BEAUFORT 53 (1682) Marquess of Worcester, 2nd, but ist surv. s. and h. ap., b. Dec. 1660, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Midx., King Charles II being his god- father.n Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 26 Nov. 1677; cr. M.A. 18 Feb. 1681/2. Committee of the E. India Co. 1683-91 ; Col. of the i ith regt. of Foot, 1685-87; M.P. (Tory) for co. Monmouth i685-87,() and 1689-95. He w., 5 June 1682 (lie. from Fac. Off., 29 May 1682, he aged 22 and she 1 6), at Wanstead, Essex, Rebecca, sister of Richard, (afterwards) Earl Tylney, da. of Sir Josiah Child, of Wanstead, the great merchant, some- time Governor of the E. India Co., by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of William Atwood, "who gives with her as is said a portion of ;^2 5,ooo."('^) He d. v.p., from a coach accident, in Wales, 13, and was bur. 16 July 1698, at Raglan, in his 38th year. Admon. 14 Aug. 1699 to a creditor. His widow m., 15 Apr. 1703 (lie. 14 Apr. 1703 from Fac. Off.), John (Gran- ville), Lord Granville of Potheridge, who d. s.p. 3 Dec. 1707. She d. 17 July 1 712. Will pr. Aug. 1712.] II. 1700. 2. Henry (Somerset), Duke OF Beaufort, tfc, grand- son and h., being s. and h. of Charles, styled Marquess of Worcester, by Rebecca, his wife, abovenamed, b. 2 Apr. 1684, in the Castle of Monmouth. On 29 Aug. 1702, he entertained the Queen and Prince Consort at his seat at Badminton; cr. D.C.L. of Oxford (St. John's) 26 Apr. 1706. He, being like his father a staunch Tory, absented himself from Court till the accession of the Tory Ministry in 17 10, when he is said to have told the Queen that " he could then call her Queen in reality." P.C. 13 Dec. 1 7 10; Lord Lieut, of Hampshire, 17 10, and of co. Glouc- ester, 1 712 till his death; Capt. of the Gent. Pensioners, 1712 till his death; nom. K.G. 25 Oct. 1 712, inst. 4 Aug. 171 3. He w., istly, at Knole, Kent, 7 July 1702, Mary, da. of Charles (Sackville), Earl of Dorset, by his 2nd wife, Mary, da. of James (Compton), Earl of Northampton. She, who was b. 24 Apr. 1683, at Copthall, Essex, and bap. at Waltham Holy Cross, d. s.p.s., 18 June 1705, in childbed, and was bur. at Badminton. Admon. 20 Oct. 1709 to her husband. He m., 2ndly, 26 Feb. 1705/6 (lie. at Fac. OfF.),('^) at 8 p.m., at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Midx., Rachel ("a for- tune upwards of ;i^6o,ooo "),(°) 2nd and yst. da. and coh. of Wriothesley Baptist (Noel), 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, by Catharine, ist da. of Fulke (Greville), 5th Lord Brooke. She <2'. 13 Sep. 1709, in childbed, and was bur. at Badminton. Admon. (also) 20 Oct. 1709. He m., 3rdly, 14 Sep. 1711, at Wimbledon, Surrey, Mary, yst. da. of Peregrine (Osborne), 2nd (^) Sandford, p. 372. C") He was elected, at the Gen. Election of 1685, for the cos. of Gloucester, Monmouth, and Brecknock, and for the boroughs of Monmouth and Brecknock, in all for 5 seats. V.G. (<=) Luttrell's Diary, 8 June 1682. ('^) T. Hearne, writing under date 7 Feb. 1 705/6, says the marriage took place on 4 Feb. V.G. (') Luttrell's Diary. "A woman of very great virtues." (T. Hearne, 16 Sep, 1709). V.G.
