Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset explained

Honorific Prefix:His Grace
The Duke of Somerset
Birth Name:Percy Hamilton Seymour
Birth Date:27 September 1910
Birth Place:Crowborough, Sussex, England
Death Place:Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Children:
Father:Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset
Mother:Edith Mary Parker
Education:Blundell's School
Alma Mater:Clare College, Cambridge

Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931 and 1954, of Bradley House in the parish of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, was a British peer.

Early life

He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation).

He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Cambridge.

Career

After Cambridge, he was commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma.

Personal life

In London on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas (d. 18 February 2005, aged 91), daughter of Major John Cyril Collette Thomas, of Burn Cottage, Bude, Cornwall, by whom he had three children:

The 18th Duke died on 15 November 1984 at Warminster, Wiltshire and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son, John.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mosley, Charles ([[editor|ed.]]) . Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn . London. Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd . 3678 (SOMERSET, D) . 2003 . 0-9711966-2-1. Burke's Peerage.
  2. Obituary - The Duke of Somerset, The Times, Saturday, 17 November 1984.