Frederic Augustus Alexander, Duke of Beaufort-Spontin
Frederic Augustus Alexander of Beaufort- Spontin, Duke of Beaufort( Namur, 14 September 1751 – Brussels, April 1817), was a member of the House of Beaufort- Spontin, a Belgian noble family that opposed Napoleon I of France.
Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort ("née" Berkeley; 9 April 1799) was born in Stoke Gifford in Gloucestershire to John Symes Berkeley and Elizabeth Norborne.
Her younger brother was Norborne, Lord Botetourt.
On 1 May 1740 she married Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort, younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his second wife Rachel Noel.
They had six children:
A stone obelisk to the memory of her daughter Lady Elizabeth Somerset is located in Stoke Park, Bristol.
It is engraved with the Latin inscription:
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BEAUFORT FILIA SECUNDA HIC OBIIT VII
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This translates as 'Elizabeth Somerset, second daughter of Charles Duke of Beaufort, died here 7 May 1760.
Restored in the year 2004'.
She was killed when her horse shied.
Georgia Powell
Georgia Powell( born 18 February 1969) is an English journalist and is the current Duchess of Beaufort through her marriage to Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort.
Powell is the daughter of the director and producer Tristram Powell and his wife, the former Virginia Lucas, and is thus a granddaughter of the novelist Anthony Powell.
She studied Classics at the University of Oxford, and is best known as a columnist and obituarist for the" Daily Telegraph".
Her first marriage, in 1996, was to Tobias Coke; they had a son and a daughter.
On 30 April 2018, she married the Duke of Beaufort at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
The Duke had previously divorced his first wife, actress Tracy Ward, after making a public announcement to guests at the Duke of Beaufort's annual hunt ball.
Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset-Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (23 March 1707 – 26 February 1745) born Henry Somerset, was an English nobleman and peer.
He was the elder son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort and his second wife, Rachel Noel.
As his father's eldest son and heir to his father's title he was known as (styled) Marquess of Worcester, a courtesy title.
On his father's death on 24 April 1714 he succeeded him and became 3rd Duke of Beaufort.
At the age of 19 he commissioned the construction of what would later become known as the Badminton Chest or Badminton Cabinet, an ornate set of drawers made in Florence.
The chest was sold in 2004 to Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein for £19 million, making it the most expensive piece of furniture in the world.
It is on display in the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna, Austria.
On 28 June 1729 he married Frances Scudamore (14 August 1711 – 16 February 1750), the only daughter and heir of James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamore, and took his wife's name by an Act of Parliament later the same year.
In 1742 he filed for divorce due to Frances' adulterous relationship with William Talbot, who later became Earl Talbot.
Frances countersued, saying the Duke was impotent; in March 1743, he demonstrated before court-appointed examiners that he was physically able to have an erection.
The divorce was granted, and he sued Talbot for damages.
Frances later remarried to Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore.
The Duke was one of several founding governors of Britain's first institution for abandoned children, the Foundling Hospital, and his name is listed in its royal charter received from George II in October 1739.
After his death, the 3rd Duke of Beaufort was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.
Because he had no legitimate children, his titles and estates were inherited by his younger brother, Charles Noel Somerset.
The Duke had one illegitimate daughter, Margaret Burr, who married the painter Thomas Gainsborough and had issue.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort, KG PC( 2 April 1684 – 24 May 1714) was an English peer and politician.
He 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.
Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado
Gregorio de Silva y Mendoza( born 1649, Pastrana- d. 1693, Madrid) was a Spanish noble from the House of Mendoza.
He was the 5th Duke of Pastrana 9th Duke of the Infantado, 7th Duke of Lerma, 6th Duke of Francavilla, 5th Duke of Estremera, and the Prince of Eboli and Melito.
Charles Talbot (priest)
Charles Talbot( 26 October 1769 – 28 February 1823) was an English churchman, Dean of Exeter from 1802, and Dean of Salisbury from 1809.
His parents were the Rev. George Talbot, son of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, and his wife Anne Bouverie, daughter of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone.
He became rector of Wimborne in 1794.
Talbot married Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and his wife Elizabeth Boscawen.
They had 11 children, including Charles Talbot R.N.
Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset
Lord Arthur John Henry Somerset( 12 February 1780 – 18 April 1816), English politician, was the sixth son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort.
Lord William Somerset
Rev. Lord William George Henry Somerset
( 2 September 1784 – 14 January 1851) was the 5th Duke of Beaufort's fourth son and the Rector of the Woolaston Parish in the 1800s.
He lived in an adjacent manor house now called The Old Rectory.
He was born to Henry Somerset the 5th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen, daughter of the Hon. Edward Boscawen.
He was the fourth out of nine sons, and had four sisters.
He is buried in the St Andrews Church cemetery.
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort KG (16 October 1744 – 11 October 1803) was an English courtier and politician.
He was the only son of Charles Noel Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort and Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort.
Styled Marquess of Worcester from 1746, at his father's death on 28 October 1756
, he succeeded him as 5th Duke of Beaufort, 7th Marquess of Worcester, 11th Earl of Worcester, and 13th Baron Herbert.

Question: Who is the maternal grandmother of Henry Somerset, 5Th Duke Of Beaufort?
Answer: Elizabeth Norborne