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SEYMOUR , Or ST MAUR.)
The Seymours of See also:Berry See also:Pomeroy were the See also:elder See also:branch of the See also:family, being descended from the See also:protector See also:Somerset by his first See also:marriage, the issue of which had been excluded from See also:succession to the titles and estates until after the failure of the issue of his second marriage (see above), which failure occurred on the See also:death of the above-named Algernon, 7th See also:duke. See also:Sir See also:Edward Seymour (1695–1757), who thus became 8th duke of Somerset, was See also:grandson of Sir See also:Edmund Seymour, See also:Speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons in the reign of See also:Charles II. His two sons succeeded in turn to the dukedom, and his grandson Edward See also:Adolphus, 11th duke (1775–1855), was a mathematician and scientist of some distinction. The latter's son Edward Adolphus, 12th duke (1804–1885), was educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and from 183o till he succeeded to the See also:peerage in 1855 he was a Liberal member of the House of Commons as See also:Lord Seymour, first for See also:Okehampton, and afterwards for See also:Totnes. He held various offices in Lord See also:Melbourne's See also:administration from 1835 to 1841; was a member of Lord See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell's See also:cabinet in 1851; and first lord of the See also:admiralty from 1859 to 1866. In 1863 he was created See also:Earl St Maur of Berry Pomeroy. He refused to join W. E. See also:Gladstone's See also:ministry in 1868, but he gave See also:independent support to the See also:chief See also:measures of the See also:government. He died in See also:November 1885. In 183o, while still Lord Seymour, he married Jane Georgiana, youngest of the three celebrated daughters of 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:Sheridan, who was the " See also:Queen of Beauty " at the famous See also:Eglinton See also:Tournament in 1839. The duke was the author of See also:Christian See also:Theology and See also:Modern See also:Scepticism (1872), and See also:Monarchy and See also:Democracy (188o). As his two sons both died unmarried in his lifetime, the family titles, except the earldom of St Maur, which became See also:extinct, devolved on his two See also:brothers successively; the younger of whom, Algernon See also:Percy See also:Banks, 14th duke (1813–1894), was succeeded by his son Algernon (b. 1846) as 15th duke of Somerset.
The See also:title of Earl St Maur adopted by the 12th duke in 1863 is said to have been the See also:original See also:form of the family name of which Seymour was a later corruption, and since the last-mentioned date it has been assumed as the family surname of the See also:dukes of Somerset.
See SEYMOUR, Or ST MAUR, and the authorities there cited. (R. J.
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