Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester was an English aristocrat, a prominent and financially important Royalist during the early years of the English Civil War.
Portrait of Henry Somerset, First Marquis of Worcester
Queen Elizabeth in procession to Blackfriars on her way to the wedding of Anne Russell and Lord Herbert at Blackfriars, by Robert Peake the Elder circa. 1600
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester was a Scottish-born noblewoman. She was the daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, and Catherine Pole.
Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester
…prominent and financially important Royalist during the early years of the English Civil War. He was the son of Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Hastings. On 3 March 1628, he succeeded his father and became the 5th Earl of Worcester. Brought up a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism as a young man…
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester, attributed to William Segar