Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1621 – 25 August 1665) was an English peer.
Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge | |
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| Member of Parliament for Wiltshire | |
| In office 1661-1664 | |
| Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn | |
| In office 1640 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1621 |
| Died | 25 August 1665 (aged 43–44) |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Smith (m. 1632)Elizabeth Alington (m. 1654) |
| Children | 10, including Francis and Charles |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | William Seymour (uncle) Edward Seymour (grandfather) |
Biography
editHe was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664. Francis had been a younger brother of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset.[citation needed]
Prior to his ennoblement, Charles Seymour represented Great Bedwyn in the Short Parliament of 1640 and Wiltshire in the Cavalier Parliament from 1661 to 1664.[1]
He married firstly, on 4 April 1632,[1] Mary, daughter of Thomas Smith of Soley in Chilton Foliat, a village northwest of Hungerford. The couple had one son and two daughters; one of their daughters, Frances (bef. 1654–1716), would marry Sir George Hungerford. The Hungerfords had at least six children together.[2][3] He married secondly, in 1654, Elizabeth Alington (1635–c.1691), daughter of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (14 March 1610/1611, d. circa October 1648); they had five sons and two daughters. One of his notable descendants, his three times great-grandson, was the chemist and mineralogist James Smithson.[4] The poet George Keate was another descendant.[5]
Both of Charles's surviving sons, Francis and Charles, ultimately succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset that had been their grandfather's. His daughter, Honora Seymour, married Sir Charles Gerard, 3rd Baronet.[6] Charles Seymour was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, Francis.
References
edit- ^ a b "SEYMOUR, Hon. Charles (1621–65), of Allington and Marlborough, Wilts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Blood Royal of Britain, Tudor Roll (London: n.p., 1903), p. 36, Table LIX
- ^ Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Blood Royal of Britain, Tudor Roll (London: n.p., 1903), Page 31, Table L
- ^ via Frances Seymour; Frances Hungerford; John Keate; and Elizabeth Keate (aka Eliz. Macie).
- ^ via Frances Seymour; Frances Hungerford; and George Keate
- ^ John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke wrote a genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland.
Sources
edit- G.E.C. (G.E.Cokayne) & Geoffrey H. White, The Complete Peerage or A history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, vol. XI, p. 641, St. Catherine Press, 1949.
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