Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1621 – 25 August 1665) was the son of

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, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664. Francis had been a younger brother of

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. Prior to his ennoblement, he represented

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in the

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of 1640 and

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in the

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from 1661 to 1664. He married firstly, on 4 April 1632, Mary, daughter of Thomas Smith of Soley in

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, a village northwest of

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. The couple had one son and two daughters; one of their daughters, Frances (bef. 1654–1716), would marry Sir

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. The Hungerfords had at least six children together. He married secondly, in 1654, Elizabeth Alington (1635–c.1691), daughter of

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of Killard (14 March 1610/1611, d. circa October 1648); they had five sons and two daughters. One of his notable descendants, his three times great-grandson, was

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. The poet

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was another descendant. Both of Charles's surviving sons,

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and

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, ultimately succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset that had been their grandfather's. His daughter, Honora Seymour, married Sir Charles Gerard, 3rd Baronet.John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke wrote a genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. Charles Seymour was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, Francis.

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* G.E.C. ( G.E.Cokayne) & Geoffrey H. White, ''

The Complete Peerage ''The Complete Peerage'' (full title: ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant''; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revis ...

'' or ''A history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times'', vol. XI, p. 641, St. Catherine Press, 1949. 1621 births 1665 deaths English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1661–1679 C Baron Seymour of Trowbridge Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Wiltshire {{England-baron-stub