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Lord Edward Somerset

Lord Edward Somerset
Member of Parliament
for Monmouth, Gloucestershire and Cirencester
In office
1801–1831
Personal details
Born19 December 1776 (1776-12-19)
Badminton House, Gloucestershire
Died1 September 1842 (1842-10) (aged 65)
London, England
NationalityBritish
SpouseLady Louisa Augusta Courtenay
Children8, including Edward
Parent(s)Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Elizabeth Boscawen
Occupationsoldier

General Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset GCB (19 December 1776 – 1 September 1842) was a British Army commander who fought during the Peninsular War and the War of the Seventh Coalition. He sat in Parliament from 1801–31


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