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Suffolk. The eldest son of this marriage was Sir William St Maur, or Seymour (for the later form of the name appears to have come into use about this date), who was an attendant on the See also:

Black See also:

Prince, and who died in his See also:

MOTHER

mother's lifetime, leaving a son Roger, who inherited the estates and added to them by his marriage with Maud, daughter of Sir William Esturmi of See also:

Wolf See also:

Hall, See also:

WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire. During the next three or four generations the See also:

WEALTH

wealth and importance of the Seymours in the western counties increased, until in the reigns of See also:

Henry VII. and Henry VIII. Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall became a personage of See also:

note in public affairs. He took an active part in suppressing the Cornish See also:

REBELLION

rebellion in 1497; and afterwards attended Henry at the See also:

Field of the See also:

CLOTH

Cloth of See also:

Gold, and on the occasion of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Charles V.'s visit to See also:

England in 1522. The eldest of his ten See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children was See also:

EDWARD

Edward Seymour, 1st duke of Somerset (q.v.), the famous See also:

PROTECTOR

Protector in the reign of Edward VI.; his third son was See also:

Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley (q.v.); and his eldest daughter Jane was third wife of See also:

King Henry VIII., and mother of Edward VI.

The Protector was twice married; and, probably owing to the See also:

ADULTERY (from Lat. adulterium)

adultery of his first wife whom he repudiated about 1535, his titles and estates were entailed first on the issue of his second marriage with See also:

Anne, daughter of Sir Edward See also:

Stanhope. (See SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF.) rho protector's eldest surviving son by his first marriage, Sir Edward Seymour (d. 1593), See also:

knight, of See also:

Berry See also:

POMEROY

Pomeroy, See also:

DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon, was father of Sir Edward Seymour (d. 1613) who was created a See also:

BARONET

baronet in 1611; and the baronetcy then descended for six generations from father to son, all of whom were named Edward, until in 1750, on the failure of heirs of the Protector by his second marriage, Sir Edward Seymour, 6th baronet of Berry Pomeroy, succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset. The 3rd baronet, in whose time the family seat at Berry Pomeroy was plundered and burnt by the Roundheads, had a younger brother Henry (1612-1686), who was a See also:

close See also:

PERSONAL

personal attendant of Prince Charles during the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War, and See also:

BORE

bore the prince's last See also:

MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message to his father, Charles.I., before the latter's See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution. Henry Seymour continued his service to Charles II. in See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile, and at the Restoration he received several valuable offices from the king. In 1669 he bought the See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of See also:

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)

Langley in See also:

Buckinghamshire, where he lived till his See also:

DEATH

death in 1686. In 1681 his son Henry, at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seven years, was created a baronet. Sir Edward Seymour, 4th baronet (1633-1708), See also:

SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons, was elected member of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for See also:

Gloucester in 1661, and his See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence at See also:

Court together with his natural abilities procured for him a position of See also:

WEIGHT

weight in the House of Commons. He was appointed to the lucrative See also:

POST

post of treasurer of the See also:

NAVY

navy; and in 1667 he moved the See also:

IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment of See also:

Lord See also:

Clarendon, which he carried to the House of Lords. In 1672 he was elected speaker, an See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which he filled with distinction until 1679, when, having been unanimously re-elected to the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

Chair, the king refused to confirm the choice of the Commons. On the See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

James II., Seymour courageously opposed the arbitrary See also:

MEASURES

measures of the See also:

CROWN

Crown; and at the revolution he adhered to the Prince of See also:

Orange.

