Name Percy 18th Died November 15, 1984 | ||
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Parents Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset Children John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset Grandparents Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset Similar People John Seymour - 19th Duk, Edward Seymour - 1st Duke, Inigo Jones, Max Penson, Samuel Courtauld | ||
Grandchildren Sebastian Edward Seymour | ||
Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (Crowborough, Sussex, 27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931 and 1954, of Bradley House in the parish of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, was a British peer.
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Origins
He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves.
Life
He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Cambridge. He was subsequently commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma.
Marriage & progeny
In London on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas (d. 18 February 2005, aged 91), daughter of Major John Cyril Collette Thomas, of Burn Cottage, Bude, Cornwall, by whom he had three children: