Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset
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| Born | Percy Hamilton Seymour 27 September 1910 Crowborough, Sussex, England |
| Died | 15 November 1984 (aged 74) Warminster, Wiltshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Thomas (m. 1951) |
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| Education | Blundell's School |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931 and 1954, of Bradley House in the parish of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, was a British peer.
Life[]
He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves.
He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Cambridge. He was subsequently commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma.
In London on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas (d. 18 February 2005, aged 91), daughter of Major John Cyril Collette Thomas, of , Bude, Cornwall, by whom he had three children:
- John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (b. 30 December 1952), married on 20 May 1978 Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliott Hull, and has issue:
- Sebastian Edward, Lord Seymour (b. 1982)
- Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (b. 1981)
- Lady Henriette Charlotte Seymour (b. 1989)
- Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (b. 1992).
- Lady Anne Frances Mary Seymour (b. Bath, 11 November 1954), unmarried and without issue.
- Lord Francis Charles Edward Seymour (b. Bath, 10 August 1956), married on 22 May 1982 Paddy Poynder, daughter of Colonel Anthony John Irvine Tony Poynder (d. 28 November 2004), MC, Corps of Royal Engineers, and has issue:
- Poppy Hermione Alexandra Seymour (b. 1988)
- Webb Edward Percy Seymour (b. 1990)
- Leonora Hermione Jane Seymour (b. 1995)
- Hermione Anne Tara Seymour (b. 1997).
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References[]
- ^ "England and Wales Census, 1901". FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- Obituary - The Duke of Somerset, The Times, Saturday, 17 November 1984
External links[]
- 1910 births
- 1984 deaths
- British people of English descent
- People educated at Blundell's School
- British landowners
- Wall family
- Dukes of Somerset
- Seymour family