In 1691 he became a lord of the See also:

TREASURY

treasury, but losing his place three years later he took an active part in the tory opposition to William's whig ministers; and in later years he was not less hostile to those of See also:

Queen Anne, but owing to the ascendancy of See also:

Marlborough he lost all influence for some time before his death, which took place in 1708. Seymour was not less arrogant than his relative" the Proud Duke " of Somerset; but he was described by See also:

Burnet as " the ablest See also:

man of his party, the first speaker of the House of Commons that was not bred to the See also:

law; a graceful man, bold and See also:

QUICK

quick, and of high See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth." Sir Edward Seymour was twice married. By his first wife he had two sons, Edward, 5th baronet, whose son Edward became the 8th duke of Somerset, and William, who became a See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

general; by his second wife, a daughter of See also:

Alexander See also:

Popham of Littlecote, he had six sons, the eldest of whom, Popham, on succeeding to the estates of his mother's See also:

cousin, Edward, earl of See also:

Conway, assumed the name of Conway in addition to that of Seymour. Popham was killed in a See also:

DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel with See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

Kirk in 1669, and his estates devolved on his next brother, See also:

Francis, who likewise assumed the name of Conway, and having been created Baron Conway in 1703 was the father of Francis Seymour Conway (1719-1794), created See also:

marquess of See also:

Hertford in 1793, and of field-marshal Henry Seymour Conway (q.v.). (See HERTFORD, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF.) The eldest son of the Protector's second marriage, Edward Seymour (1537-1621), was relieved by See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of parliament in the reign of Queen See also:

Mary from the 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 passed on his father in 1551, and was created Baron Beauchamp and earl of Hertford in 1559. In 156o he secretly married See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

Catherine See also:

Grey, second daughter of Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk, and See also:

SISTER

sister of Lady Jane Grey, claimant of the crown as great-granddaughter of Henry VII., on whose death Catherine stood next in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to the See also:

THRONE

throne after Queen See also:

Elizabeth under the will of Henry VIII. On this See also:

account both parties to the marriage incurred the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth; they were imprisoned in the See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

LONDON

London, and the fact of their marriage, together with the See also:

LEGITIMACY

legitimacy of their two sons, was denied. The eldest of these sons was Edward Seymour (1561-1612), styled Lord Beauchamp notwithstanding the question as to his legitimacy, who in 16o8 obtained a patent declaring that, after his father's death he should become earl of Hertford. He, however, died before his father, leaving three sons, one of whom, William, became 2nd duke of Somerset; and another, Francis, was created Baron Seymour of See also:

TROWBRIDGE

Trowbridge in 1641. The latter had at first taken an active part in the opposition in the House of Commons to the See also:

government of Charles I., having been elected member for Wiltshire in 162o. He represented the same See also:

CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency in both the See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short and the See also:

Long Parliaments; and he refused to pay See also:

SHIP

ship See also:

MONEY

money in 1639. When, however, the popular party proceeded to more extreme measures, Francis Seymour refused his support, and was rewarded by being raised to the See also:

peerage; he voted in the House of Lords against the attainder of See also:

Strafford, and in 1642 he joined Charles at See also:

York and fought on the royalist See also:

side throughout the Great Rebellion.

He died in 1664. His See also:

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Francis, 3rd baron, succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset in 1675; and on the death of his See also:

NEPHEW

nephew Algernon, 7th duke of Somerset, in 1750, the male See also:

LINE

line of the Protector by his second marriage became See also:

EXTINCT

extinct, and the dukedom reverted to the See also:

elder line, the 6th baronet of Berry Pomeroy becoming 8th duke of Somerset. Henry Seymour (1729-1805), a son of the 8th duke of Somerset's brother Francis, was elected to the House of Commons in 1763; in 1778 he went to See also:

France, and fixing his residence at Prunay, near See also:

VERSAILLES

Versailles, he became the See also:

LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of Madame du See also:

Barry, many of whose letters to him are preserved in See also:

Paris. He was twice married, and in addition to children by both wives he See also:

LEFT

left an illegitimate daughter, Henriette Felicite, who married Sir James Doughty-Tichborne, by whom she was the mother of Sir Roger Tichborne, impersonated in 1871 by the famous impostor See also:

Arthur See also:

ORTON, JOB (1717–1783)

