Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort

The Duke of Beaufort
The Duke of Beaufort by Allan Warren
Master of the Horse
In office
February 1936 – 1978
MonarchsEdward VIII
George VI
Elizabeth II
Preceded byBernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard
Succeeded byDavid Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland
4th Chancellor of the University of Bristol
In office
1965–1970
Preceded bySir Winston Churchill
Succeeded byDorothy Hodgkin
Personal details
Born(1900-04-04)4 April 1900
Died5 February 1984(1984-02-05) (aged 83)
Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
Spouse
(m. 1923)
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.

  1. ^ Masters, Brian, The Dukes: the Origins, Ennoblement and History of Twenty-Six Families, Pimlico, London, 2001, pp. 9–32