Lord William Somerset

Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset (2 September 1784 – 14 January 1851) was the 5th Duke of Beaufort's fourth son and the Rector of the Woolaston Parish in the 1800s. He lived in an adjacent manor house now called The Old Rectory.[1]

He was born to Henry Somerset the 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of the Hon. Edward Boscawen. He was the fourth out of nine sons, and had four sisters.[2]

He is buried in the St Andrews Church cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Poole, Edwin (1886). The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. p. 226. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 105-106. Retrieved 13 July 2018.


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