Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset


Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, styled Lord Seymour between 1931–54, was a British peer.

Early life

He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker, of Whittington Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife Lucinda Steeves.
He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Cambridge.

Career

After Cambridge, he was commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma.

Personal life

In London on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette Jane Thomas, daughter of Major John Cyril Collette Thomas, of Burn Cottage, Bude, Cornwall, by whom he had three children:
The 18th Duke died on 15 November 1984 at Warminster, Wiltshire and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son, John.