Dukes of Somerset, Fourth Creation (1547)
- Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552), uncle and Lord Protector of Edward VI, was deposed and executed and his titles forfeit in 1552
- for the intervening generations, see Viscount Beauchamp and the Earls and Marquesses of Hertford
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