• James Somerset (c. 1741 – after 1772) was an African man and the plaintiff in a pivotal court case that confirmed that slavery was illegal in England and...
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    Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (30 September 1788 – 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British...
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    Earl of Somerset KG (c. 1587 – 17 July 1645), was a politician, and favourite of King James VI and I. Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England...
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    Somerset (/ˈsʌmərsɪt, -sɛt/ SUM-ər-sit, -⁠set; archaically Somersetshire /ˈsʌmərsɪt.ʃɪər, -sɛt-, -ʃər/ SUM-ər-sit-sheer, -⁠set-, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial...
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  • Somerset v Stewart (1772) 98 ER 499 (also known as Sommersett v Steuart, Somersett's case, and the Mansfield Judgment) is a judgment of the English Court...
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    intervention (Somerset was the favourite of King James). James VI and I granted the annulment on 25 September 1613. Frances married Somerset on 26 December...
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    Duke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England. It is particularly associated with...
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    the site of a Tudor palace ("Old Somerset House") originally belonging to the Duke of Somerset. The present Somerset House was designed by Sir William...
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  • California Somerset, Colorado Somerset, Illinois Somerset, Indiana Somerset, Kansas Somerset, Kentucky Somerset County, Maine Somerset, Maryland Somerset County...
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    Keith Coleman's 2023 biography James VI and I: The King Who United Scotland and England see James's relationships with Somerset and Buckingham as sexual, adding...
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