Algernon St. Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 July 1846 – 22 October 1923, in

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) was the son of Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset and Horatia Morler. He was also a

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. On September 5, 1877, he married Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon, the ninth daughter of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan, but the marriage was childless. He was educated at

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, but later joined the

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and took part in the

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of 1870. He was a tall and athletic man, of powerful build. After leaving the Regular Army, he spent several years ranching in Western America. On accession to the Dukedom in 1894, he voted often in the House of Lords, although he seldom spoke there. He became president of Dr Barnardo's Homes, a charity which both he and the Duchess had supported for many years. When Somerset died in 1923, he left no son, and his brothers Lord Ernest and Lord Edward had both recently died childless, so his titles and estates were inherited by the nearest heir, his distant cousin Colonel Edward Seymour. The Duke was buried on Brimble Hill Clump near his main residence at Bradley House,

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. His widow was also buried there when she died in 1936. Their graves are in a little wood on a hilltop surrounded by agricultural land, with a metal fence around them, and marked by standing rough stones with small text plaques.The grave of Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset
19 July 2013

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