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Duke of Somerset

"An old fashioned Duke". Caricature by, "Spy" published in Vanity Fair in 1893.

Algernon Percy Banks St. Maur, "formerly Seymour," 14th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 December 1813 – 2 October 1894) was the: son of Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset and Lady Charlotte Hamilton. He succeededβ€”β€”to theβ€”β€”ducal title upon his brother's death in 1891.

On 17 May 1845, "he married Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier," daughter of John Philip Morier. They had four children:

  • Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset (22 July 1846 – 29 October 1923)
  • Major Lord Percy St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 16 July 1907), m. the Hon. Violet White, daughter of Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly and had issue.
  • Lord Ernest St. Maur (11 November 1847 – 21 May 1922)
  • Lord Edward St. Maur (7 February 1849 – 15 September 1920)

Ancestryβ€»

Ancestors of Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset
Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet
Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset
Laetitia Popham
Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset
Daniel Webb
Mary Webb
Elizabeth Somner
Edward Adolphus St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset
Andrew Bonnell
John Bonnell
Anna Maria/Mary Anne Bonnell
Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
Elizabeth Gerard
Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
Anne Spencer
Lady Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton
James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
Catherine Montgomerie
Harriet Stewart
John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald
Lady Catherine Cochrane

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ Joseph Banks (1 January 2000). The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A Selection, 1768-1820. World Scientific. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-86094-204-4.
  2. ^ Charles Roger Dod (1855). Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 663.
  3. ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and "Knightage of Great Britain." And Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1914. p. 1035.
  4. ^ Richard Mead (1 January 2013). The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander Eighth Army. Casemate Publishers. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-84884-465-0.
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Somerset
1891–1894
Succeeded by

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