John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset and 3rd Marquess of Hertford (before 164629 April 1675) was an English peer and MP. He was the only surviving son of

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, (158824 October 1660) was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War. Origins Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (who predeceased his own father) by his wif ...

, and Lady Frances Devereux. In 1656, he married Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Alston and widow of George Grimston. He was elected

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for

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in 1661 and entered

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in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He died in 1675, childless, and was buried in

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. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his cousin, Francis Seymour. The Marquessate of Hertford became extinct on his death.

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