Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester

The Earl of Worcester
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Hastings, Countess of Worcester
Issue Henry Somerset, 5th Earl of Worcester Thomas Somerset, 1st Viscount Somerset Catherine Somerset Blanche Somerset Frances Somerset
Noble family	House of Beaufort
Father	William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
Mother	Christian North
Born	circa 1550
Died	3 March 1628

Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester, KG, Earl Marshal (c. 1550 – 3 March 1628) was an English aristocrat. He was an important advisor to King James I (James VI of Scots), serving as Lord Privy Seal.

He was the only son of three children born to the 3rd Earl of Worcester and Christiana North. On February 21, 1589, he succeeded his father as Earl of Worcester, and in 1593 he was made a Knight of the Garter.

In 1606 he was appointed Keeper of the Great Park, a park created for hunting by Henry VIII around Nonsuch Palace, of which Worcester Park was a part. The residence Worcester Park House was built in 1607.

He married Lady Elizabeth Hastings in December 1571. She was a daughter of Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon and Catherine Pole. Catherine was a daughter of Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu and Jane Neville. Jane was in turn a daughter of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and his wife Margaret, daughter of Hugh Fenn. They had fifteen children among whom were:

Somerset is buried in the family chapel in the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, Monmouthshire