Surname: Somerset Forename(s): Henry Richard Charles b. 7 December 1849. d. 10 October 1932. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and politician. Alternative signature: “H. Somerset.” MP for Monmouthshire (1871-1880).
Married Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks in 1872. Employer of the Queen’s Household
(1874-1879). Composed music to accompany the poem “Echo” by Christina Rossetti. Author
of Songs of Adieu (1889). Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian poetry, p. 444; Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Henry_Somerset (19 August 2021). (CC)