David Seyfried Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert

David John Seyfried-Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert (born 3 March 1952) is a British peer.^[1]

Biography

He was born David John Seyfried, the son of Captain John Seyfried, Royal Horse Guards, and Lady Cathleen Eliot, daughter of the 6th Earl of St Germans. Lord St Germans's wife was Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of the 9th Duke of Beaufort, descendant of William Herbert from whom the Barony of Herbert originated.

He was educated at Harrow School. He married, in 1975, Jane Bishop, daughter of Dr Ian Bishop. They have one son, Oliver Richard Seyfried Herbert, born 17 June 1976, and one daughter, Charlotte Sophia Caroline Seyfried Herbert, born 27 October 1977, educated at Wycombe Abbey School and Oriel College, Oxford. In 2007 she married Julian Collett and they have two sons: Rollo Huxley Herbert Collett, born 14 July 2008 and Caspian Huxley Herbert Collett, born November 2009.

Oliver was educated at Harrow School and St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 2003 he married Sarah (Sally) Victoria Fergusson, daughter of Ian Fergusson FRCS, and they have one son: Oscar James Seyfried Herbert, born 27 November 2004 and two daughters, Coco Florence Seyfried Herbert, born 23 July 2007 and Phoebe Sophia Seyfried Herbert, born 12 June 2008.

In 2002 the Queen terminated the abeyance of the Barony of Herbert in his favour.^[2] He is also a co-heir, with one moiety, to the Barony of Botetourt.

Lord Herbert is a distant grandnephew of King Richard III through his maternal grandmother, Lady Blanche Somerset. Lady Blanche was a descendant of the Dukes of Beaufort through her father, the 9th Duke of Beaufort. The 1st Duke of Beaufort descended from King Richard's brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and his wife Lady Isabel Neville who in turn was a cousin to the King. Lord Herbert will be representing the Lancastrian peers who fought at the Battle of Bosworth during the re-interment of King Richard on 26 March 2015 at Leicester Cathedral. The descendants of the York and Lancastrian peers that were present at Bosworth will be accompanying the funeral cortege and will escort the body of King Richard into the Cathedral.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of David Seyfried Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert

4. John Frederick Seyfried                             2. John Beeton Seyfried                                   1. David Seyfried-Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert                                         24. Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans               12. Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans                       25. Lady Jemima Cornwallis               6. John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans                             26. Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton               13. Hon. Emily Labouchere                       27. Frances Baring               3. Lady Cathleen Eliot                                   28. Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort               14. Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort                       29. Lady Georgiana Curzon-Howe               7. Lady Blanche Somerset                             30. William Harford               15. Louise Harford                       31. Ellen Tower

Notes

1. "Preview Family Record :Herbert, 19th Baron". Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
2. By the laws of succession to ancient English baronies, daughters and co-heiresses inherit equal shares. Lady Blanche's daughters or their heirs inherited equal shares in the barony; however, David Seyfried was the elder son and thus sole heir of his mother, the younger daughter. The elder daughter had two surviving daughters who became co-heiresses to their mother's moiety or one-half. For details, see discussions on the Usenet group alt.talk.royalty.
3. Charlotte Eager. The Daily Mail: My kingdom for a hearse! 530 years on the little details of Richard III's noble burial will make you proud to be a monarchist, 21 March 2015. Daily Mail Online

External Links

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