Orton. Lord See also:

Hugh Seymour (1759-1801), a younger son of Francis Seymour-Conway, marquess of Hertford, was a distinguished See also:

NAVAL

naval officer who saw much active service especially under Lord See also:

Howe, in whose famous See also:

ACTION

action on the 1st of See also:

JUNE

June 1794 he took a conspicuous part. His son Sir See also:

George Francis Seymour (1787-1870), See also:

ADMIRAL

admiral of the See also:

FLEET

fleet, began his naval career by serving under See also:

Nelson; in 1818 he became Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Lords, a post which he retained till 1841, when he was promoted to the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

REAR

rear-admiral and appointed a lord cf the See also:

ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty; his eldest son, Francis George Hugh Seymour (1812-1884), succeeded his cousin Richard Seymour-Conway as 5th marquess of Hertford in 187o. Lord Hugh Seymour's younger son, Sir See also:

HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace Beauchamp Seymour, was the father of See also:

Frederick Beauchamp See also:

PAGET, SIR JAMES, BART

Paget Seymour, Baron See also:

Alcester (q.v.). A younger See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the great house of Seymour is said to have distinguished service in the last See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade of the 18th century. He lost and Latin. Here, after studying in See also:

Berlin and See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig, the son an See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm in Howe's action on the 1st of June 1794; and between 1796 was See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

Greek in 1872-1880; and he became professor of and 1810 as See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the " Spitfire," and afterwards of the Greek at Yale University in ,88o, holding his position until his " See also:

AMETHYST

Amethyst," he captured a great number of prizes from the See also:

French death in New Haven on the 31st of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1907. He was in the Channel. Seymour became a rear-admiral in 1832, and died from 188 to 1901 chairman of the managing See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the two years later while in See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command on the See also:

South See also:

AMERICAN

American 7 station.

His son, Sir See also:

Michael Seymour (1802-1887), entered the American School of Classical Studies at See also:

Athens, and was See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president navy in 1813, and attained the rank of rear-admiral in 1854, in which of the Archaeological See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

AMERICA

America from 1903. Except year he served under Sir Charles See also:

Napier in the Baltic during the war for his Selected Odes of See also:

PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar (1882), his published See also:

WORK

work was with See also:

Russia. In 1856 he was in command of the See also:

CHINA

China station, and confined to the study of the Homeric poems: An conducted the operations arising out of the affair of the lorcha practically y P " Arrow "; he destroyed the See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese fleet in June 1857, took See also:

Canton Introduction to the See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language and See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

Verse of See also:

HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (1885); in December, and in 1858 he captured the forts on the Pei-ho, See also:

coin- Homer's Iliad, (1887–189o) ; Homeric Vocabulary pelling the Chinese government to consent to the treaty of Tientsing. (1889); Introduction and Vocabulary to School Odyssey in 1864 he was promoted to the rank of admiral. AuTHORITIEs.—The Wiltshire Archaeological See also:

MAGAZINE

Magazine, vol. xv.; (1897); and See also:

LIFE

Life in the Homeric Age (1907)." He edited, with William Camden, Britannia, English See also:

TRANSLATION

translation, edited by Richard See also:

Lewis R. Packard and John W. See also:

White, the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series of See also:

Gough (4 vols., London, 1806); Arthur See also:

Collins, Peerage of England Greek Authors." (8 vols., London, 1779) ; G. E. C., See also:

COMPLETE

Complete Peerage, sub." Somerset," SEYMOUR, a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Jackson See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

INDIANA

Indiana, U.S.A., about " Seymour of Trowbridge," and " Hertford " (London, 1896) ; 59 M. S. by E. of See also:

INDIANAPOLIS

IndianaPolis. Pop. (1890) 5337; (1900) 6445, See also:

Burke's Peerage, sub.

" Somerset," See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary of See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, sub. " Seymour," vol. li. (London, 1897). (321 See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (191o) 6305.

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