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Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort

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in 1710, when he is said to have remarked to the queen that he could at length call her a queen in reality. A thorough-going Tory, he was, after some opposition from
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Dying at the age of thirty, on 24 May 1714, Beaufort was succeeded by his son Henry. The 2nd Duke is buried at
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from 1698 until his grandfather's death on 21 January 1700, when he succeeded him as 2nd
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in August 1702. He held aloof from public affairs until the fall of
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His Grace
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Michael Dahl
Noble family
Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort
Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
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Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
Rebecca Child
Duke of Beaufort

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Monmouth Castle
Queen Anne
Prince Consort
Badminton
Sunderland
Whig Junto
Jonathan Swift
gentlemen pensioners
Knight of the Garter
St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton
Lady Mary Sackville
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
Lady Rachel Noel

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