Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester^[1]

- 1667

• Name	Edward Somerset
  Suffix	2nd Marquess of Worcester
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Apr 1667
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07995 Sent on a secret political mission to Ireland by Charles I. He also left behind a literary work entitled "A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful friend, endeavored now, in the year 1655, to set these down in such a way, as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them to practice. In this work the power and applications of the steam engine is clearly described.
  Person ID	I47255	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester,   b. 1576, Herefordshire, England d. 18 Dec 1646, Covent Gardens, London, England (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Anne Russell, Countess Worcester,   b. Abt 1578   d. Between 1 and 8 Apr 1639, Worcester House, London, England
  Marriage	16 Jun 1600	Ludgate, St.Martin's
  Family ID	F551611417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Dormer   d. 31 May 1635
  Marriage	1628
  Children	1. Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort   d. 21 Jan 1699   2. Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Anne Somerset,   b. Oct 1631, Raglan Castle d. 1662 (Age 30 years)   4. Lady Elizabeth Somerset   d. 16 Mar 1690
  Family ID	F551611416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret O'Brien   d. 26 Jul 1681
  Children	1. Mary Somerset   d. young
  Family ID	F551611426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).