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b. 13 Aug. 1662, Coll. Top. and Gen. v. 346. 6th but 2nd surv. s. Charles Seymour, 2nd Bar. Seymour of Trowbridge, being 3rd s. of 2nd w. Elizabeth (1635-91), da. of William Alington, Bar. Alington [I]; bro. Francis Seymour, 5th duke of Somerset. educ. Harrow c.1675-8; Harrow Reg. 24; Verney ms mic. 636/31, J. to Sir R. Verney, 9 May 1678. Trinity, Camb.; tutor, Edward Chamberlayne 1679; travelled abroad 1679-81, gov. Alexander de Rasigade; CSP Dom. 1679-80, p. 352; 1680-1, p. 292; HMC Portland, iv. 225. DCL Oxf. 27 Aug. 1702. m. (1) 30 May 1682, Elizabeth Percy (1667-1722), styled. countess of Ogle, da. and h. Josceline Percy, 5th earl of Northumberland, wid. of Henry Cavendish, styled. earl of Ogle, and Thomas Thynne‡, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 4 da. (d.v.p). Collins Peerage, i. 185. (2) 4 Feb. 1726, Charlotte (d.1773), da. Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, 2da. Collins Peerage, i. 185. KG 1684. d. 2 Dec. 1748; will 5 July 1748, pr. 19 Dec. 1748. TNA, PROB 11/766.
Offices Held

Gent. of bedchamber May 1685 – July 1687; temp. Speaker of the Lords, 11 May 1689, 1 Mar. 1693; PC 28 June 1701; ld. justice 1701; CSP Dom. 1700–2, pp. 392–3. ld. pres. Jan. – July 1702; master of the horse July 1702 – June 1712, Sept. 1714 – Dec. 1715.

Ld. lt. Yorks. (E. Riding) Nov. 1682 – Oct. 1687; Som. July 1683 – Aug. 1687; common councillor, Chichester 1685, Hay, Chichester, 589. high steward, by 1691; W. Suss. RO, Add. 8935, arbitration award, 30 Oct. 1691. common councilman, Berwick-upon-Tweed Aug. 1686; CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 231. kpr. of the new park, Hampton Court, Sept. 1710. CTB, xxiv. 449–50.

Col. Queen’s drag. regt. 1685-July 1687. Verney ms mic. 636/40, J. to Sir R. Verney, 7 Aug. 1685.

Chan. Camb. Univ. 1689 – d.

Parlimentarian
SEYMOUR, Charles (1662-1748)
Associated with: Petworth, Suss.
Likenesses

oil on canvas by N. Dance-Holland, Trinity, Cambridge; oil on canvas by J. Closterman, c.1690-92, Petworth; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1703, NPG 3224.

Author
Handley, Stuart
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Lords 1660-1715
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Oxford 1644
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