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Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset

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Personal details
Born
Percy Hamilton Seymour

(1910-09-27)27 September 1910
Crowborough, Sussex, England
Died15 November 1984(1984-11-15) (aged 74)
Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Spouse
Jane Thomas
(m. 1951)
Children
Parents
EducationBlundell's School
Alma materClare College, Cambridge

Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931–54, was a British peer.

Early life

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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).[1]

He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Cambridge.[1]

Career

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After Cambridge, he was commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma.[1]

Personal life

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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:[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Obituary - The Duke of Somerset, The Times, Saturday, 17 November 1984.
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Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Somerset
1954–1984
Succeeded by