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See also:SOMERSET, See also:LORD See also:ROBERT See also:EDWARD 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 (1776-1842) , See also:British soldier, was the third son of the 5th See also:duke of See also:Beaufort, and See also:elder See also:brother of Lord See also:Raglan. Joining the 15th See also:Light Dragoons in 1793, he became See also:captain in the following See also:year, and received a See also:majority after serving as aide-de-See also:camp to the duke of See also:York in the Dutch expedition of 1799. At the end of 'Soo he became a See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel, and in 18or received the command of the 4th Light Dragoons. From 1799 to 1802 he represented the See also:Monmouth boroughs in the See also:House of See also:Commons, and from
. 1803 to 1823 sat for See also:Gloucestershire. He commanded his See also:regiment at the battles of Talavera and Busaco, and in 18ro
received a colonelcy and the See also:appointment of A.D.C. to 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. In 1811, along with the 3rd See also:Dragoon See also:Guards, the 4th Light Dragoons fought a notable See also:cavalry See also:action at Usagre, and in 1812 Lord Edward Somerset was engaged in the See also:great See also:charge of Le Marchant's heavy cavalry at .See also:Salamanca. His conduct on this occasion (he captured five guns at the See also:head of a single See also:squadron) won him further promotion, and he made the remaining See also:campaigns as a See also:major-See also:general at the head of the See also:Hussar See also:brigade (7th, loth and 15th Hussars). At Orthes he won further distinction by his pursuit of the enemy; he was made K.C.B., and received the thanks of See also:parliament. At See also:Waterloo he was in command of the See also:Household Cavalry Brigade, which distinguished itself not less by its stern and patient endurance of the enemy's See also:fire than by its celebrated charge on the See also:cuirassiers of Milhaud's See also:corps. The brigadier was particularly mentioned in See also:Wellington's despatches, and received the thanks of parliament as well as the Maria See also:Theresa and other much-prized See also:foreign orders. He died a general and G.C.B. in 1842.
End of Article: SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
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