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John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, (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.
Early life
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).
He was educated at Hawtreys and Eton College.
Career
Seymour qualified as a Chartered Surveyor before succeeding to the dukedom in 1984 on the death of his father. 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, to sit as a crossbencher.
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1993 and for Devon in 2003.
In 2015, the Duke was involved in a dispute over a plan to build housing on ancestral land he owns in Totnes, Devon.
Personal life
On 20 May 1978, Lord Seymour married Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliott Charles Hull and Rosemarie Kathleen née Waring, at All Saints' church, Maiden Bradley. The Duke and Duchess have four children:
Sebastian Edward Seymour, Lord Seymour (born 1982), who married Arlette Marie Léontine, a daughter of Daniel Lafayeedney (né Daniel Edney),) on 27 August 2006. They divorced in 2011.
Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (born 1987)
Lady Henrietta Charlotte Seymour (born 1989)
Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (born 1992).
The Duke's principal seat is Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, 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.
He was a patron of UKIP in the early 2000s.
Arms
Family tree
See also
Duke of Somerset
Seymour baronets
List of dukes in the peerages of the British Isles
Somerset House
Notes
References
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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