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His Grace
The Duke of Somerset
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds
9th Duke of Somerset
In office
1757–1792
Succeeded byWebb Seymour
Personal details
Born2 January 1717
Died2 January 1792
Parents

Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, etc. (2 January 1717 – 2 January 1792) was the eldest son of Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset and his wife, the former Mary Webb. He was also a baronet.

He was baptized on 27 January 1717 at Easton in Wiltshire.[1] He succeeded his father as Duke of Somerset on 12 December 1757. He was named a Privy Councillor by George II and in 1783 was awarded an annual pension, which along with his financial management and reclusiveness contributed to the growth of his fortune.[2]

He died on his 75th birthday, unmarried and childless, and was interred on 11 January 1792 at Maiden Bradley, near Warminster, Wiltshire. His titles passed to his brother Webb Seymour.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p.83.
  2. ^ Annals of the Seymours : being a history of the Seymour family from early times to within a few years of the present (1902), p. 325
Peerage of England Preceded byEdward Seymour Duke of Somerset 1757–1792 Succeeded byWebb Seymour


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