Somerset, Henry, Lord (M)

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)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 1
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Three Burdens 1881 Good Words Poet 3914