Badminton, Gloucestershire, Welsh March, England, British Isles

Badminton, Gloucestershire is in Gloucestershire.

On 21st January 1700 Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 71) died at Badminton, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Beaufort Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His grandson Henry (age 15) succeeded 2nd Duke Beaufort, 4th Marquess Worcester, 8th Earl Worcester, 10th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

On 12th December 1767 Charles Henry Somerset was born to Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 23) and Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort (age 20) at Badminton, Gloucestershire.

On 8th April 1828 Colonel Thomas Henry Kingscote of Kingscote Park in Gloucestershire (age 29) and Isabella Somerset Anne Frances (age 19) were married at Badminton, Gloucestershire. She died three years later in childbirth. She the daughter of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 61) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 57).

On 12th May 1948 Vere Fane 14th Earl of Westmoreland (age 55) died at his home near Badminton, Gloucestershire. His son David (age 24) succeeded 15th Earl of Westmoreland.

Badminton House, Gloucestershire, Welsh March, England, British Isles

Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Cowes we went to stay with the Ailesburys at Savernake, and then to Badminton, where the Beauforts had a large family party. The church was attached to the house, and one actually walked out of the library into the Parish Church, where the roomy Beaufort pew was well warmed by a fire. I remember going with the Duchess, my mother, and Lord Cantelupe (age 27) to see Berkeley Castle [Map], a most interesting but very uncomfortable draughty old place. I afterwards heard that Colonel Berkeley (age 55), whose name figured in certain scandals of the Regency, had spent much of his time there with the numerous frail ladies who found him irresistible.

                    Adeline Horsey Recollections. From Badminton we went on a visit to Lord Forester at Willey Park, Shropshire, where I met Lady Jersey (age 56) and her daughter, Lady Clementina Villiers (age 18).
                
                    Lady Jersey was the greatest grande dame in London Society, and her house in Berkeley Square, Mayfair was the centre of the Tory party. She knew all the artistic and literary celebrities of the day, and her popularity was most remarkable. Lady Clementina Villiers was a beautiful and accomplished girl, and everybody loved her. Once when some one said to her father (age 68) that "no one was perfect", Lord Jersey replied: "There is one who is perfect - there is Clementina". Many suitors proposed for her, a most persistent one being the Duke d'Ossuna, a grandee of Spain, and an immensely rich man. He must have been deeply in love with the beautiful English girl, for he used to keep many drawings and portraits of Lady Clementina in his palace at Madrid.
                
                    "Those whom the gods love die young", and so it was with Clementina Villiers; she was taken ill during a visit to Germany with her mother and only returned to England to die.
                
                    Her portraits were in all the "Books of Beauty" of the day, but although they faithfully portray her perfect features, they cannot convey the beauty of colour and changing expression that were her greatest charms.

In 1899 Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort (age 75) died at Badminton House. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 51) succeeded 9th Duke Beaufort, 11th Marquess Worcester, 15th Earl Worcester, 17th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 9th Baron Botetort. Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort (age 34) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

On 24th November 1924 Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort (age 77) died at Badminton House. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 24) succeeded 10th Duke Beaufort, 12th Marquess Worcester, 16th Earl Worcester, 18th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 10th Baron Botetort.

On 5th February 1984 Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort (age 83) died at Badminton House without issue. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His first cousin twice removed David (age 55) succeeded 11th Duke Beaufort, 13th Marquess Worcester, 17th Earl Worcester, 19th Baron Herbert of Raglan. Baron Botetort abeyant. Caroline Jane Thynne 11th Duchess Beaufort (age 56) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton, Gloucestershire, Welsh March, England, British Isles

On 24th April 1714 Henry Somerset 2nd Duke Beaufort (age 30) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 7) succeeded 3rd Duke Beaufort, 5th Marquess Worcester, 9th Earl Worcester, 11th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

On 26th February 1745 Henry Somerset 3rd Duke Beaufort (age 37) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His brother Charles (age 35) succeeded 4th Duke Beaufort, 6th Marquess Worcester, 10th Earl Worcester, 12th Baron Herbert of Raglan. Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort (age 32) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

On 28th October 1756 Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort (age 47) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 12) succeeded 5th Duke Beaufort, 7th Marquess Worcester, 11th Earl Worcester, 13th Baron Herbert of Raglan.

On 11th October 1803 Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 58) died. He was buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. His son Henry (age 36) succeeded 6th Duke Beaufort, 8th Marquess Worcester, 12th Earl Worcester, 14th Baron Herbert of Raglan, 6th Baron Botetort. Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort (age 32) by marriage Duchess Beaufort.

In 1878 Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort was re-buried at St Michael and all Angels Church, Badminton. monument by Grinling Gibbons is now on the North side of the chancel and consists of an effigy of the Duke in Garter robes, reclining on a sarcophagus and a plinth with relief of St George and the Dragon. There are twin Corinthian columns with embossed shafts, acanthus frieze, cornice with flaming urns, and the Duke's arms and supporters. At the top, 25 ft from the ground, is a tasselled cushion supporting a coronet; on the plinth are full-length female figures of Justice and Truth. Above the Duke's effigy, parted curtains show the heavenly host with palms and crowns. The Latin inscription displays the names of his family and the many offices he held.