Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort KG, GCVO, KStJ, PC (4 April 1900 – 5 February 1984), styled Marquess of Worcester until 1924, was an English peer, Gloucestershire landowner, leading figure in the equestrian world, and society figure. A relative and very close friend of the Royal Family, he held the office of Master of the Horse for forty-two years (1936-1978), longer than anybody else. He also founded the Badminton Horse Trials. "The greatest fox-hunter of the twentieth century", his long tenure as Master of the Beaufort Hunt led to his being universally nicknamed Master.
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4 April 1900
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5 February 1984 (aged 83)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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