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Lord Edward Somerset pleads guilty to assaults and court is told incidents took place after drink or drugs
www.theguardian.comThe Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords disposed of a case which has for months engrossed the interest of a large part of the British nation. General Sir Edward Hamilton Seymour...
time.comA DUKE'S son faces a jail sentence after yesterday admitting attacking his wife while fuelled by "drink or drugs or both" over 22 years.
www.express.co.ukDuke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England. It is particularly associated with two families: the Beauforts, who held the title from the creation of 1448, and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547, in whose name the title is still held. The present dukedom is unique, in that the first holder of the title created it for himself in his capacity of Lord Protector of the Kingdom of England, using a power granted in the...
monarchies.fandom.comTHE Hereditary Keeper of Raglan Castle, David Somerset, the 11th Duke of Beaufort, has died at his home at Badminton House, at the age of 89.
www.abergavennychronicle.comRecords of the Duke of Somerset relating to Devon. Original deposit and first three additional accessions catalogued as 3799M/0,3799M/1,3799M/2 and 3799M/3. Fourth additional accession - 3799M/4 - i…
devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk