Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

(b. Oct. 17, 1719, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire – d. April 9, 1799, London, England )

Gender: F

Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Beaufort (1718/9-1799), daughter of John Symes Berkeley and mother of Henry Somerset, who became Duke of Beaufort in 1756 and married the daughter of Elizabeth Montagu’s rival hostess and fellow bluestocking, Mrs Boscawen.

Also known as:

Dowager Duchess of Beaufort
Miss Elizabethq Berkeley
Elizabeth Somerset (née Berkeley)

Authorities

Wikipedia

Mentioned in 9 letters

Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland	209
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1800
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	1850
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	2022
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	2023
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson	2129
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter	2617
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Frances Evelyn Boscawen (Glanville)	4059
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Frances Evelyn Boscawen (Glanville)	4060

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