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Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset

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Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset (3 December 1718 – 15 December 1793) was a British peer. He was Duke of Somerset from 2 January 1792 until his death.

Family

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Webb Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset and his wife, the former Mary Webb. He was also a baronet. He was baptized on 4 December 1718 at Easton, Wiltshire.[1] He inherited his titles from his brother Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, in 1792.

Marriage and progeny

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In London on 11 or 15 December 1769, he married Anna Maria or Mary Anne Bonnell (d. London, Upper Grosvenor Street, 23 July 1802), daughter of John Bonnell, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire (baptized St. Dunstan's, 2 July 1689 – interred Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, 28 November 1757), the son of Andrew Bonnell, a merchant from London,[2] and had four sons:

Death

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Webb Seymour died in Maiden Bradley, near Warminster, Wiltshire, on 24 December 1793, and was buried there.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p.84–85.
  2. ^ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p. 83,note e.
  3. ^ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p. 85.
  4. ^ The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI, p. 85.
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Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Somerset
1792–1793
Succeeded by