Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort NPG 2806

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Henry Alken

Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, was renowned for his amorous escapades, his leadership of the Badminton and Windsor hunts and as a member of the 'Four-in-Hand Club'. The club was a group of young men who bribed coachmen to give them the reins to their vehicles then drove them at breakneck speeds along the poor British roads. Somerset joined the 10th Hussars and was Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington in the 1812-14 Peninsular War in Spain. He married Wellington's niece Georgiana Fitzroy... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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