Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931 and 1954, of
Bradley House in the parish of
Maiden Bradley
Maiden Bradley is a village in south-west Wiltshire, England, about south-west of Warminster and bordering the county of Somerset. The B3092 road between Frome and Mere forms the village street. Bradley House, the seat of the Duke of Somerset, ...
, Wiltshire, was a British peer.
Life
He was the son of
Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset
Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1 May 1882 – 26 April 1954) was a British Army officer, landowner, peer, and for eight years Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was also a baronet. Between 1 May 1882 and 5 May 1931, h ...
by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves.
He was educated at
Blundell's School,
Tiverton in Devon, and at
Clare College, Cambridge
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. He was subsequently commissioned into the
Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in
India
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,
Persia
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and
Burma
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.
In
London
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on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette ''Jane'' Thomas (d. 18 February 2005, aged 91), daughter of
Major
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John Cyril Collette Thomas, of
Burn Cottage,
Bude,
Cornwall
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, by whom he had three children:
*
John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (b. 30 December 1952), married on 20 May 1978 Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliott Hull, and has issue:
** Sebastian Edward, Lord Seymour (b. 1982)
** Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (b. 1987)
** Lady Henriette Charlotte Seymour (b. 1989)
** Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (b. 1992).
* Lady Anne Frances Mary Seymour (b.
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
, 11 November 1954), unmarried and without issue.
* Lord Francis Charles Edward Seymour (b. Bath, 10 August 1956), married on 22 May 1982 Paddy Poynder, daughter of
Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
Anthony John Irvine ''Tony'' Poynder (d. 28 November 2004),
MC,
Corps of Royal Engineers, and has issue:
** Poppy Hermione Alexandra Seymour (b. 1988)
** Webb Edward Percy Seymour (b. 1990)
** Leonora Hermione Jane Seymour (b. 1995)
** Hermione Anne Tara Seymour (b. 1997).
References
* Obituary - The Duke of Somerset, The Times, Saturday, 17 November 1984
External links
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1910 births
1984 deaths
People educated at Blundell's School
British landowners
Wall family
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Younger sons of dukes