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Duke of Somerset
Algernon St. Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset
, etc. (22 July 1846 – 22 October 1923, in
Maiden Bradley
) was the son of
Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset
and Horatia Morler. He was also a
baronet
.
On September 5, 1877, he married
Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon
, the ninth daughter of Charles Mackinnon of
Corriechatachan
, but the marriage was childless.
He was educated at
Britannia Royal Naval College
, but later joined the
60th Rifles
and took part in the
Wolseley Expedition
of 1870. He was a tall and athletic man, of powerful build. After leaving the Regular Army, he spent several years ranching in Western America. On accession to the Dukedom in 1894, he voted often in the House of Lords, although he seldom spoke there. He became president of
Dr Barnardo's Homes
, a charity which both he and the Duchess had supported for many years.
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When Somerset died in 1923, he left no son, and his brothers Lord Ernest and Lord Edward had both recently died childless, so his titles and estates were inherited by the nearest heir, his distant cousin
Colonel Edward Seymour
.
The Duke was buried on Brimble Hill Clump near his main residence at
Bradley House
,
Maiden Bradley
,
Wiltshire
. His widow was also buried there when she died in 1936. Their graves are in a little wood on a hilltop surrounded by agricultural land, with a metal fence around them, and marked by standing rough stones with small text plaques.
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Ancestry
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Ancestors of Algernon St Maur, 15th Duke of Somerset
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| | | | | | | | | Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset
| | | | | | | Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset
| | | | | | | | | | Mary Webb
| | | | | | | Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset
| | | | | | | | | | | | John Bonnell
| | | | | | | Anna Maria/Mary Anne Bonnell
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton
| | | | | | | Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton
| | | | | | | | | | Anne Spencer
| | | | | | | Lady Charlotte Douglas-Hamilton
| | | | | | | | | | | | Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway
| | | | | | | Lady Harriet Stewart
| | | | | | | | | | Lady Catherine Cochrane
| | | | | | | Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Isaac Augustin Francois Morier
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| | | | | | | Isaac Morier
| | | | | | | | | | Jeanne Pernette Barbey
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| | | | | | | John Philip Morier
| | | | | | | | | | | | David George van Lennep
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| | | | | | | Elisabeth Clara van Lennep
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| | | | | | | | | | Anna Maria Leytstar
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| | | | | | | Horatia Isabella Harriet Morier
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford
| | | | | | | Lord Hugh Seymour
| | | | | | | | | | Lady Isabella FitzRoy
| | | | | | | Horatia Maria Frances Seymour
| | | | | | | | | | | | James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
| | | | | | | Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave
| | | | | | | | | | Maria Walpole
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House of Beaufort
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House of Tudor
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House of Seymour
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- Edward, 1st Duke
(1547?1552)
- William, 2nd Duke
(1660)
- William, 3rd Duke
(1660?1671)
- John, 4th Duke
(1671?1675)
- Francis, 5th Duke
(1675?1678)
- Charles, 6th Duke
(1678?1748)
- Algernon, 7th Duke
(1748?1750)
- Edward, 8th Duke
(1750?1757)
- Edward, 9th Duke
(1757?1792)
- Webb, 10th Duke
(1792?1793)
- Edward, 11th Duke
(1793?1855)
- Edward, 12th Duke
(1855?1885)
- Archibald, 13th Duke
(1885?1891)
- Algernon, 14th Duke
(1891?1894)
- Algernon, 15th Duke
(1894?1923)
- Edward, 16th Duke
(1923?1931)
- Evelyn, 17th Duke
(1931?1954)
- Percy, 18th Duke
(1954?1984)
- John, 19th Duke
(1984?present)
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