Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
- Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
Edward Adolphus Seymour, later St. Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC (
20 December 1805 –28 November 1885 ) was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century.He was educated at
Eton College andChrist Church, Oxford , and from 1830 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1855 he was a Liberal member of the House of Commons as Lord Seymour, first for Okehampton, and afterwards for Totnes. He held various offices in Lord Melbourne’s administration from 1835 to 1841; was a member of Lord John Russell’s cabinet in 1851; andFirst Lord of the Admiralty from 1859 to 1866. In 1863 he was createdEarl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy. He refused to joinWilliam Ewart Gladstone ’s ministry in 1868, but he gave independent support to the chief measures of the government. He died in November 1885.In 1830, while still Lord Seymour, he married Jane Georgiana Sheridan, the younger sister of author Caroline Norton and granddaughter of playwright
Richard Brinsley Sheridan . Known for her loveliness, she was chosen to be the “Queen of Beauty” at theEglinton Tournament in 1839. The duke was the author of "Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism" (1872), and "Monarchy and Democracy" (1880). As his two sons both died unmarried in his lifetime, the family titles, except the earldom of St Maur, which became extinct, devolved on his two brothers successively.The title ofEarl St Maur was granted to the 12th duke in 1863. "St Maur" was supposed to have been the original form of the family name and "Seymour" a later corruption. From some time in the early 19th century until 1923, "St Maur" was used for the family name. Since 1923 the dukes have again used the familiar "Seymour".References
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