Colonel Poulett George Henry Somerset CB (19 June 1822 – 7 September 1875) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

On 12 May 1851, Somerset was sentenced to 10 days’ imprisonment in Coldbath Fields Prison for horsewhipping a police constable who was on duty outside the Crystal Palace during the Great Exhibition.

The police constable had attempted to stop Somerset from driving his carriage along a closed road, first by signalling, then a verbal warning, and finally by taking hold of the horse’s reins.

On sentencing, the magistrate commented “the law knows no distinction of persons … you, from your position, ought to have set an example of obedience to those in authority.”[3] Somerset served as an aide-de-camp to his uncle, Lord Raglan, during the Crimean War.

He served at the Siege of Sevastopol and was made a CB for his Crimean services in 1855, as well as a Knight of the Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class.