Biography of Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort 1800-1889

On 07 Jan 1790 Henry Fitzroy (age 24) and [her mother] Anne Wellesley (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831 (age 47). He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 02 Aug 1799 [her father] Charles Culling Smith (age 24) and [her mother] Anne Wellesley (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington 1742-1831 (age 57).

On 25 Jul 1814 [her future husband] Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 22) and [her half-sister] Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy (age 21) were married at Upper Brook Street. Following her death in 1821 he would marry her younger half-sister (age 14). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 47) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 43). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 29 Jun 1822 Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 30) and Emily Frances Smith Duchess Beaufort (age 22) were married. She being the younger half-sister of his first wife Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy both of whom's mother was Anne Wellesley (age 54) sister of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke Wellington (age 53). An example of a man marrying two sisters, albeit in this case half-sisters. He the son of Henry Charles Somerset 6th Duke Beaufort (age 55) and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Beaufort 1771-1854 (age 51).

On 29 Dec 1836 Christopher William Codrington (age 31) and [her step-daughter] Georgiana Charlotte Anne Somerset (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 44) and Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 03 Jul 1845 [her son] Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset 8th Duke Beaufort 1824-1899 (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Georgiana Charlotte Curzon Howe Duchess Beaufort 1825-1906 (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 48) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe. He the son of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 53) and (age 45). They were fourth cousins.

On 20 Jul 1848 [her son-in-law] George Hay-Drummond 12th Earl Kinnoull 1827-1897 (age 21) and [her daughter] Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset Countess Kinnoul 1828-1895 (age 20) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort (age 56) and (age 48). He the son of Thomas Hay-Drummond 11th Earl Kinnoull 1785-1866 (age 63) and Louisa Burton Rowley Countess Kinnoul -1885.

On 20 Jul 1858 [her son-in-law] Arthur Walsh 2nd Baron Ormathwaite (age 31) and [her daughter] Katherine Somerset Baroness Ormathwaite (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort and (age 58).

In 1863 [her son-in-law] William Henry Forester Denison 1st Earl Londesborough (age 28) and [her daughter] Edith Somerset Countess Londesborough (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Londesborough of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 7th Duke Beaufort and (age 62). They were third cousins.