Brigadier-General Edward Hamilton Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset,

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, CB, CMG (12 May 1860 – 5 May 1931) was the son of Reverend Francis Payne Seymour and Jane Margaret Dallas. His father was the great-grandson of

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. He was also a

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Life

Seymour was educated at

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and the

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, and joined the Dublin Fusiliers in 1880. On 28 July 1881, Seymour married Rowena Wall, a daughter of

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. Together, they had one son:

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, born on 1 May 1882. Rowena died on 13 November 1950. Seymour transferred to the

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in 1896, and was promoted to

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(ordnance officer, 3rd class) on 7 April 1898. In 1900 he served at the Royal Army Clothing Depot, with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel (ordnance officer, 2nd class) from 4 January 1900. He eventually became Inspector of Army Ordnance Services, and retired from the army in 1918. Seymour established his claim to the dukedom in 1925, the 15th Duke of Somerset having died without

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in 1923. He was the great-great-grandson of the Very Reverend Lord Francis Seymour, fourth and youngest son of the 8th Duke.

Ancestry

References

Sources

*Obituary of the Duke of Somerset, ''

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'' dated 22 October 1923 (p. 14; Issue 43478; col D)

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