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Algernon Seymour (other)
Algernon Seymour may refer to: * Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750), MP for Marlborough and Northumberland * Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (''former:'' Seymour, 14th Duke of Somerset, 1813–1894), English peer, father of the 15th Duke * Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset (1846–1923), English peer, sailor, soldier and patron * Algernon Seymour (priest) (1886–1933), Anglican priest and Provost of St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow See also * Algernon (name) Algernon is a masculine given name which derives from the Norman-French sobriquet ''Aux Gernons'', meaning "with moustaches". People * Algernon Ashton (1859–1937), English composer *Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847-1891), American lawyer and law p ... * Seymour (surname) {{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Algernon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke Of Somerset
General Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (11 November 16847 February 1750), styled Earl of Hertford until 1748, of Petworth House in Sussex, was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1722 when he was raised to the House of Lords as Baron Percy. Background Seymour was the only son of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, by his first wife, the heiress Lady Elizabeth Percy, deemed Baroness Percy in her own right, the only surviving child of Joceline Percy, 11th and last Earl of Northumberland. He set out on a Grand Tour at the age of 17, visiting Italy from 1701 to 1703 and Austria in 1705. Public life Seymour was still in Austria when he was returned as Member of Parliament for Marlborough on the recommendation of his father at a by-election on 27 November 1705. In 1706 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex for the rest of his life. He went to Flanders in the summer of 1708 to serve as a volunteer under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke Of Somerset
Algernon Percy Banks St. Maur, formerly Seymour, 14th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 December 1813 – 2 October 1894) was the son of Edward St. Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset and Lady Charlotte Hamilton. He succeeded to the ducal title in 1891; he was also a baronet. On 17 May 1845, he married Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier, daughter of John Philip Morier. They had four children: *Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset (22 July 1846 – 29 October 1923) *Major Lord Percy St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 16 July 1907), m. the Hon. Violet White, daughter of Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly and had issue. *Lord Ernest St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 21 May 1922) *Lord Edward St. Maur (7 February 1849 – 15 September 1920) Ancestry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Somerset, Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke Of 1813 births 1894 deaths 514 __NOTOC__ Year 514 ( DXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke Of Somerset
Algernon St. Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 July 1846 – 22 October 1923, in Maiden Bradley) was the son of Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset and Horatia Morler. He was also a baronet. On September 5, 1877, he married Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon, the ninth daughter of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan, but the marriage was childless. He was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, but later joined the 60th Rifles and took part in the Wolseley Expedition of 1870. He was a tall and athletic man, of powerful build. After leaving the Regular Army, he spent several years ranching in Western America. On accession to the Dukedom in 1894, he voted often in the House of Lords, although he seldom spoke there. He became president of Dr Barnardo's Homes, a charity which both he and the Duchess had supported for many years. When Somerset died in 1923, he left no son, and his brothers Lord Ernest and Lord Edward had both recently died childless, so his titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon Seymour (priest)
Algernon Giles Seymour (1 September 1886 – 22 October 1933) was an Anglican priest in the first part of the 20th century. Seymour was born into an aristocratic and ecclesiastical family. His father was Albert Seymour, sometime Archdeacon of Barnstaple (and himself the son of a priest) and his maternal grandfather was John Fortescue (himself a priest and son of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue). He was a chorister in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and afterwards attended Aldenham School, Jesus College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained in 1910 and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Peter's, Mansfield and Holy Trinity, Ilkeston. He was an acting chaplain in the Royal Navy from 1915 to 1920 when he became Vicar of Tong, Yorkshire. He was Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Naomh Moire), commonly called St Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon (name)
Algernon is a masculine given name which derives from the Norman-French sobriquet ''Aux Gernons'', meaning "with moustaches". People * Algernon Ashton (1859–1937), English composer *Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847-1891), American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), English writer * Algernon Bligh (1888–1952), English cricket player * Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (1830–1908), English journalist * Algernon Boyle (1871–1949), English naval officer * Algernon Buford (1826–1911), American president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad * Algernon Butler (1905–1978), American judge * Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1670–1710), English nobleman * Algernon Chester-Master (1851–1897), English cricket player * Algernon Collings (1853–1945), English cricket player * Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath (1689–1744), Irish politician * Algernon de Courcy Lyons (1922–1993), Welsh photogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
