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Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 55
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090871
South African History Online (2012) 'Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090871 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090871, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090871. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife of Governor Lord Charles Somerset, dies at Newlands House, Cape Town. She is buried in the Groote." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090871.
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