Family and Education
b. c. 1633, 5th but o. surv. s. William Seymour, 2nd duke of Somerset, and 2nd w. Frances Devereux (d. 1674), da. of Robert Devereux†, 2nd earl of Essex. educ. travelled abroad 1653–5; G. Inn 1666, bencher 1667. m. 5 Dec. 1661 (with £10,000), Sarah (d.1692), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Alston, FRCP, of Great St Helens, London, wid. of George Grimston of Gormanbury, Herts., s.p. d. 29 Apr. 1675; will 17 June 1674, pr. 14 Dec. 1676. TNA, PROB 11/351.
Offices Held
Ld. lt. and custos rot. Som. 1672 – d.; ld. lt. Wilts. 1672 – d.; recorder, Lichfield 1672 – d.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Amesbury House, Amesbury, Wilts.; Essex House, London; Gray’ Inn, London.
Likenesses
oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, Salisbury Guildhall; oil on canvas, St John’s, Cambridge.
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Lords 1660-1715
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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