The Duke of Beaufort | |
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 The Duke of Beaufort by Allan Warren | |
| Master of the Horse | |
| In office February 1936 – 1978 | |
| Monarchs | Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard |
| Succeeded by | David Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland |
| 4th Chancellor of the University of Bristol | |
| In office 1965–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Dorothy Hodgkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1900 |
| Died | 5 February 1984 (aged 83) Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort Louise Harford |
Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG, GCVO, PC (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1984), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1924, was a peer, landowner, society figure and a great authority in the fields of horse racing and fox-hunting. He held the office of Master of the Horse for over forty years (1936–1978), the longest to hold the position. He founded the Badminton Horse Trials and was deemed "the greatest fox-hunter of the twentieth century";[1] his long tenure as Master of the Beaufort Hunt led to his being universally nicknamed Master and his car bore the private numberplate MFH1. In 1980 he published the authoritative book Fox-Hunting.
- ^ Masters, Brian, The Dukes: the Origins, Ennoblement and History of Twenty-Six Families, Pimlico, London, 2001, pp. 9–32