John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset
John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset FRICS DL (born 30 December 1952), styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984, is a British aristocratic landowner in Wiltshire and Devon, and a member of the House of Lords.
The Duke of Somerset | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 15 November 1984 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 18th Duke of Somerset |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Assumed office 10 December 2014 as an elected hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Cobbold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Michael Edward Seymour 30 December 1952 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Spouse(s) | Judith-Rose Hull (m. 1978) |
| Children | Sebastian Seymour, Lord Seymour Lady Sophia Seymour Lady Henrietta Seymour Lord Charles Seymour |
| Parent(s) | Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset Jane Thomas |
| Residence | Maiden Bradley House, Wiltshire |
| Profession | FRICS |
| Known for | Landowning, membership of the House of Lords |
| Awards | DL |
| Other titles | Baron Seymour |
| Website | somersetestates |
Life
Educated at Hawtreys and Eton College, he qualified as a chartered surveyor[1] before succeeding to the dukedom in 1984 on the death of his father.[2] Having lost his seat in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected at the December 2014 House of Lords by-elections,[3] to sit as a crossbencher.[4]
The Duke's principal seat is Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire,[5] and he also owns Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon.
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1993[6] and for Devon in 2003.[7]
The Duke and his wife are patrons and official hosts of the Queen Charlotte's Ball.[8]
In 2015, the Duke was involved in a dispute over a plan to build housing on ancestral land he owns at Totnes, Devon.[9]
Family
The present Duke is the son of Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, and Jane née Thomas (died 2005). His paternal grandmother, Edith Mary Parker, was a daughter of William Parker and Lucinda Steeves, daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation.
He married at All Saints' Church, Maiden Bradley, on 20 May 1978, Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliott Hull; the Duke and Duchess have four children:
- Sebastian Edward, Baron Seymour (b. Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, 3 February 1982), married on 27 August 2006 Arlette Marie Léontine, daughter of Daniel Lafayeedney (born Daniel Edney),[10][lower-alpha 1] co-founder and Director of the Institute for Statecraft, and Régine Lafaye, of Lagrasse, France.[11] They divorced in 2011.
- Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (b. 1987)
- Lady Henrietta Charlotte Seymour (b. 1989)
- Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (b. 1992).[12]
Arms
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Family tree
Beaufort, Tudor & Seymour family tree of Dukes of Somerset
| King Edward III (1312–1377 r.1327–1377) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence (1338–1368) | John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF SOMERSET, 1397 MARQUESS OF SOMERSET, 1397 (Marquessate revoked, 1399) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1443 | DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Beaufort 2nd Earl of Somerset (1401–1418) | John Beaufort 3rd Earl of Somerset 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444) | Edmund Beaufort 4th Earl of Somerset 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406–1455) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Derby (1443–1509) | Henry Beaufort 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464) | Edmund Beaufort 4th Duke of Somerset (c. 1439–1471) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dukes of Beaufort | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margery Wentworth (c. 1478–1550) | King Henry VII (1457–1509 r.1485–1509) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF HERTFORD, 1537 DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1547 | DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1499 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500–1552) Executed, titles forfeited | Queen Jane Seymour (c. 1508–1537) | King Henry VIII (1491–1547 r.1509–1547) | Mary Tudor Queen of France Duchess of Suffolk (1496–1533) | Prince Edmund 1st Duke of Somerset (1499–1500) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DUKE OF RICHMOND AND SOMERSET, 1525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King Edward VI (1537–1553 r.1547–1553) | Henry Fitzroy 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519–1536) | Lady Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (1517–1559) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EARL OF HERTFORD, 1559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lord Edward Seymour (c. 1528–1593) | Edward Seymour 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621) | Lady Katherine Grey (1540–1568) | Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 1st Baronet (c. 1563–1613) | Edward Seymour Viscount Beauchamp (1561–1612) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MARQUESS OF HERTFORD, 1641 DUKE OF SOMERSET, 1547 (Dukedom restored, 1660) | BARON SEYMOUR of TROWBRIDGE, 1641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 2nd Baronet (c. 1580–1659) | William Seymour 2nd Earl of Hertford 1st Marquess of Hertford 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588–1660) | Francis Seymour 1st Lord Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 3rd Baronet (1610–1688) | Henry Seymour Lord Beauchamp (c. 1626–1654) | Charles Seymour 2nd Lord Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1621–1665) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 4th Baronet (1633–1708) | William Seymour 3rd Duke of Somerset (1650–1671) | John Seymour 4th Duke of Somerset (c. 1646–1675) | Francis 3rd Lord Seymour of Trowbridge 5th Duke of Somerset (1658–1678) | Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (1662–1748) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MARQUESSES OF HERTFORD | EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 1749 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 5th Baronet (1663–1740) | Algernon Seymour 7th Duke of Somerset 1st Earl of Northumberland (1684–1750) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dukes of Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Seymour 6th Baronet 8th Duke of Somerset (1695–1757) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Seymour 9th Duke of Somerset (1717–1792) | Webb Seymour 10th Duke of Somerset (1718–1793) | Lord Francis Seymour (1726–1799) | George Seymour Viscount Beauchamp (1725–1744) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francis Compton Seymour (d. 1822) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Adolphus St Maur 11th Duke of Somerset (1775–1855) | Francis Edward Seymour (1788–1866) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Adolphus St Maur 12th Duke of Somerset (1804–1885) | Archibald Henry Algernon St Maur 13th Duke of Somerset (1810–1891) | Algernon Percy Banks St Maur 14th Duke of Somerset (1813–1894) | Francis Payne Seymour (1815–1870) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Adolphus Ferdinand St Maur Earl St. Maur (1835–1869) | Algernon St. Maur 15th Duke of Somerset (1846–1923) | Francis Alexander Dallas Seymour (1853–1883) | Edward Hamilton Seymour 16th Duke of Somerset (1860–1931) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour 17th Duke of Somerset (1882–1954) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Percy Hamilton Seymour 18th Duke of Somerset (1910–1984) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Michael Edward Seymour 19th Duke of Somerset (b. 1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sebastian Edward Seymour Lord Seymour (b. 1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- www.rics.org
- 'SOMERSET, 19th Duke of', in Who's Who 2012 (A. & C. Black, 2012); online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2011, accessed 8 December 2011.
- "Crossbench Hereditary Peers' By-Election, December 2014" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- www.parliament.uk
- "bradleyhouse.org". Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- www.wiltshire.gov.uk
- www.lordlieutenantofdevon.org.uk
- Smith, Julia Llewellyn (September 2013). "Why today's 'debutantes' are having a ball again".
- "Totnes' Great Court Farm plans get the go-ahead despite demo". Torquay Herald Express. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- Paul McKeigue, David Miller, Jake Mason, Piers Robinson, "Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative" – Working Group on Syria Propaganda and Media, fdik.org, 21 December 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- "statecraft.org.uk". Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 3678 (SOMERSET, D). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
Footnotes
- 13. Daniel Lafayeedney: "It appears that his surname was originally Edney, and that he took the middle name Lafaye on marriage to his first wife Regine Lafaye, some time before October 1978 when as Daniel Lafaye Edney aged 32 years, he was commissioned into the Territorial Reserve Special Air Service Regiment, Group A (23 SAS) as 2nd Lt. on probation. 19 months later, still holding the rank of 2nd Lt on probation and now known as Daniel Lafaye-Edney, he resigned his commission."[10]
External links
- Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
- Cracroft's Peerage online
- The Duke of Somerset, Obituary in The Times, Saturday, 17 November 1984
- www.duchyofsomerset.co.uk
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Somerset
- John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset
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