Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet
Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 5th Baronet, MP (1660 or 1663 – 29 December 1740/1741)[1] was a British gentleman and politician.
He was a son of Royalist and Tory politician Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet and first wife Margaret Wale.
Family
He married the niece of his stepmother Laetitia Popham (d. 1738), daughter of Sir Francis Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire (d. 28 August 1674), and wife Eleanor Rogers, and granddaughter of Alexander Popham and wife Letitia Carre, by whom he had twelve children:
- Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (1694–1757)
- Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset (1697–1761)
- Alexander Seymour (d. 3 April 1731), unmarried
- William Seymour, of East Knoyle, Wiltshire (1713 – 5 January 1746/1747), m. firstly 17 April 1737 Elizabeth Hippye (d. 22 March 1741/1742), daughter of John Hippye, of Frome, Somerset, and wife, m. secondly 2 August 1745 Mary Hyde (d. 8 November 1753), daughter of Samuel Hyde, of Bromley, Kent, and wife, without any issue from both marriages
- Laetitia Seymour, married John Gapper and had issue
- Margaret Seymour, married Richard Jones, of Ramsbury
- Elizabeth Seymour (d. 5 May 1756), married Henry Hungerford, of Field
- Anne Seymour (d. February 1755), married William Scroggs, of Chute Lodge
- Eleanor Seymour (d. bef. 1756?), unmarried
- Mary Seymour, married Rev. Hammond
- Jane Seymour, married William Colman, of Garnhay
- Katherine Seymour, married John Philip Fuhr, of Bristol
References
- ↑ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p.84.
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| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by James Kendall Percy Kirke |
Member of Parliament for West Looe 1690–1695 With: Jonathan Trelawny |
Succeeded by James Kendall John Mountstephen |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Coulson Sir Humphrey Mackworth |
Member of Parliament for Totnes 1708–1710 With: George Courtenay |
Succeeded by Thomas Coulson Francis Gwyn |
| Preceded by Lord Bruce Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke |
Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1710–1715 With: Lord Bruce 1710–1711 Thomas Millington 1711–1715 |
Succeeded by Stephen Bisse William Sloper |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Edward Seymour |
Baronet (of Berry Pomeroy) 1708–1741 |
Succeeded by Edward Seymour |
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