Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset

Algernon St. Maur, later Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 July 1846 – 22 October 1923, in Maiden Bradley) was the son of Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset and Horatia Morler. He was also a baronet.

On September 5, 1877, he married Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon, the ninth daughter of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan. Because St. Maur did not have any children, his titles passed to his nearest relative, Edward Seymour.

He was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, but later joined the 60th Rifles and took part in the Wolseley Expedition of 1870. He was a tall and athletic man, of powerful build. After leaving the Regular Army, he spent several years ranching in Western America. On accession to the Dukedom in 1894, he voted often in the House of Lords, although he seldom spoke there. He became president of Dr Barnardo’s Homes, a charity which both he and the Duchess had supported for many years.^[1]

The Duke and the Duchess (d. 1936) were buried on Brimble Hill near their residence at Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, West Wiltshire. Their graves are in a little wood on a hilltop surrounded by agricultural land. They are surrounded by a metal fence and marked by standing rough stones with small text plaques.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset

Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset               Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset                       Mary Webb               Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset                             John Bonnell               Anna Maria/Mary Anne Bonnell                       Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset                                   James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton               Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton                       Anne Spencer               Lady Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton                             Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway               Lady Harriet Stewart                       Lady Catherine Cochrane               Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset                                         Isaac Augustin François Morier[3]               Isaac Morier                       Jeanne Pernette Barbey[3]               John Philip Morier                             David George van Lennep[3]               Elisabeth Clara van Lennep[3]                       Anna Maria Leytstar[3]               Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier                                   Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford               Lord Hugh Seymour                       Lady Isabella FitzRoy               Horatia Maria Frances Seymour                             James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave               Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave                       Maria Walpole

References

1. Obituary, The Times, Monday 22 October 1923, p. 14, column D.
2. The grave of Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset, 19 July 2013
3. van Lennep, Henrick. "THE VAN LENNEP GENEALOGY" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2016.

• Morier family ancestry

External links

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