Name Edward 8th Died December 15, 1757 | Role Seymour baronets | |
Parents Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet Children Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset Grandchildren Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset Grandparents Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet Great-grandparents Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet | ||
Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (December 1694 or early 1695 – Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, 12/15 December 1757, bur. 21 December 1757) was a British nobleman.
The son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, a descendant of Lord Protector Somerset by his first marriage, he was baptized at Easton Royal, Wiltshire on 17 January 1694, and succeeded his distant cousin, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 8th Duke of Somerset and Baron Seymour on 23 November 1750. The 8th Duke only inherited a fragment of the immense Percy family wealth enjoyed by his two immediate predecessors, and the Dukes of Somerset were never again among the richest landowning families in Britain. The principal Percy estates and houses of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland House, Petworth House and Syon House were divided between the 7th Duke's daughter and nephew.
In Monkton Farleigh on 8 March 1716 or 5 March 1717, he married Mary Webb (Seend, Wiltshire, 22 October 1697 – 1 February 1768, bur. Seend, Wiltshire, 8 February 1768), daughter of Daniel Webb, of Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire, and wife Elizabeth Somner, sister of Edward Somner, of Seend, Wiltshire, and daughter of John Somner and wife, and had five children: