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SEYMOUR, William (1652-71)

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Family and Education

b. 17 Apr. 1652, o. s. of Henry Seymour (d. 1654), styled. Ld. Beauchamp, and Mary Capell (d.1715), da. of Arthur Capell^†, Bar. Capell of Hadlam, Herts. educ. L. Inn 1671. unm. d. 12 Dec. 1671; will 10 Dec. 1671, pr. 14 Dec. 1671. TNA, PROB 11/337.

Offices Held

Recorder, Lichfield 1667–d. VCH Staffs. xiv. 81.

Parlimentarian

SEYMOUR, William (1652-71)

Associated with: Tottenham Lodge, Great Bedwyn, Wilts.; Worcester House, London.

Likenesses

engraving, G. Vertue, after Sir P. Lely, NPG 29463. Wilts. Arch. Mag. xviii. 1.

Author

Creighton, Anne

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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SOMERS, John (1651-1716)

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Family and Education

b. 4 Mar. 1651, o. s. of John Somers, att. of College Churchyard, Worcester, and Catherine, da. of John Severne of Powick, Worcs. educ. King’s sch. Worcester; Sheriff Hales, Salop (Mr John Woodhouse); Walsall g.s. Staffs.; Trinity, Oxf. 1667; M. Temple 1669, called 1676. unm. suc. fa. 1681. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1689. d. 26 Apr. 1716; admon. 15 May 1716 to his sisters (Elizabeth, w. of Sir Joseph Jekyll^‡, and Mary, w. of Charles Cocks^‡). TNA, PROB 6/92, f. 50v.

Offices Held

Standing counsel to dean and chapter, Worcester 1681; bencher M. Temple 1689, reader 1690, treas 1690 – 91.

Solicitor-gen. 1689 – May 1692; attorney-gen. May 1692 – Mar. 1693; PC 23 Mar. 1693 – Mar. 1702, 25 Nov. 1708 – d.; ld. kpr. Mar. 1693–7; ld. chan. Apr. 1697–1700; ld. justice 12 May – 10 Oct. 1695, 1 May – 6 Oct. 1696, 25 Apr. – 16 Nov. 1697, 20 July – 3 Dec. 1698, 2 June – 18 Oct. 1699; ld. pres. 1708 – Sept. 1710

Freeman, Worcester Sept. 1688, Nov. 1688, Gloucester 1688; recorder, Worcester 1688 – d., Gloucester 1690 – d., Orford by 1692 – ?; trustee, Droitwich workhouse (later hosp.) 1688, Reigate par. lib. 1708, for poor Palatines 1709; commr. finishing St Paul’s Cathedral 1692, Greenwich Hosp. 1695; gov. Charterhouse by 1696; custos rot. Worcs. Aug. 1715. London Gazette, 6–9 Aug. 1715.

Commr. preventing export of wool 1689 – 92, union with Scotland 1706; chairman, cttee. supply and ways and means 9 Oct. 1690–3.

Mbr. New England Co. by 1698.

FRS 1698, pres. 1698 – 1703.

Parlimentarian

SOMERS, John (1651-1716), of Severn Stoke, Worcs. and Pump Court, Middle Temple.

SUMMERS

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1700–1710, NPG 490; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1711, NPG 3223.

Author

Paley, Ruth

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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TALBOT, Charles (1660-1718)

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Family and Education

b. 24 July 1660 1st s. Francis Talbot, 11th earl of Shrewsbury, and 2nd w. Lady Anna Maria (1642-1702), da. Robert Brudenell, 2nd earl of Cardigan. educ. travelled abroad 1674-8 (France). HMC Buccleuch, ii. 17-28. m. 9 Sept. 1705 (at Augsburg) Adelaide (Adela, Adelide, Adelhida) Countess Roffeni (d.1726), da. of Andrea, Marchese Paleotti and Maria Christina Dudley, wid. of Count Roffeni, s.p. d. 1 Feb. 1718; will 19 July 1712–8 Jan. 1718, pr. 21 Feb. 1718. TNA, PROB 11/562.

Offices Held

Extra gent. of the bedchamber 1683 – 85; sec. of state (south) 1689–90, CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 17. (north) 1694 – 95, (south) 1695 – 98; ld. justice 1695; ld. chamberlain 1699 – 1700, 1710 – 15; amb. extr. to France 1712 – 13; ld. lt. of Ireland 1713 – 14; ld. treas. 1714; PC 1689 – 92, 1694 – 1702, 1710–d. TNA, PC 2/74; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204.

Ld. lt. Heref. 1694 – 1704, Herts. 1689 – 92, Salop 1712 – 14, Staffs. 1681 – 87, N. Wales 1694 – 96, Worcs. 1689 – d.; custos rot. Staffs. 1681 – 88, Herts. 1689 and liberty of St Albans 1690; TNA, C231/8, pp. 234, 248. freeman, Worcester; Add. Ch. 73773. recorder, Droitwich 1696. HP Commons 1690–1715, ii. 709.

Col. regt. of horse 1685, 1689. Childs, The Army, James II, and the Glorious Revolution, 31.

Gov. Charterhouse 1689. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, app. D. 354–5.

Parlimentarian

TALBOT, Charles (1660-1718)

Associated with: Grafton, Worcs.; Heythrop, Oxon.; Eyford, Glos.; Warwick Street, Westminster and St James’ Square, Westminster.Dasent, Hist. of St James’ Square, app. A.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas, aft. Sir G. Kneller, c.1685, NPG 1424; mezzotint by J. Smith, 1695, NPG D40716.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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TALBOT, Francis (c. 1623-68)

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Family and Education

b. c. 1623, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Talbot^†, 10th earl of Shrewsbury, and 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir Francis Fortescue. educ. unknown. m. (1) c.1650, Anne (d. c.1658), da. of Sir John Conyers of Sockburn, co. Dur., 2s. d. v.p., 1da.; (2) 10 Jan. 1659, Anna Maria ( 1702), da. Robert Brudenell, 2nd earl of Cardigan, 2s. 16 Mar. 1668; will 10 Mar. 1659, pr. 1 June 1668. TNA, PROB 11/327.

Offices Held

Ld. high steward [I], 1654 – d.; housekeeper, Hampton Court bef. 30 Apr. 1661–?d.; treas. and recvr. gen. [I], bef. 31 July 1661–?d. CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 388.

Col. of horse (roy.) 1651. Newman, Royalist Officers, 366.

Parlimentarian

TALBOT, Francis (c. 1623-68)

Associated with: Grafton Manor, Worcs.;VCH Worcs. iii. 127.; Pepper Hill, Salop; Longford Hall, Salop; Alton Castle, Staffs.; Arundel House, Westminster.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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COOPER, Anthony Ashley (1711-71)

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Family and Education

b. 9 Feb. 1711, o.s. and h. of Ashley Cooper, 3rd earl of Shaftesbury and Jane, da. of Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall, Herts. educ. New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1724. m. (1) 12 Mar. 1725, Susanna (d.1758), da. Baptist Noel, 3rd earl of Gainsborough; (2) 1759, Mary, da. of Jacob Bouverie^†, Visct. Folkestone, and sis. of William Bouverie^†, earl of Radnor, 1s. d. 27 May 1771; will 17 Mar. 1769, pr. 8 June 1771. TNA, PROB11/968.

Offices Held

PC 1761.

Mbr. Common Council of Georgia, 1733; recorder, Shaftesbury 1756; high steward, Dorchester 1757; gov. Levant Co. 1766 – d.

Brig. gen. Dorset Mil. 1761.

Ld. lt., Dorset 1734 – d.

FRS 1754; FSA 1767.

Parlimentarian

COOPER, Anthony Ashley (1711-71)

Associated with: Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset; Grosvenor Square, London.

ASHLEY COOPER

Author

Adams, Beverly