Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (
1695 –
December 15 1757) was a British nobleman. The son of
Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, a descendant of
Protector Somerset by his first marriage, he succeeded his distant cousin,
Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as Duke of Somerset in
1750.
On
March 8 1716, he married Mary Webb and had five children:
*
Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset (
2 January 1717 –
2 January 1792)
*
Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset (
3 December 1718 –
15 December 1793)
*William Seymour (
1724 –
5 November 1800)
*Very Reverend Lord Francis Seymour (
1726 –
16 February 1799) (Dean of
Wells Cathedral)
*Mary Seymour (
1744 –
21 July 1762)
