Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset

Brigadier-General Edward Hamilton Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset, KBE, CB, CMG (12 May 1860^[1] – 5 May 1931) was the son of Reverend Francis Payne Seymour and Jane Margaret Dallas. His father was the great-grandson of Lord Francis Seymour. He was also a baronet.

Seymour was educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the Dublin Fusiliers in 1880. He transferred to the Army Ordnance Department in 1896, and was promoted to major (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.^[2] 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 issue in 1923. He was the great-great-grandson of the Very Reverend Lord Francis Seymour, fourth and youngest son of the 8th Duke.

On 28 July 1881, Seymour married Rowena Wall, a daughter of George Wall, of Colombo, Ceylon. Together, they had one son: Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset, born on 1 May 1882. Rowena died on 13 November 1950.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset

Lord Francis Seymour, fourth son of the 8th Duke of Somerset               Colonel Francis Compton Seymour                       Catherine Payne               Captain Francis Edward Seymour RN                             George Perkins               Leonora Perkins                       Reverend Francis Payne Seymour                                   Charles Cooke                       Elizabeth Cooke                             Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset                                         Robert Dallas               Robert Charles Dallas                       Sarah Elizabeth Cormack               Reverend Alexander Robert Charles Dallas                             Thomas Harding               Sarah Harding                       Jane Margaret Dallas                                   Robert Ferguson               Robert Ferguson                       Mary Anne Ferguson

References

2. The London Gazette: no. 27164. p. 1002. 13 February 1900.

Sources

• Obituary of the Duke of Somerset, The Times dated 22 October 1923 (p. 14; Issue 43478; col D)

External links

• Ducal House of Somerset