Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, etc. (2 January 1717 – 2 January 1792) was the eldest son of

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and his wife, the former

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. He was also a

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. He was baptized on 27 January 1717 at Easton in

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. He succeeded his father as Duke of Somerset on 12 December 1757. He was named a Privy Councillor by

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and in 1783 was awarded an annual pension, which along with his financial management and reclusiveness contributed to the growth of his fortune.''Annals of the Seymours : being a history of the Seymour family from early times to within a few years of the present'' (1902), p. 325 He died on his 75th birthday, unmarried and childless, and was interred on 11 January 1792 at

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, near

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, Wiltshire. His titles passed to his brother Webb Seymour.

Ancestry

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1717 births 1792 deaths

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