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  • Name: Algernon SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Nov 1684 b
  • Baptism: 26 Nov 1684 in Petworth, Sussex c
  • Death: 7 Feb 1749/50 in Percy Lodge, Bucks d
  • Burial: 24 Feb 1749/50 in Westminster Abbey u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Charles SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset Birth: 13 Aug 1662 in Preschute, Wilts Death: 2 Dec 1748 in Petworth, Sussex
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth PERCY Birth: 26 Jan 1666/7 Death: 23 Nov 1722 in Northumberland House

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth SEYMOUR Birth: 26 Nov 1716 Death: 5 Dec 1776 in Northumberland House, Strand

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 3 English Irish and Scottish 1649-1664. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1903. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta03coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP IX p742, CP V p35, CP XII/1 p80],
parents:
[Ref: CB III p102, CP IX p742, CP V p35, CP XII/1 p80]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p80],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p80]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB III p102, CP IX p743, CP V p36, CP XII/1 p81],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p81]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p81],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p81]
Sources with Information about marriage to Frances THYNNE
date:
soon after 1 Mar 1714/5 [Ref: CP XII/1 p81],
child:
[Ref: CB III p102, CP IX p743, CP XII/1 p81]
Research Notes:
7th Duke of Somerset, of Dukedom cr 1547 [Ref: CP XII/1 p80]
Duke of Somerset [Ref: CP II p174, CP IX p742]
Duke of Somerset [Ref: CP V p35]
1st Earl of Northumberland, of Earldom cr 1749 [Ref: CP IX p742]
Earl of Northumberland [Ref: CP V p36]
Earl of Northumberland [Ref: CP II p174]
1st Earl of Egremont, of Earldom cr 1749 [Ref: CP V p35]
Baron Warkworth [Ref: CP IX p742, CP V p36, CP XII/1 p80]
Lord Percy [Ref: CP IX p742, CP XII/1 p80]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IX p742, CP V p35, CP XII/1 p79]

2 Oct 1749: cr Baron Warkworth and Earl of Northumberland [Ref: CP V p36, CP XII/1 p80]

3 Oct 1749: cr Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont [Ref: CP V p36, CP XII/1 p81]

d.s.p.m.s; Barony of Percy (cr 1722) devolved on his daughter and heir general; Earldom of Northumberland and Barony of Wariworth (1749) on his son-in-law Sir Hugh Smithson; Earldom of Egremont and Barony of Cockermouth (1749) on his nephew Sir Charles Wyndham, Bart; Earldom of Hertford (1559) Barony of Beauchamp (1559) and Barony of Seymour of Trowbridge (1641) became extinct; Dukedom of Somerset and Barony of Seymour to Edward SEYMOUR 5th cousin once removed [Ref: CP XII/1 p81]



Pedigree of Algernon SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset
                                                                /-----John SEYMOUR
                                                       /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth DARELL
                                              /-----Edward SEYMOUR, K.G., Duke Of Somerset
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
                                             |         \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
                                             |                  \-----Anne SAY
                                     /-----Edward SEYMOUR, Earl Of Hertford
                                    |        |                  /-----Thomas STANHOPE
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Edward STANHOPE
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary JERNINGHAM
                                    |         \-----Anne STANHOPE
                                    |                 |         /-----Fulke BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth BOURCHIER
                                    |                           \-----Elizabeth DINHAM
                            /-----Edward SEYMOUR, Lord Beauchamp
                           |        |                           /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
                           |        |                  /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
                           |        |                 |         \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
                           |        |         /-----Henry GREY, K.G., Duke of Suffolk
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
                           |        |        |         \-----Margaret WOTTON
                           |        |        |                  \-----Anne BELKNAP
                           |         \-----Katherine GREY
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir William BRANDON
                           |                 |         /-----Charles BRANDON, K.G., Duke of Suffolk
                           |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BRUYN
                           |                  \-----Frances BRANDON
                           |                          |         /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
                           |                           \-----Mary TUDOR
                           |                                    \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
                   /-----Francis SEYMOUR, Lord Seymour of Trowbridge
                  |        |         /-----Sir Richard ROGERS
                  |         \-----Honora ROGERS
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Andrew LUTTRELL
                  |                  \-----Cecilia LUTTRELL
          /-----Charles SEYMOUR, Lord Seymour of Trowbridge
         |        |         /-----Sir Gilbert PRYNNE
         |         \-----Frances PRYNNE
         |                  \-----Mary DAVYS
 /-----Charles SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Giles ALINGTON
|        |                                             /-----Sir Giles ALINGTON
|        |                                            |         \-----Mary GARDENER
|        |                                    /-----Robert ALINGTON
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Robert DRURY
|        |                                   |         \-----Ursula DRURY
|        |                           /-----Giles ALINGTON
|        |                          |        |         /-----William CONINGSBY
|        |                          |         \-----Margaret CONINGSBY
|        |                  /-----Sir Giles ALINGTON
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John SPENCER
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret SPENCER
|        |         /-----William ALINGTON, Lord Alington
|        |        |        |                           /-----Richard CECIL
|        |        |        |                  /-----William CECIL, Lord Burghley
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William HECKINGTON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Jane HECKINGTON
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Peter CHEKE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary CHEKE
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes DUFFIELD
|        |        |         \-----Dorothy CECIL
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Richard NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|        |        |                 |                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
|        |        |                 |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir George VERE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|        |        |                  \-----Dorothy NEVILLE
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Charles SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester
|        |        |                          |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERBERT, Baroness Herbert
|        |        |                           \-----Lucy SOMERSET
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
|        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
|        |        |                                             \-----Lucy NEVILLE
|         \-----Elizabeth ALINGTON
|                 |                                    /-----Lionel TOLLEMACHE
|                 |                           /-----Lionel TOLLEMACHE
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
|                 |                          |         \-----Dorothy WENTWORTH
|                 |                          |                  \-----Anne TYRELLE
|                 |                  /-----Sir Lionel TOLLEMACHE
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas JERMYN
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ambrose JERMYN
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Anne SPRING
|                 |                 |         \-----Susan JERMYN
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----George HEVENINGHAM
|                 |                 |                  \-----Anne HEVENINGHAM
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret BURGOYNE
|                 |         /-----Sir Lionel TOLLEMACHE
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Thomas CROMWELL, K.G., Earl of Essex
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Gregory CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WYKES
|                 |        |        |         /-----Henry CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SEYMOUR
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CROMWELL
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----William PAULET, K.G., Marquess of Winchester
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John PAULET, Marquess of Winchester
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CAPEL
|                 |        |                  \-----Mary PAULET
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Robert WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
|                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
|                 |        |                                    \-----Dorothy GREY
|                  \-----Elizabeth TELLEMACHE
|                          |                                    /-----Thomas STANHOPE
|                          |                           /-----Sir Edward STANHOPE
|                          |                          |         \-----Mary JERNINGHAM
|                          |                  /-----Sir Michael STANHOPE
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gervase CLIFTON, K.B.
|                          |                 |         \-----Avelina CLIFTON
|                          |         /-----John STANHOPE, Lord Stanhope of Harrington
|                          |        |        |         /-----Nicholas RAWSON
|                          |        |         \-----Anne RAWSON
|                           \-----Elizabeth STANHOPE
|                                   |         /-----Henry MACKWILLIAMS
|                                    \-----Margaret MACKWILLIAMS
|                                            |         /-----Richard HILL
|                                             \-----Mary HILL
Algernon SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset
|                                                               /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                                                      /-----Henry Algernon PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                                                     |         \-----Maud HERBERT
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas PERCY
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Robert SPENCER
|                                            |         \-----Catherine SPENCER
|                                            |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUFORT, Countess Of Wiltshire
|                                    /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                                   |        |         /-----(Unk) HARBOTTLE
|                                   |         \-----Eleanor HARBOTTLE
|                           /-----Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                          |        |                           /-----Richard NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|                          |        |                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
|                          |        |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir George VERE
|                          |        |        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|                          |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|                          |                 |                  /-----Charles SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester
|                          |                 |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERBERT, Baroness Herbert
|                          |                  \-----Lucy SOMERSET
