Henry Somerset 1684-1714
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Henry SOMERSET, 2nd Duke of Beaufort 1684-1714
Biographical Note
Politician and landowner.
Books
Used armorial book stamps, and engraved armorial bookplates dated 1705, 1706; a bookplate dated 1706 was also made for his wife Rachel (d.1709).
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Carter, Philip. "Somerset, Henry, second duke of Beaufort (1684–1714), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 27572-3/*4.