Lord Charles Somerset
Former Governor of the Cape Colony
Lord Charles Henry Somerset PC, born in Badminton, England, was a British soldier, politician and colonial administrator. He was governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826. Wikipedia
Born: December 12, 1767, Badminton, United Kingdom
Died: February 18, 1831 (age 63 years), Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Children: Henry Somerset, Mary Georgiana Somerset, Maria Sophia Somerset, and more
Parents: Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Spouse: Lady Mary Poulett (m. 1821)
Great grandchildren: Henry Plantagenet Somerset, William Grimmer Somerset, Fanny Louisa Johnstone, and more