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See also:EDWARD See also:SEYMOUR , See also:duke of See also:Somerset (q.v.), known as the See also:Protector, was the first of the See also:line of See also:dukes to which the holder of the See also:title at the See also:present See also:day belongs, having been created See also:Viscount See also:Beauchamp of Hache, Co. Somerset, in 1536; See also:earl of See also:Hertford in 1J37; and in 1547 See also:Baron Seymour and duke of Somerset. His honours, which were entailed on the issue of
See also:xxv. 13his second in priority to that of his first See also:marriage, being forfeited by See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder in 1552, See also:Robert Carr became earl of Somerset (q.v.) in 1613, but died without male issue in 1645, when his title became See also:extinct. A curious incident in the See also:history of this title was the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant by See also:Charles I. in 1644 of a See also:commission to Edward Somerset, son of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, 1st See also:marquess of See also:Worcester, empowering him to fill up certain See also:blank See also:patents of See also:peerage with a promise of the title of duke of Somerset for himself. After the Restoration this See also:instrument was cancelled in consequence of a See also:resolution of the See also:House of Lords declaring it to be " in See also:prejudice to the peers "; and the grantee, who had meantime succeeded to the marquessate of Worcester, surrendered his claim to the dukedom of Somerset in See also:September 166o. In the same See also:month the dukedom of Somerset and See also:barony of Seymour were restored to See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Seymour (1588—1660), See also:great-See also:grandson of the Protector, who in 1621 inherited the titles of earl of Hertford and Baron Beau-champ which had been granted to his grandfather Edward Seymour in 1559, and who, in 1640, had himself been created marquess of Hertford. This nobleman, who in See also:early See also:life had incurred the displeasure of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. by marrying the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:cousin, See also:Lady Arabella See also:Stuart, and had been imprisoned in the See also:Tower for the offence, had later an exceptional claim on the gratitude of the royal house of See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, for he fought with distinction on the royalist See also:side in the See also:civil See also:war, and was one of four lords (the others being the duke of See also:Richmond, and the earls of See also:Lindsey and See also:Southampton) who petitioned the See also:Commons to be allowed to assume responsibility for the actions of Charles I. and to suffer See also:death in his See also:place. He died in See also:November 166o, a few See also:weeks after his restoration to the dukedom, and, having outlived his three eldest sons, was succeeded by his grandson William, 3rd duke of Somerset (c. 1651—1671). As the latter died unmarried, his See also:sister See also:Elizabeth brought to her See also:husband, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Bruce, 2nd earl of Ailesbury, the great estates of See also:Tottenham See also:Park and Savernake See also:Forest in See also:Wiltshire; while the Somerset title devolved on See also:John Seymour (c. 1628—1675), the 2nd duke's fifth and youngest son. At the death of the latter without issue in See also:April 1675 the marquessate of Hertford became extinct, and his cousin See also:Francis Seymour (1658—1678) became 5th duke of Somerset. This nobleman was the eldest surviving son of Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of See also:Trowbridge, whose See also:father See also:Sir Francis Seymour (c. 1590-1664), a younger See also:brother of the 2nd duke of Somerset, was created a baron in 1641.
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