Biography of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899

On 25 Jul 1814 [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 22) and [his aunt] Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (age 21) were married at Upper Brook Street. Following her death in 1821 he would marry her younger half-sister (age 14). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 47) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 43). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 29 Jun 1822 [his father] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 30) and [his mother]  (age 22) were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was [his grandmother] Anne Wellesley (age 54) sister of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 53). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 55) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 51).

On 03 Jul 1845 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 21) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 48) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 53) and (age 45). They were fourth cousins.

In 1856 Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote (age 25) and [his sister-in-law] Emily Mary Curzon Howe (age 20) were married. They had two sons and two daughters. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 59) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. They were fourth cousins.

On 06 Feb 1872 [his son] Henry Richard Charles Fitzroy (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers 1819-1883 (age 52). He the son of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 48) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 47).

On 21 Jul 1874 [his son-in-law] John Beresford 5th Marquess Waterford 1844-1895 (age 30) and [his daughter] Blanche Elizabeth Adelaide Somerset were married. She the daughter of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 50) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 49). He the son of John Beresford 4th Marquess Waterford 1814-1866.

On 19 Oct 1886 [his brother-in-law] Montagu Curzon (age 40) and Esmé Fitzroy (age 27) were married. He the son of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe and Anne Gore Countess Howe -1877. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 09 Oct 1895 [his son] Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort 1847-1924 (age 48) and [his daughter-in-law]  (age 31) were married. He the son of Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 71) and Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 70).