms. The rivalry of the two leaders was ended by the defeat of the Lancastrians and death of Somerset at St Albans on the 22nd of May 1455. Though loyal to his See also:family, Somerset was without capacity as a See also:leader. It was a misfortune for Henry VI. that circumstances should have made so weak a man his chief See also:minister. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Basin, the French chronicler, describes Somerset as a handsome, courteous and kindly man. By his wife, Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress of Richard See also:Beauchamp, earl of See also:Warwick, he had two sons, Henry and See also:Edmund, who were executed by See also:Edward IV. after the battles of See also:Hexham and See also:Tewkesbury.
For further See also:information see See also:Sir See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Ramsay's See also:Lancaster and York (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1892), and C. See also:Oman's See also:Political See also:History o See also:England, 1377–2485 (1906), with authorities there cited. (C. L. K.)
conspicuous See also:part in See also:court ceremonial; his vanity, which earned him the See also:sobriquet of " the proud duke," was a byword among his contemporaries and was the subject of numerous anecdotes; See also:Macaulay's description of him as " a man in whom the See also:pride of See also:birth and See also:rank amounted almost to a disease," is well known. His son Algernon (1684–1750), by his first wife Elizabeth Percy, was called to the House of Lords as See also:Baron Percy in 1722; and after succeeding his See also:father as 7th duke of Somerset in 1748, was, on See also:account of his maternal descent, created Baron See also:Warkworth and earl of Northumberland in 1749, with See also:remainder to Sir See also:Hugh See also:Smithson, See also:husband of his daughter Elizabeth; and also Baron See also:Cockermouth and earl of See also:Egremont, with remainder to the See also:children of his See also:sister, See also:Lady See also:Catherine See also:Wyndham. At his death without male issue in See also:February 1750 these titles therefore passed to different families in accordance with the remainders in the See also:patents of their creation; the earldom of See also:Hertford, the barony of Beauchamp, and the barony of Seymour of Trowbridge became See also:extinct; and the dukedom of Somerset, together with the barony of Seymour, devolved on a distant See also:cousin, Sir Edward Seymour, 6th See also:baronet of See also:Berry See also:Pomeroy, See also:Devonshire.
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