Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset

Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset

Edward Adolphus St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset KG (February 24 1775 – August 15 1855) was the son of Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset and Mary Bonnell.

On June 24 1800, he married, Lady Charlotte Hamilton (1772–1827), daughter of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, and had three children:

*Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset (20 December 1804 – 28 December 1885)
*Archibald Seymour, 13th Duke of Somerset (30 December 1810 – 12 January 1891)
*Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (22 December 1813 – 2 October 1894)

On July 28 1836, he married, secondly, Margaret Shaw-Stewart and had one child:
*Anna Maria Jane Seymour (d. 23 September 1873), married William Tollemache and had issue. He was baptised with the name of Edward Adolphus Seymour, but legally changed it to Edward Adolphus St. Maur.

He was a patron of the Free Church of England.

Seymour was a gifted mathematician and served as President of the Linnaean Society from 1834 to 1837 and as President of the Royal Institution from 1826 to 1842. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society.


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