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 182 SOMERSET. XIY. 1757. 9. Edward (Sbtmour), Duke of Somerset, &c, 1st s and li.. b. -J and bap. 27 dan. 1717 8, Ht Eastou, co. Wilts ; cd. (1730) at Winchester : mat. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.) 28 Feb. 1735/6 ; sri/(W LoKD SKYvionn, from 1750, till he shc. to f/ic pteragt M above, 1T> Dec. 1757 ; walked, as supporter to tbe chief mourner (the Duke of Cumberland), at the funeral of Geo. II. in 1700 ; and was bearer of the orb at the coronation of Geo. 111., in 1761 ; P.O., 1770. He , at Maiden Bradley afsd, and was bur. there. Will pr. Jan. 1794. His widow d. 23 July ISO-', in Upper Grosveuor street. Will pr. 1802. XVI. 1793. 11. Edward Adoumius (Seymour), Duke ok Somerset, &c, 3d but 1st snrv. s. and h.,( b ) 4. 21 Feb. 1775, at M.mcktou Farley afsd. : styled Lord SktmoOR from 1792 till he sue. to the peerage, aa above, 15 Dec. 1793 ; mat. at Oxford (Oh. Ch.), 31 Jan. 1792, and was fr. M.A., 2 Julv 1794, and D.C.L., 3 July 1S10 ; F.S.S., 1797 ; Col. of the 2.1 Wilts Militia, 1797 ; F.S.A., 1816 ; Vice Admiral of Somerset, 1831 ; Bearer of the Orb at the coron. of Will. IV. in 1S31 and of Queen Victoria in 1838 : President of the Linne.m Society, 1833, as also, for some years, of the Royal Institution i K.G.. 19 April 1S37. He m. firstly 24 Jane 1800, Charlotte, 2d da. of Archibald (Hamilton), Di ke ok Hamilton [S.].by Harriot, da. of Alexander (STBWABT), 5th EaHI. OF Galloway [S.] She, who was b. 0 April 1772, d. after a long illness, 10 June 1827, in Somerset House, Park Lane, aged 55. Her admon. April 1829. He m. secondly, at her father's house, Portland Plate, Marylebone, Margaret, 1st da. of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 5th Hart. [S.j, by Catharine, da. of Sir William Maxwell, 3d Bart. [S.] lie d. in Som. house afsd. 15 Aug. 1S55, aged 80. Will pr. Nov. 1S55.C) His widow d. s.p. in Som. house afsd., 18 July 1880, and was bur. at Gerards Cross, in Fulmer, co. Bucks. XVII. 1853. 1,1. Edward Adoi.imius (Seymour), Duke of Somer- set, &c, 1st s. and h. by first wife, b. 10 Dec. 1804, in Piccadilly; styled Lord Seymour till 18S5; ed. at Eton aud at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; mat., II Oct. 1823 ; was M.P. (in the Liberal interest) for Okehampton. 1830-31, anil for Totnes, 1834-35 ; a Lord of the Treasury, 1835-39 ; Sec. to East India Board, 1839-41; Under Sec. for Home, June to Sep. 1S41 ; a Commr. in Lunacy, 1S45-52; Ch. Com- missr. of Woods and Forest, 1849-52; PC, 1851, with (till 1852), a seat in the Cabinet; Trustee of the Brit. Museum, 1852 ; »ua. te the peerage, as above, 15 Aug. 1855. He was First Lord of the Admiralty, 1859-66 :( d ) Gov. of the Eoyal Naval Coll. at Portsmouth, 1859-66 ; L. Lieut, of Devon, 1861-65 ; K.G.. 21 May 1862.( c ) He was o 19 June 1863, EARL SAINT MAUUf) OF BERRY POMKKOY,co. ( a ) This John was bap. 2 July 1689, at St. Dunatans in the East, and bur. 28 Nov. 1757, at Stanton Harcourt. He was s. of Andrew Ilonnell, a merchant of London, who acquired in 1 689, the manor of Aswich, in Whaplode, co. Lincoln, which descended from him to the Dukes of Somerset. See " Coll. Top. et Gen.," vol. v, p. 341. (i>) His two elder brothers, Edward and Webb, both died young. (°) " A man of considerable acquirements and a generous aud frank patron of me" of science and letters; he was the author of a treatise on the relative elementary properties of the Ellipse and the Circle." [Ann. Reg. 1855.] ( a ) This was at a very critical period when, 1861-02, it was decided to strengthen our Naval defences. (°) He was the 5th Duke of Somerset who had enjoyed that honour. See vol. vi, p. 59, note " a," su6 " Norfolk." ( f ) He thus lent himself to the " modern-antique " spelling of the name of Ins family which (even allowing the alleged descent " a Sancto Mauro " to exist) had certainly ever since the 16th century, when first it became of any importance, been known as "Seymour."