Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort

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The Duke of Beaufort
Spouse	Mary Sackville Rachel Noel Mary Osborne
Issue
Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
Noble family	House of Beaufort
Father	Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
Mother	Rebecca Child
Born	2 April 1684
Died	24 May 1714

Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, KG PC (2 April 1684 – 24 May 1714) was the only son of Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, and Rebecca Child. He was styled Earl of Glamorgan until 1698, and Marquess of Worcester from 1698 until his grandfather's death on 21 January 1700, when he succeeded him as 2nd Duke of Beaufort.

In 1713 he was invested as a Knight of the Garter.

He married three times:

• on 7 July 1702 to Mary Sackville, daughter of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, who died 18 June 1705, with whom he had no issue;
• on 26 February 1706 to Rachel Noel, daughter of Wriothesley Baptist Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough, who died 13 September 1709 after giving birth, with whom he had issue; and
• on 14 September 1711 — her first marriage — to Mary Osborne, daughter of Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, who died 4 February 1722, with whom he had no issue.

With his second wife he had two sons:

1. Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort his heir and successor; and
2. Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort his brother's heir and successor.