person
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
Car, Earl of Somerset
also: Car
James I's favourite, ennobled as Earl of Somerset; Austen suggests his surname supplies half the answer to her charade (CAR + PET = carpet, the king's 'pet').
person
Car, Earl of Somerset
also: Car
James I's favourite, ennobled as Earl of Somerset; Austen suggests his surname supplies half the answer to her charade (CAR + PET = carpet, the king's 'pet').