Seymour Baronets

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Original coat of arms of the Seymour family

As Seymour Baronetcies one designates four hereditary British nobility titles ( Baronetcies ), which were awarded to people with the surname Seymour . Two of these belong to the Baronetage of England and two to the Baronetage of the United Kingdom .

Awards

For the first time on June 29, 1611 in the Baronetage of England the title Baronet , of Berry Pomeroy in the County of Devon , was created for Edward Seymour, Sheriff of Devon and as Knight of the Shire for Devon a member of the House of Commons . He was the son of Lord Edward Seymour (1529–1593) and a grandson of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset . The first six baronets were all named Edward and were all MPs in the House of Commons. The family seat of the Baronets was initially Berry Pomeroy Castle near Totnes in Devon. The 4th Baronet moved to Bradley House near Maiden Bradley in Wiltshire , which is still the family home of the Baronets to this day. The 6th Baronet inherited the sixth degree, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset , on the death of his nephew in 1750 , whose title of nobility was 8th Duke of Somerset . The Baronetcy has since been a subordinate title of the respective duke and still exists today.

In the second bestowal on July 4, 1681 in the Baronetage of England, the title Baronet , of Langley in the County of Buckingham , was created for Henry Seymour, later MP in the House of Commons for East Looe in Cornwall . His father Henry Seymour (1612-1686) was the second son of the 2nd Baronet of Berry Pomeroy and had acquired the Langley estate, now a suburb of Slough in Berkshire , as a family seat in 1669 . The 1st Baronet remained unmarried and childless and the title expired on his death in April 1714.

In the third bestowal on May 31, 1809, the title of Baronet , of High Mount in the County of Limerick and Friery Park in the County of Devon, was created for Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy Michael Seymour in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . He came from an Ireland- based line of the Seymour family. His son, the 2nd Baron, was an Anglican priest and court chaplain for Queen Victoria . As the general heir of the family of his mother Elizabeth Culme († 1841) he added his family name to "Culme-Seymour" with a royal license from May 6, 1842. The title has since been listed as Culme-Seymour Baronetcy and still exists today.

Most recently, on October 28, 1868, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, the title of Baronet , of the Army, was bestowed on General of the British Army Francis Seymour. His father Henry Augustus Seymour of Knockbreda (1771-1847) was an illegitimate son of Francis Seymour-Ingram , 2nd Marquess of Hertford . The title expired with the death of his only childless son, the 2nd Baronet, on May 2, 1949.

List of Seymour Baronets

Seymour Baronets, of Berry Pomeroy (1611)

Heir apparent is the son of the current owner , Sebastian Seymour, Lord Seymour (* 1982).

Seymour Baronets, of Langley (1681)

  • Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet (1674–1714)

Seymour or Culme-Seymour Baronets, of High Mount and Friery Park (1809)

  • Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet (1768–1834)
  • Rev. Sir John Hobart Culme-Seymour, 2nd Baronet (1800–1880)
  • Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet (1836-1920)
  • Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet (1867-1925)
  • Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 5th Baronet (1909-1999)
  • Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 6th Baronet (* 1962)

Heir apparent is the son of the current owner, Michael Culme-Seymour (* 1986).

Seymour Baronets, of the Army (1869)

  • Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baronet (1813–1890)
  • Sir Albert Victor Francis Seymour, 2nd Baronet (1887–1949)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Edward Cokayne : Complete baronetage . tape 1 . William Pollard & Co., Exeter 1900, p. 33-35 ( archive.org ).
  2. ↑ Somerset, Duke of (E, 1546/7) at Cracroft's Peerage
  3. ↑ Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com
  4. ↑ George Edward Cokayne: Complete baronetage . tape 4 . William Pollard & Co., Exeter 1904, p. 121-122 ( archive.org ).
  5. ↑ Sir Henry Seymour, 1st and last Bt. On thepeerage.com
  6. ↑ Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com
  7. ↑ Rev. Sir John Hobart Culme-Seymour, 2nd Bt. On thepeerage.com
  8. ↑ Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com