DUKEDOM OF SOMERSET



 
  FAMILY NAME: Seymour
 
 
  CREATIONS:

In the peerage of  England :

Barony of Seymour and Dukedom of Somerset 16 February 1547

Baronetcy of Seymour of Berry Pomeroy  29 June 1611.
 

 

Sir Edward Seymour,3rd Baronet Seymour of Berry Pomeroy 1659 (1610-7 December 1688);

Married.1630  Anne Portman,dead 1695,daughter of Sir John Portman,V Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 4th Baronet, a descendant of the 1st Duke of Somerset (1633-17 February 1708); married.1st Margaret Wale; married.2d 1674 Laetitia Popham (died.16 March 1714)

1a) Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet. (1663-29 December 1741); married.Laetitia Popham (died.1738)
 
 

1b) Jane); married.William Colman, of Garnhay

2b) Sir EDWARD Seymour, 6th Baronet.succeeded  his distant cousin as 8th Duke of Somerset and Baron Seymour 1750 (1695-Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire 12 December 1757); married.Monkton Farleigh 5 March 1717 Mary Webb (1697-1 February 1768)
 
 

1c) EDWARD, 9th Duke of Somerset(2 January 1718-Maiden Bradley 2 January 1792)

2c) WEBB, 10th Duke of Somerset(Easton 3 December 1718-Maiden Bradley 15 December 1793); married.London 11 December 1769 Anna Maria Bonnell (died.London 23 July 1802)
 
 

1d) Edward (born.22 April 1771, died.an infant)

2d) Webb (born.Monkton Farleigh 11 May 1772, died.an infant)

3d) EDWARD ADOLPHUS, 11th Duke of Somerset, , changed surname to St.Maur (Monkton Farleigh 24 February 1775-Somerset House 15 August 1855); married.1st 24 June 1800 Lady Charlotte Hamilton (6 April 1772-Somerset House 10 June 1827); married.2d London 28 July 1836 Margaret Shaw-Stewart (Somerset House 18 July 1880)
 
 

1e) EDWARD ADOLPHUS, 12th Duke of Somerset, , created 1863 Earl St.Maur (London 20 December 1804-Stover Lodge, nr Torquay 28 November 1885); married.London 10 June 1830 Jane Georgiana Sheridan (5 November 1809-London 14 December 1884)
 
 
1f) Jane Hermione (died.4 April 1909); married.26 October 1852 Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, of Netherby, 3d Baronet. (2 April 1820-8 March 1888)

2f) Ulrica Frederica Jane (died.28 January 1916)); married.1 June 1858 Lord Henry Frederick Thynne (2 August 1832-28 January 1904)

3f) Edward Adolphus Ferdinand, Earl St.Maur (17 July 1835-London 30 September 1869); he left illegitimate issue, including a son, Richard Harold St.Maur, who asserted that his parents had been married and claimed his father's titles, and a daughter, Ruth Mary St.Maur, who married William George Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck (see Portland)

4f) Edward Percy (19 August 1841-20 December 1865)


 

2e) ARCHIBALD HENRY ALGERNON, 13th Duke of Somerset(30 December 1810-London 10 January 1891)

3e) ALGERNON PERCY BANKS, 14th Duke of Somerset(London 22 December 1813- Wells 2 October 1894); married.London 17 May 1845 Horatia Isabella Frances Morier (Hannover 24 May 1819-London 28 October 1915)
 
 

1f) ALGERNON, 15th Duke of Somerset(Bath 22 July 1846-Maiden Bradley 22 October 1923); married.Forres 5 September 1877 Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon (died.30 January 1936)

2f) Percy (Maiden Bradley 11 November 1847-London 16 July 1907); married.London 18 March 1899 Hon Violet White (London 12 March 1869-2 July 1927)
 
 

1g) Helen Violet (London 21 March 1900-12 August 1975); married.1st 12 November 1924 George Edward Gosling, of Stratton Audley Park (23 May 1889-20 November 1938); married.2d 21 July 1947 John Frederick Boyce Combe (1 August 1895-12 July 1967)

2g) Lettice (London 30 October 1902-26 October 1992); married.18 April 1928 Sir Richard London McCreery (Bilton Park 1 February 1898-18 October 1967)

3g) Lucia Mary (London 19 March 1906-Drinkstone 6 July 1954); married.5 January 1938 Edward Frederic Gosling (11 August 1907-    )


 

3f) Ernest (Maiden Bradley 11 November 1847-21 May 1922); married.London 9 November 1907 Dora Constable

4f) Edward (7 February 1849-15 Sep1920); married.20 August 1879 Lilian Stanhope (died.21 September 1910)


 

4e) Charlotte Jane (died.7 October 1889); married.31 March 1839 William Blount, of Orelton (died.27 July 1885)