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
|                          |                                    \-----Lucy NEVILLE
|                  /-----Algernon PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |                                    /-----John DEVEREUX, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|                 |        |                           /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Cecily BOURCHIER
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary GREY
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|                 |        |         /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
|                 |        |        |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Anne STAFFORD
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|                 |         \-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
|                 |                 |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEYNSTON
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
|                 |                  \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
|                 |                          |                  /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|                 |                          |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|                 |                           \-----Katherine CARY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas BOLEYN, K.G., Earl of Wiltshire and Orm
|                 |                                    \-----Mary BOLEYN
|                 |                                             \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
|         /-----Joceline PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|        |        |                                             /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |        |                                    /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|        |        |                          |         \-----Frances VERE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
|        |        |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Geoffrey AUDLEY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AUDLEY, K.G., Lord Audley
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret AUDLEY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GREY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret WOTTON
|        |        |         /-----Theophilus HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry KNYVETT
|        |        |        |         \-----Catherine KNEVET
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----William STUMPE
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James STUMPE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joyce BERKELEY
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STUMPE
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Edward BAYNTON
|        |        |        |                           \-----Bridget BAYNTON
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth SULLIARD
|        |         \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
|        |                 |                  /-----Alexander HOME
|        |                 |         /-----Sir George HOME, K.G., Earl of Dunbar
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----George HOME
|        |                 |        |         \-----Janet HOME
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth HOME
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Alexander GORDON
|        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
|        |                                   |         /-----David BETOUN
|        |                                    \-----Agnes BETOUN
 \-----Elizabeth PERCY
         |                                             /-----William WRIOTHESLEY
         |                                    /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                                   |        |         /-----James DRAYTON
         |                                   |         \-----Agnes DRAYTON
         |                           /-----Henry WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                          |        |         /-----William CHENEY
         |                          |         \-----Jane CHENEY
         |                          |                 |         /-----Thomas WALWYN
         |                          |                  \-----Emma WALWYN
         |                  /-----Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Lucy NEVILLE
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G., Viscount Montague
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John GAGE, K.G.
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice GAGE
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Philippe GUILFORD
         |                 |         \-----Mary BROWNE
         |                 |                 |                  /-----John RADCLIFF, Lord FitzWalter
         |                 |                 |         /-----Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret WHETEHILL
         |                 |                  \-----Jane RADCLIFFE
         |                 |                          |         /-----Thomas STANLEY, Earl Of Derby
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret STANLEY
         |                 |                                    \-----Anne HASTINGS
         |         /-----Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton
         |        |        |         /-----John VERNON
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth VERNON
         |        |                 |                           /-----John DEVEREUX, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |        |                 |                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Cecily BOURCHIER
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Mary GREY
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DEVEREUX
         |        |                          |                  /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
         |        |                          |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
         |        |                           \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
         |        |                                   |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |                                    \-----Anne STAFFORD
         |        |                                             \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
          \-----Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY
                  |                           /-----Sir William LEIGH
                  |                  /-----Sir Francis LEIGH
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir James HARRINGTON
                  |                 |         \-----Frances HARRINGTON
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William SIDNEY
                  |                 |                  \-----Lucy SIDNEY
                  |                 |                           \-----Anne PAGENHAM
                  |         /-----Sir Francis LEIGH, Earl of Chichester
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Richard EGERTON
                  |        |        |         /-----Thomas EGERTON, Viscount Brackley
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Alice SPARKE
                  |        |         \-----Mary EGERTON
                  |        |                 |                  /-----George RAVENSCROFT
                  |        |                 |         /-----Thomas RAVENSCROFT
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Ferch Richard Ap HOWELL
                  |        |                  \-----Elizabeth RAVENSCROFT
                  |        |                          |         /-----Richard GROSVENOR
                  |        |                           \-----Katherine GROSVENOR
                   \-----Elizabeth LEIGH
                           |                                    /-----Sir Philip BOTELER
                           |                           /-----Sir John BOTELER
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DRURY
                           |                  /-----Sir Henry BOTELER
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ROCHE
                           |                 |         \-----Grizel ROCHE
                           |         /-----John BOTELER, Lord Boteler of Brantfield
                           |        |        |         /-----Robert WALLER
                           |        |         \-----Catharine WALLER
                            \-----Audrey BOTELER
                                    |                           /-----Sir John VILLIERS
                                    |                  /-----William VILLIERS
                                    |                 |         \-----Agnes DIGBY
                                    |         /-----Sir George VILLIERS
                                    |        |        |         /-----Richard CLARKE
                                    |        |         \-----Coletta CLARKE
                                     \-----Elizabeth VILLIERS
                                             |         /-----William SAUNDERS
                                              \-----Audrey SAUNDERS



Descendants of Algernon SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset
1. Algernon SEYMOUR, Duke Of Somerset m. Frances THYNNE
m. Frances THYNNE father: Henry THYNNE mother: Grace STRODE

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth SEYMOUR m. Hugh PERCY, Duke of Northumberland
m. Hugh PERCY, Duke of Northumberland father: Langdale SMITHSON mother: Philadelphia REVELEY

3rd generation

3. Algernon PERCY, Earl Of Beverley m. Isabella Susanna BURRELL
m. Isabella Susanna BURRELL father: Peter BURRELL mother: Elizabeth LEWIS

4th generation

4. Charlotte PERCY m. George ASHBURNHAM, Earl of Ashburnham
m. George ASHBURNHAM, Earl of Ashburnham father: John ASHBURNHAM, Earl of Ashburnham mother: Elizabeth CROWLEY

5th generation

5. Georgiana Jemima ASHBURNHAM m. Henry Reveley MITFORD
m. Henry Reveley MITFORD father: (Unk) MITFORD