Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset

Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (1695 – December 15, 1757) was a British nobleman. The son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, a descendant of Protector Somerset by his first marriage, he succeeded his distant cousin, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as Duke of Somerset in 1750. The 8th Duke only inherited a fragment of the immense Percy family wealth enjoyed by his two immediate predecessors, and the dukes of Somerset were never again amongst the richest landowning families in Britain. The principal Percy estates and houses of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland House, Petworth House and Syon House where divided between the 7th Duke's daughter and nephew.

On March 8, 1716, he married Mary Webb and had five children:

Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset (2 January 1717 – 2 January 1792)
Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset (3 December 1718 – 15 December 1793)
William Seymour (1724 – 5 November 1800)
Very Reverend Lord Francis Seymour (1726 – 16 February 1799) (Dean of Wells Cathedral)
Mary Seymour (1744 – 21 July 1762)

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Peter Bathurst Henry Hoare	Member of Parliament for Salisbury with Sir Jacob Bouverie 1741–1747	Succeeded by William de Bouverie Edward Poore
Legal offices
Preceded by The Earl of Cardigan	Justice in Eyre north of the Trent 1752–1757	Succeeded by The Lord Edgcumbe
Peerage of England
Preceded by Algernon Seymour	Duke of Somerset 1750–1757	Succeeded by Edward Seymour
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Edward Seymour	Baronet (of Berry Pomeroy) 1740–1757	Succeeded by Edward Seymour

v • d • e Dukes of Somerset

House of Beaufort (1443-1471)	John I (1443-1444) • Edmund I (1448-1455) • Henry I (1455-1464) • Edmund II (1464-1471)

House of Tudor (1499-1500)	Edmund III (1499-1500) • Henry II (1525-1536)

House of Seymour (1547-1552)	Edward I (1547-1552)

House of Seymour (1660-)	William I (1660) • William II (1660-1671) • John II (1671-1675) • Francis (1675-1678) • Charles (1678-1748) • Algernon I (1748-1750) • Edward II (1750-1757) • Edward III (1757-1792) • Webb (1792-1793) • Edward IV (1793-1855) • Edward V (1855-1885) • Archibald (1885-1891) • Algernon II (1891-1894) • Algernon III (1894-1923) • Edward VI (1923-1931) • Evelyn (1931-1954) • Percy (1954-1984) • John III (1984-)

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