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Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (9 March 1602 or 9 March 1603 – 3 April 1667), styled Lord Herbert of Raglan from 1628 to 1644, was an English nobleman involved in royalist politics, and an inventor.
Edward Somerset, 2nd marquess of Worcester was a prominent Royalist during the English Civil Wars. His father, Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester, advanced large sums of money to Charles I at the outbreak of the wars and was created Marquess of Worcester in 1643.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
When Edward Somerset 2nd Marquess of Worcester was born on 9 March 1602, in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, his father, Sir Henry Somerset 1st Marquess of Worcester, 7th Lord Herbert, was 26 and his mother, Lady Anne Russell, was 24. He married Lady Elizabeth Dormer about 1628.
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- Lady Elizabeth Dormer, Margaret O'brien
Courtier and scientist; created first marquess of Worcester on 2 March 1643 in recognition of his major contribution to Charles I's war chest (ODNB)
Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (c1601–1667), styled Lord Herbert of Raglan from 1628–1644, was an English nobleman involved in royalist politics and an inventor. In 1655 he authored a book The Century of Inventions which consisted of textual descriptions of 100 separate inventions.
This book is a 1767 reprint of Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester’s (1601-67) description of his inventions. First written in 1655, Worcester did not publish his work until 1663.
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