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Somerset is a county in England.

Contents

• Places
• Australia
• Bermuda
• Canada
• Singapore
• South Africa
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Ships
• People with the surname
• People with the given name
• Other uses
• See also

Somerset may also refer to:

Places

Ships

• SAS Somerset, a 1941 ship of the South African Navy
• HMS Somerset (1698), a three-decker 80-gun third rate ship
• HMS Somerset (1731), an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• HMS Somerset (1748), a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
• HMS Somerset (F82), launched in 1994
• USS Somerset (1862), a side wheel ferryboat
• USS Somerset (AK-212), an Alamosa-class cargo ship launched in January 1945
• USS Somerset (LPD-25), a 2012 San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
• USS Somerset (1917), a wooden motorboat of the United States Navy

People with the surname

• Anne Somerset (historian) (born 1955), English historian and writer
• Anne Somerset, Countess of Northumberland (1538–1596), English noblewoman
• Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1497–1587), wife of Lord Protector Somerset
• Lord Arthur Somerset (1780–1816), MP for Monmouthshire
• Lord Arthur Somerset (1851–1926), British aristocrat
• Arthur Somerset (cricketer) (1855–1937), English first class cricketer
• Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (1460–1526), 1st Earl of Worcester and husband of Elizabeth Browne
• Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester (1660–1698), eldest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
• Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort (1709–1756), younger son of Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
• Lord Charles Somerset (1767–1831), General and governor of the Cape Colony, South Africa, from 1814 to 1826
• Lord Edward Somerset (1776–1842), British soldier, son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort
• Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester (1601?–1667), styled Lord Herbert of Ragland, English nobleman, son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester
• Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c. 1550–1628), English aristocrat, adviser to James I, serving as Lord Privy Seal
• FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
• Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan (1932–2025), British peer
• Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort (1847–1924), British peer
• James Somerset (c. 1741 – after 1772), slave who was party to Somerset v. Stewart, said by some to have abolished slavery in England
• Lord John Somerset (1787–1846), British soldier, son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort
• Willie Somerset (born 1942), American professional basketball player

People with the given name

• Somerset Davies (1754–1817), English politician
• Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996), British historian and author
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), English author
• Somerset Maxwell, 8th Baron Farnham (1803–1884), MP for Cavan
• Somerset Maxwell, 10th Baron Farnham (1849–1900), Irish Representative peer
• Somerset Arthur Maxwell (1905–1942), MP for King's Lynn
• Somerset R. Waters (1829–1919), American politician from Maryland
• Samoset (1590–1653), or Somerset, Native American subordinate chief

Other uses

• Somerset (TV series), a 1970s spinoff of Another World
• Somerset (In Death), a character in the novel series
• Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)
• Somerset (European Parliament constituency)
• Somerset Council, a unitary authority in the South West of England
• Buick Somerset, automobile produced by General Motors from 1985 to 1987
• Somerset Books, UK family-owned publisher of the Blue Guides series of travel books
• Austin A40 Somerset, a British motor car produced 1952-54

See also

• Somersault, an acrobatic feat
• Somerset Hospital (disambiguation)
• Somerset Mall (disambiguation)
• Duchess of Somerset (disambiguation)
• Duke of Somerset, a title in the English peerage
• Lord Somerset (disambiguation)
• Summerset (disambiguation)

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