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Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford (22 October 1843 – 23 March 1912), styled Earl of Yarmouth from 1870 to 1884, was a British soldier, courtier and

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politician. He notably served as

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between 1879 and 1880.

Background

A member of the

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headed by the

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, Seymour was born in

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, the eldest son of

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, by his wife Lady Emily Murray, daughter of

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. He was the grandson of

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and great-grandson of

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and the nephew of George Seymour and Lady Laura Seymour. He became known by the

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Military career

Seymour served in the

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, achieving the rank of

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. He was also Honorary Colonel of the

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and was awarded the

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. He was appointed an aide-de-camp to King

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in the

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list on 26 June 1902, with the regular rank of

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. He served as such until the King's death in 1910, and was re-appointed ADC to King

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from 1910 until his own death in 1912. In June 1906 he was made a

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(CB) in the

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Political career

Seymour was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Antrim in 1869. At the 1874 general election he was returned for

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, a seat he held until 1880. In 1879 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed

under

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, a post he retained until the government fell the following year. In 1884 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the

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. In 1905 Lord Hertford was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire, which he remained until his death. He was also a Justice of the Peace for

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. In 1906 he was appointed a Companion of the

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(CB).

Family

Lord Hertford married the Honourable Mary Hood, daughter of

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, on 16 April 1868. They had eight children: *Lady Margaret Alice Seymour (1869–1901), married shipowner James Hainsworth Ismay and had issue * George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940) *Lady Emily Mary Seymour (1873–1948), married Reverend Reginald Walker and had issue *Lady Victoria Frederica Wilhelmina Georgina Seymour (1874–1960), married Charles Trafford and had issue *Lady Jane Edith Seymour (1877–?), married Major Hugh Carleton * Brigadier-General Lord Henry Charles Seymour (1878–1939), married Lady Helen Grosvenor, a daughter of the

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and had issue, including

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, and

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*Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour (1879–1917), married Elfrida de Trafford *Commander Lord George Frederick Seymour (1881–1940), married Norah Skipworth and had issue The Marchioness of Hertford died in April 1909, aged 62, while on a voyage to

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. Lord Hertford died at

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, in March 1912, aged 68. He was succeeded in the marquessate by his eldest son, George.

References

External links

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