John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset
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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 | |
| as a hereditary peer 15 November 1984 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 18th Duke of Somerset |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [lower-alpha 1] |
| as an elected hereditary peer 12 December 2014 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Cobbold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Michael Edward Seymour (1952-12-30) 30 December 1952 (age 71) Bath, Somerset, England |
| Spouse |
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(s) | Maiden Bradley House, Wiltshire |
| Profession | Chartered surveyor, politician |
| Known for | Landowning, membership of the House of Lords |
| Other titles | Baron Seymour |
| Website | somersetestates |
The 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 (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation).[1]
He was educated at Hawtreys and Eton College.[2]
Seymour qualified as a chartered surveyor[2] before succeeding to the dukedom in 1984 on the death of his father.[3] 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,[4] to sit as a crossbencher.[5]
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1993[6] and for Devon in 2003.[7]
In 2015, the Duke was involved in a dispute over a plan to build housing on ancestral land he owns at Totnes, Devon.[8]
On 20 May 1978, Lord Seymour married Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliott Hull, at All Saints' church, Maiden Bradley. The Duke and Duchess have four children:[1]
- Sebastian Edward Seymour, Lord Seymour (born 1982), who married Arlette Marie Léontine, a daughter of Daniel Lafayeedney (né Daniel Edney),[9][lower-alpha 2]) on 27 August 2006. They divorced in 2011.
- Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (born 1987)[1]
- Lady Henrietta Charlotte Seymour (born 1989)[1]
- Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (born 1992).[1]
The Duke's principal seat is Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire,[10] and he also owns Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon. The Duke and his wife are patrons and official hosts of the Queen Charlotte's Ball.[11]
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