Matthew Somerset, The Duke of Somerset
The Most Noble The Duke of Somerset VC KG KT KP OM CH KC PC | |
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 Portrait commissioned by the Library of Parliament Hill and painted by Lord Sidmouth.
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 23 October 2024 – 9 November 2024 (18 days) | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 5 May 2024 – 22 August 2024 (110 days) | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 10 January 2024 – 1 March 2024 (52 days) | |
| Monarch | Edward IX |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 19 September 2023 – 1 March 2024 (165 days) | |
| Monarch | Edward IX |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 23 May 2023 – 20 July 2023 (63 days) | |
| Monarch | Edward IX |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 2 February 2023 – 21 March 2023 (48 days) | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth III |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| In office 9 December 2022 – 26 January 2023 (49 days) | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth III Edward IX |
| Title | The Duke of Somerset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Matthew William Michael John Somerset 20 March 2020 (4 years, 276 days) |
| Other political affiliations | High Tea Party British Royalist Party British Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | Queen Elizabeth (div.) Lily Theadora (ann.) |
| Children | Prince Victor, Duke of York Charles III |
| Residence | Somerset House |
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| Title | Duke of Somerset |
| Nickname(s) | Matt Somers |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet (Ret.) |
Matthew, Duke of Somerset (Matthew William Michael John; joined 20 March 2020) is a British statesman, parliamentarian, jurist, and Royal who currently serves as a Lord of Parliament. Formerly, he served as the Sovereign of Great Britain, as King William V, Prince of Wales, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Attorney General, Leader of the British Royalist Party, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Member of Parliament.
Prince Matthew resides at Somerset House, a Neoclassical estate and the ancestral seat of the Royal House of Somerset, on the Strand, in London, England. As the Royal Family's Founder, he is the father of Prince Victor, Duke of York and Charles III, father-in-law of Prince Miann, Duke of Edinburgh, son of John, Prince of Wales, and the grandfather of Sirch Somerset, Marquess of Lorne, Tobias, Prince Royal, and William Somerset, 2nd Viscount Douglas. Through the marriage of his second son, he is related to the Carew-Grey Family.
Having been a member of the region for just over four years, the Duke of Somerset is a stalwart and the progenitor of the Empire's modern history. Dubbed the Wilhelmine Era by Elizabeth III, Prince Matthew's Reign was transformative and he is often seen as the region's saviour, being given the epithet of William the Great.
Joining the Empire
Prince Matthew, then known as Matthew Holmes, joined the Empire of Great Britain on 20 March 2020. At this point in the region's history, there were no citizenship laws and no forums, he was accepted into the citizenry by virtue of being a resident.
Early Career
In what would become a cornerstone of the Prince's later works, his first remark when he joined was, "Britain but No House of Lords, sad". [1]