Algernon Percy Banks St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (''né'' Seymour; 22 December 1813 – 2 October 1894) was an English aristocrat.
St Maur was born at
Park Lane, Mayfair, in 1813, the third son of
Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset and Lady Charlotte Hamilton, daughter of the
9th Duke of Hamilton. He was educated at
Eton, and served as a captain in the
Royal Horse Guards
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, also known as the Blues, or abbreviated as RHG, was one of the cavalry regiments of the British Army and part of the Household Cavalry. In 1969, it was amalgamated with the 1st The Royal Dragoons to form the ...
.
His father died in 1855. St Maur succeeded his elder brothers
Edward
Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
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(1804–1885), and
Archibald (1810–1891), both of whom died without living male heirs, in the dukedom.
On 17 May 1845, he married Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier, daughter of diplomat
John Philip Morier. They had four sons:
*
Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset (22 July 1846 – 29 October 1923)
*Major Lord Percy St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 16 July 1907), m. the Hon. Violet White, daughter of
Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly
Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly Order of St Patrick, KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888), was an Anglo-Irish Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician.
Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen (née Dempster),''Burk ...
and had issue.
*Lord Ernest St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 21 May 1922)
*Lord Edward St. Maur (7 February 1849 – 15 September 1920)
He died suddenly while visiting the
Wells, Somerset
Wells () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, south-east of Weston-super-Mare, south-west of Bath, Somerset, Bath a ...
home of Charles Clement Tudway (the son of MP
Robert Tudway). He experienced indigestion followed by an apparent heart attack.
Ancestry
References
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