5e) Anna Maria Jane (died.23 September 1873); married.13 September 1838 William Tollemache (7 November 1810-17 March 1886)


 

4d) Webb John (7 February 1777-15 April 1819)


 

3c) William (1724-5 November 1800); married.5 June 1767 Hester Maltravers (died.May 1812)); he had two sons and a daughter, of whom there exist no details

4c) Francis, Dean of Wells (1726-16 February 1799); married.1749 Catherine Payne (died.24 December 1801)
 
 

1d) Francis Compton (died.1822); married.3 September 1787 Leonora Perkins (died.27 June 1795)
 
 
1e) Francis Edward (21 September 1788-26 July 1866); married.4 February 1815 Elizabeth Cooke (died.11 July 1851)
 
 
1f) Francis Payne (23 December 1815-4 July 1870); married.1st 13 September 1848 Jane Margaret Dallas (died.25 October 1860); married.2d 4 November 1862 Blanche Catherine Ward (died.14 March 1907)
 
 
1g) Julia Margaret (died.22 August 1928); married.9 April 1874 Charles Augustus Hulbert (died.1919); she and her surviving sisters were granted the rank of Duke's daughters 1925

2g) Emily Charlotte (died.11 November 1900); married.14 October 1873 Charles Henry Dallas (died.1894)

3g) Francis Alexander Dallas (23 September 1853-18 January 1883)

4g) Evelyn Hamilton (4 September 1855-8 August 1859)

5g) Beatrice Jane (died.18 November 1944); married.19 June 1883 Charles Arthur Skelton (died.10 January 1913)

6g) EDWARD HAMILTON, 16th Duke of Somerset(19 May 1860-5 May 1931); married.28 July 1881 Rowena Wall (died.13 November 1950)
 
 

1h) EVELYN FRANCIS EDWARD, 17th Duke of Somerset(Colombo, Ceylon 1 May 1882-London 26 April 1954); married.London 3 January 1906 Edith Mary Parker (died.Maiden  Bradley 19 April 1962)
 
 

1i) Francis William (28 December 1906-14 May 1907)

2i) Algernon Francis Edward (22 July 1908-14 February 1911)

3i) PERCY HAMILTON, 18th Duke of Somerset,  (Crowborough 27 September 1910-15 November 1984); married.London 18 December 1951 Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas
 
 

1j) JOHN MICHAEL EDWARD, 19th Duke of Somerset,  (born.Bath 30 December 1952); married.All Saints Church, Maiden Bradley, Wilts 20 May 1978 Judith-Rose Hull
 
 

1k) Sebastian Edward, Lord Seymour (born.Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London 3 February 1982)

2k) Sophia Rose (born.1987)

3k) Henrietta Charlotte (born.1989)

4k) Charles Thomas George (born.1992)


 

2j) Anne Frances Mary (born.Bath 11 November 1954)

3j) Francis Charles Edward (born.Bath 10 August 1956); married.22 May 1982 Paddy Poynder
 
 

1k) Poppy Hermione Alexandra (born.1988)

2k) Webb (born.1990)


 

4i) Susan Mary (born.Crowborough 26 April 1913)


 

7g) Blanche Maud (14 September 1863-7 August 1913)

8g) Gertrude Ward (died.10 September 1952)

9g) Agnes Mary (died.29 May 1956)


 

2f) Elizabeth; married.18 August 1836 Lohn Lowdham Brett, of Ocle Court (died.30 November 1881)

3f) Charlotte Hamilton; married.15 April 1837 Philip Penry Williams (died.9 February 1873)


 

2e) Edward William (1791-6 July 1874); married.1st 27 August 1821 Charlotte Alice Greene (died.10 October 1847)); married.2d 19 April 1849 Elizabeth Graham (died.14 September 1862)); married.3d 5 November 1863 Louisa Frances Grant

3e) Henry John Hyde (1 May 1795-3 November 1860); married.20 November 1821 Charlotte Whitcombe (died.20 January 1869)
 
 

1f) Charlotte Payne (died.13 January 1892); married.7 August 1845 Hon Charles James Willoughby (5 February 1822-6 November 1875)

2f) Jane Seymour Treherne (died.14 December 1903); married.5 May 1846 Henry James Hoare (died.16 February 1859)

3f) Henry (4 July 1825-12 August 1911); married.1st 4 November 1851 Susannah Biscoe Tritton (died.8 May 1889); married.2d 7 January 1892 Emmeline Millicent Walker (died.12 October 1912)
 
 

1g) Emily Gertrude (17 July 1852-5 December 1912)

2g) Julia Mary (31 October 1853-9 December 1943)

3g) Henry Sidney (15 September 1855-26 March 1930); married.16 April 1896 Hon Helen Smith
 
 

1h) Edward William (27 March 1897-    ); married.18 November 1925 Barbara Judith Lascelles


 

4g) Edward Adolphus William (31 July 1858-28 February 1891)

