Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, soldier and politician good versus evil 11th August 1987

11th August 1987

Botanical study of reed or water meadow grass (Gramen aquaticum majus)

Statues inside the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

View of an early flying machine passing over London

Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, soldier and politician good versus evil 11th August 1987Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, soldier and politician, c1890. A famous sportsman, Somerset (1824 1899) was editor of the Badminton Library series of books on sporting subjects. The family seat of the Dukes of Beaufort is Badminton House, Gloucestershire, venue of the famous Badminton horse trials equestrian event. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.