Sir Edward Seymour, of

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, 5th Baronet (1660 or 1663 – 29 December 1740) of Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Tory politician.

Early life

Seymour was baptized on 18 December 1663, the eldest son of the

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and

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politician

Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet MP (1632/1633 – 17 February 1708) was a British nobleman, and a Royalist and Tory politician. Life Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, of a family greatly influential in the Western counties, he was the eld ...

and his first wife, Margaret Wale. He matriculated at

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in 1679. He married his cousin Laetitia Popham, the daughter of Sir Francis Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire, and his wife Eleanor Rogers, on 11 August 1685. She was also the niece of his stepmother, also named Letitia Popham, who died in 1714.

Career

At the

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, Seymour was returned as Member of Parliament for West Looe. He stood down at the

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. Seymour succeeded his father on 17 February 1708 to the

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and the huge original Bradley House in Wiltshire. At the

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, he stood on his own interest as Tory MP for

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. He made little impression, but voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. At the

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, he was returned as MP for

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with Lord Bruce. He was listed as a ‘worthy patriot’ who helped to detect the mismanagements of the previous administration, but developed reservations about the Tory administration of Harley. He was returned again at the

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, but did not stand in

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. Seymour completed Bradley House in 1710, which enabled the family to leave their crumbling seat at

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in Devon. He also acquired and rebuilt Rumwell Hall at

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, Somerset in 1733.

Death and legacy

Seymour died on 29 December 1740. By his wife he had twelve children:The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p.84. *

Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (December 1694 or early 1695 – December 1757) was an English peer and landowner. Family The son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, of Berry Pomeroy, a descendant of Lord Protector Somerset by his fi ...

(1694–1757) *

Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset Francis Seymour (1697 – 23 December 1761), of Sherborne House, Dorset, was a British landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1741. Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet and his wif ...

(1697–1761) *Alexander Seymour (d. 3 April 1731), unmarried *William Seymour, of

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, Wiltshire (1713 – 5 January 1746/1747), m. firstly 17 April 1737 Elizabeth Hippye (d. 22 March 1741/1742), daughter of John Hippye, of

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, and wife, m. secondly 2 August 1745 Mary Hyde (d. 8 November 1753), daughter of Samuel Hyde, of

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, and wife, without any issue from both marriages *Laetitia Seymour, married John Gapper and had issue *Margaret Seymour, married Richard Jones, of Ramsbury *Elizabeth Seymour (d. 5 May 1756), married Henry Hungerford, of Field *Anne Seymour (d. February 1755), married William Scroggs, of Chute Lodge *Eleanor Seymour (d. bef. 1756?), unmarried *Mary Seymour, married Rev. Hammond *Jane Seymour, married William Colman, of Garnhay *Katherine Seymour, married John Philip Fuhr, of Bristol His estate passed to his eldest son,

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, who reunited the two branches of the Seymour family when he inherited the dukedom of Somerset in 1750.

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