Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (c. 1626 – 14 March 1654) was an English nobleman, third 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 ...

.''The Complete Peerage'', vol. 12, 1953, "Somerset", p. 74. He had two elder brothers, but they both died unmarried in their twenties, so that in 1646, when he was about twenty, Henry became heir to his father and took his courtesy title of Lord Beauchamp. On 28 June 1648, he married

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in Hertfordshire; they had one son and one daughter. Like his father, he was a

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, for which he was imprisoned in the

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during the

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, 9 April to 9 September 1651, being released on £10,000 bond. He died 14 March 1654 and was buried at Bedwyn Magna 30 March, having died at "Tilsy" according to the burial record in the parish register. His widow married in 1657 Lord Herbert, later created the 1st Duke of Beaufort. His children were: *

William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset (17 April 165212 December 1671) was the son of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp, and Mary Capell. As both his father and two elder uncles had predeceased him, he succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his grand ...

(1654–1671) *Lady Elizabeth Seymour (c. 1655 – 1697); she was granted the style and rank of daughter of a duke on 28 June 1672, and married

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, on 31 August 1676. On her brother's death without issue, she became heiress of the estates of

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and

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, Wiltshire, and she also became representative as senior coheir (heir of line) of Princess Mary Tudor, through the families of Grey and Brandon.''The Complete Peerage'', vol. 1, 1910, "Ailesbury", pp. 59–60.Molly McClain, "Harsh and Unjust Slanders": The Duchess of Beaufort and her Daughter Quarrel over the Seymour Estate," ''Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine'', 96 (2003): 98-110

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1626 births 1654 deaths British courtesy barons and lords of Parliament Cavaliers Heirs apparent who never acceded

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