Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
(1792-1853), SportsmanEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 13 portraits
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, was renowned for his amorous escapades, his leadership of the Badminton and Windsor hunts and as a member of the 'Four-in-Hand Club'. The club was a group of young men who bribed coachmen to give them the reins to their vehicles then drove them at breakneck speeds along the poor British roads. Somerset joined the 10th Hussars and was Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington in the 1812-14 Peninsular War in Spain. He married Wellington's niece Georgiana Fitzroy and became infamous after her death for eloping with her half sister, Emily Smith. At the time such a marriage was considered to be against the Bible's teachings.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1838
NPG 4026(5)
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
by Henry Alken
oil on canvas, 1845
NPG 2806
'A view taken in Hyde Park' (Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort)
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
NPG D31578
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort ('A view taken in Hyde Park')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
NPG D13384
'A view taken in Hyde Park' (Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort)
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
NPG D13494
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort ('A view taken in Hyde Park')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1817
NPG D13495
by, published by and after Anker Smith, by Thomas Heaphy, published by Rudolph Ackermann
line and stipple engraving, published 8 August 1822
NPG D42614
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
by Richard Dighton, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1825
NPG D13643
Vacation Amusements. (No.1.) Pheasant Shooting!
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 September 1840
NPG D41585
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (19 June 1840)
NPG D45967
Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (19 June 1840)
NPG D46245
after Thomas Heaphy
tracing, before 1960
NPG D42615
Related People
- Emily Frances (née Smith), Duchess of Beaufort (wife)
- Edith Frances Wilhelmina (née Somerset), Countess of Londesborough (daughter)
- Lady Henrietta Louisa Priscilla Morant (née Somerset) (daughter)
- Katherine Emily Mary (née Somerset), Lady Ormathwaite (daughter)
- Lady Geraldine Harriett Anne Somerset (daughter)
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