5g) Emmeline St.Maur (23 September 1860-7 June 1912); married.3 February 1885 George Stanley Byng, 8th Viscount Torrington (29 April 1841-20 October 1889)

6g) Madeline St.Maur (11 November 1862-13 September 1951); married.11 August 1885 Francis Abel Smith, of Wilford House (3 April 1861-20 March 1908)

7g) Evelyn Stuart (21 September 1864-27 May 1935); married.9 November 1897 Henrietta Macan (died.1941)

8g) Lilian Octavia (18 March 1868-5 July 1905); married.29 December 1896 Louis Herbert Wellesley


 

4f) Frances (died.14 July 1902); married.3 June 1856 G F Coke (died.13 February 1885)

5f) Mary Alice (died.5 July 1918); married.20 July 1854 Constantine Estlin Pritchard (died.6 October 1869)


 

2d) Mary; married.1st September 1773 John Hyde, Dean of Wells; married.2d 4 February 1798 John Payne

3d) Catherine; married.1st 6 June 1776 (divorced 1782) John Newton; married.2d M Constant

4d) Frances; married.1st November 1784 Thomas Bovet); married.2d 11 May 1803 James Tuson


 

5c) Mary (died.21 July 1762); married.20 October 1759 Vincent John Biscoe, of Hookwood (1721-29 April 1770)


 

3b) Francis (1697-23 December 1761); married.30 July 1728 Elizabeth Popham, Dowager Lady Hinchinbroke (died.20 March 1761)
 
 

1c) a dau; married.John Hyde

2c) Henry, of Redland Court (died.1805); married.1st Lady Caroline Cowper (died.2 June 1773); married.2d 5 October 1775 Louise Cts de Ponthon (died.1821)
 
 

1d) [by 1st married.] Caroline (died.20 March 1821); married.William Danby, of Swinton Park (9 July 1752-    )

2d) Georgiana (31 December 1756-    ); married.27 September 1794 Louis Cte de Durpret

3d) Henry, of Knoyle House, of Trent, and of Northbrook (10 November 1776-27 November 1849); married.12 January 1817 Jane Hopkinson (died.14 March 1869)
 
 

1e) Henry Danby, of Trent (1 July 1820-4 August 1877)

2e) Alfred, of Knoyle and of Trent (11 November 1824-15 March 1888); married.18 August 1866 Isabella Leighton (died.7 April 1911)
 
 

1f) Jane Margaret (14 March 1873-5 August 1943)


 

3e) Jane (died.18 September 1892); married.21 August 1847 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore (21 April 1821-10 March 1890)

4e) Sarah Ellen (died.14 August 1867); married.14 May 1857 William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court (2 December 1818-28 October 1902)

5e) Louisa Caroline Harcourt (died.31 October 1889); married.2 September 1862 Sir Creswicke Henry Rawlinson, Bt. (11 April 1810-5 March 1895)


 

4b) William, of East Knoyle (1713-5 January 1747); married.1st 17 April 1737 Elizabeth Hippye (died.22 March 1742); married.2d 2 August 1745 Mary Hyde (died.8 November 1753)


 

2a) [by 1st married.] William (died.9 February 1728)

3a) Popham, took surname Seymour-Conway (1675-killedied.in duel 18 June 1699)

4a) Francis, took surname Seymour-Conway, created Baron Conway of Ragley 1703 (28 May 1679-Lisburn 3 February 1732); married.1st 17 February 1704 Lady Mary Hyde (died.Northwicke 25 January 1709); married.2d 1709 Jane Bowden (died.Sandywell, Glocs 13 February 1716); married.3d July 1716 Charlotte Shorter (died.12 February 1734)
 
 

1b) [by 1st married.] Mary (died.1728); married.Nicholas Price

2b) [by 3rd married.] Anne; married.10 March 1755 John Harris, of Hayne (ca 1690-5 October 1767)

3b) Francis Seymour-Conway, 2d Lord Conway, created 1750 Viscount Beauchamp and Earl of Hertford, created 1793 Earl of Yarmouth and Marquess of Hertford (Lindsey House 5 July 1718-Putney 14 June 1794); married.29 May 1741 Lady Isabella Fitzroy (19 July 1726-London 10 November 1782)

See Marquessate of Hertford

4b) Henry (1719-9 July 1795); married.19 December 1747 Lady Caroline Campbell, Dowager Countess of Elgin and Ailesbury (12 January 1821-London 17 January 1803)
 

 
1c) Anne (8 November 1748-28 May 1828); married.14 June 1767 Hon John Damer (suicide 15 August 1776)


 

5a) Charles
 
 

1b) Jane); married.August 1750 Adm. Thomas Lynn


 

6a) Anne (died.10 May 1752); married.8 January 1708 William Berkeley, of Pylle and Orchard Portman (died.1737)