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About Edward Adolphus St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC

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Edward Adolphus St. Maur ‎[formerly Seymour]‎ 12th Duke of Somerset KG PC

Note: baptised Edward Adolphus Seymour, he changed his last name in 1863; generally known as Lord Seymour

20 December 1804 29 32 London

Birth of sibling 1807 ‎(Age 2)‎ Sister: Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour

Death of a grand-parent 16 February 1819 ‎(Age 14)‎ Ashton Hall, Lancashire Grandfather: Archibald Hamilton 9th Duke of Hamilton and 6th Duke of Brandon ‎(Age 78)‎

Death of mother 10 June 1827 ‎(Age 22)‎ Mother: Lady Charlotte Hamilton ‎(Age 55)‎

Occupation between 1830 and 1831 ‎(Age 25)‎ Tory MP for Okehampton

Marriage Jane Georgiana Sheridan - ‎[View Family ‎ 10 June 1830 ‎(Age 25)‎

Note: they had three daughters and two sons

Birth of a child

  1. 1 1 January 1832 ‎(Age 27)‎ Daughter: Lady Jane Hermione Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎

Birth of a child

  1. 2 12 January 1833 ‎(Age 28)‎ Daughter: Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎

Occupation between 1834 and 1855 ‎(Age 29)‎ Liberal MP for Totnes

Occupation between 1836 and 1845 ‎(Age 31)‎ Metropolitan Commissioner in Lunacy

Marriage of father 28 July 1836 ‎(Age 31)‎ Father: Edward Adolphus St. Maur ‎[formerly Seymour]‎ 11th Duke of Somerset FRS FSA KG ‎(Age 61)‎ Step-Mother: Margaret Shaw-Stewart ‎

Marriage of sibling 13 September 1838 ‎(Age 33)‎ Sister: Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour ‎(Age 31)‎ Brother-in-law: William Tollemache ‎(Age 27)‎ ‎

Birth of a nephew or niece 7 June 1839 ‎(Age 34)‎ niece: Emma Maria Tollemache Father: William Tollemache ‎(Age 28)‎ Mother: Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour ‎(Age 32)‎

Birth of a nephew or niece 5 September 1840 ‎(Age 35)‎ niece: Matilda Jane Tollemache Father: William Tollemache ‎(Age 29)‎ Mother: Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour (Age 33)‎

Occupation between 1845 and 1852 ‎(Age 40)‎ Commissioner in Lunacy

Birth of a child

  1. 3 1846 ‎(Age 41)‎ Daughter: Lady Helen Guendolen Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎

Occupation between 1850 and 1851 ‎(Age 45)‎ Commissioner of Woods and Forests

Occupation between 1851 and 1852 ‎(Age 46)‎ First Commissioner of Works

Occupation 1851 ‎(Age 46)‎ Sworn of the Privy Council

Death of mother's sibling 18 August 1852 ‎(Age 47)‎ 12 Portman Square, London uncle: Alexander Hamilton 10th Duke of Hamilton and 7th Duke of Brandon KG PC FRS FSA ‎(Age 84)‎

Marriage of a child 26 October 1852 ‎(Age 47)‎ Daughter: Lady Jane Hermione Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ (Age 20)‎ Son-in-law: Sir Frederic Ulric Graham 3rd Bt. ‎

Death of father 15 August 1855 ‎(Age 50)‎ Somerset House, Park Lane, London Father: Edward Adolphus St. Maur ‎[formerly Seymour]‎ 11th Duke of Somerset FRS FSA KG ‎(Age 80)‎

Birth of a grandchild

‎(Age 52)‎ Granddaughter: Sibyl Marcia Graham  Father: Sir Frederic Ulric Graham 3rd Bt.  (I21281) ‎(Age 36)‎ Mother: Lady Jane Hermione Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ (Age 25)‎ ‎

Marriage of a child 1 June 1858 ‎(Age 53)‎ Daughter: Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ ‎(Age 25)‎ Son-in-law: Lord Henry Frederick Thynne PC DL ‎(Age 25)‎ ‎

Occupation between 1859 and 1866 ‎(Age 54)‎ First Lord of the Admiralty

Occupation between 1859 and 1866 ‎(Age 54)‎ Governor of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth

Occupation 21 May 1862 ‎(Age 57)‎ Invested as a Knight of the Garter

Occupation Politician and author; see ODNB

Event 17 June 1863 ‎(Age 58)‎ Created Earl St. Maur, of Berry Pomeroy in the county of Devon; at the same time he changed his last name to St. Maur

Marriage of a child 2 August 1865 ‎(Age 60)‎ Daughter: Lady Helen Guendolen Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ ‎(Age 19)‎ Son-in-law: Sir John William Ramsden 5th Bt. ‎(Age 33)‎ ‎

Birth of a grandchild

  1. 2 31 July 1866 ‎(Age 61)‎ Granddaughter: Alice Ruth Hermione Thynne Father: Lord Henry Frederick Thynne PC DL (Age 33)‎ Mother: Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ ‎(Age 33)‎

Occupation 1872 ‎(Age 67)‎ Published Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism

Birth of a grandchild

  1. 3 1872 ‎(Age 67)‎ Granddaughter: Rosamund Isabel Ramsden Father: Sir John William Ramsden 5th Bt ‎(Age 40)‎ Mother: Lady Helen Guendolen Seymour ‎[subsequently St. Maur]‎ ‎(Age 26)

Marriage of a nephew or niece 17 June 1873 ‎(Age 68)‎ niece: Matilda Jane Tollemache ‎(Age 32)‎ Spouse: Capt. Marcus Augustus Stanley Hare RN(Age 34)‎

Death of sibling 23 September 1873 ‎(Age 68)‎ Sister: Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour ‎(Age 66)‎

Marriage of a nephew or niece 5 October 1875 ‎(Age 70)‎ niece: Emma Maria Tollemache ‎(Age 36)‎ Spouse: Rev. Orlando Watkin Weld Weld Forester 4th Baron Forester ‎(Age 62)‎ ‎

Marriage of a grandchild 1880 ‎(Age 75)‎ Granddaughter: Sibyl Marcia Graham ‎(Age 23)‎ Spouse: Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe KG PC ‎(Age 21)‎

Death of spouse 14 December 1884 ‎(Age 79)‎ Spouse: Jane Georgiana Sheridan ‎(Age 75)‎

Death 28 November 1885 ‎(Age 80)‎ Stover Lodge, nr. Newton Abbot

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Edward Adolphus St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC's Timeline

1804
December 20, 1804
London, UK
1832
January 1, 1832
1833
1833
City of Westminster, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1835
July 17, 1835
1841
August 19, 1841
1846
November 14, 1846
1885
December 28, 1885
Age 81
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Stover Lodge, nr. Newton Abbot