Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford

Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford

Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford GCB PC (February 11 1812 – January 25 1884) was the son of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour and a great-grandson of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford.

Francis's sister, Laura Williamina Seymour married Queen Victoria's nephew, Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg in 1861, eventually becoming known as Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

In 1870, Seymour's distant cousin Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford died unmarried and without issue, and Francis Seymour succeeded as the 5th Marquess.

He married Lady Emily Murray, daughter of David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, on 9 May 1839. They had ten children:

*Frederica Georgina Seymour (c. 1841–1848), died young.
*Lady Horatia Elizabeth Seymour (1842–1922), married Sir Henry David Erskine and had issue.
*Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford (1843–1912)
*Lady Florence Catherine Seymour (1845–1921), married Rev. James Blunt.
*Lord Albert Charles Seymour (1847–1891), married Sarah Napier and had issue.
*Georgina Emily Lucy Seymour (1848–1944), married Henry Stirling-Home-Drummond, maternal grandson of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry.
*Lord Ernest James Seymour (1850–1930), married Lady Georgiana Fortescue, daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue and had issue.
*Lady Constance Adelaide Seymour (1852–1915), married Frederick Barne and had issue.
*Lady Mary Margaret Seymour (1855–1948), married Sir George Dashwood, 6th Baronet and had issue.
*Reverend Lord Victor Alexander Seymour (1859–1935), married Elizabeth Cator and had issue.

He was created a Privy Councillor in 1874.


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