Duke of Beaufort

The title of Duke of Beaufort in the Peerage of England was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.

Table of contents

1 Earls of Worcester (1514) 2 Marquesses of Worcester (1643) 3 Dukes of Beaufort (1682)

Earls of Worcester (1514)

• Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (c. 1450-1526)
• Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (became Marquess of Worcester in 1643) (c. 1495-1548)

Marquesses of Worcester (1643)

• Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester (c. 1495-1548)
• Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601-1667)
• Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester (became Duke of Beaufort in 1682) (1629-1700)

Dukes of Beaufort (1682)

• Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort (1629-1700)
• Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714)
• Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (1707-1745)
• Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709-1756)
• Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803)
• Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766-1835)
• Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792-1853)
• Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-1899)
• Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847-1924)
• Henry Hugh Arthur Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900-1984)
• David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort (1928-)