Edward Seymour MP (abt. 1580 - 1659)

Born about 1580 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England [uncertain]

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Died 5 Oct 1659 at about age 79 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

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Sir Edward Seymour was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Edward Seymour was born about 1585.^[1]

Edward was the oldest son and heir of Sir Edward Seymour, first Baronet, and his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Arthur Champernowne, of Dartington Hall, Devon.^[1]

Edward was the brother of:^[1]

1. John Seymour who married a sister of Sir Richard Slanning;
2. William Seymour, died unmarried;
3. Walter Seymour, died unmarried;
4. Richard Seymour, married a daughter of — Ashley;
5. Bridget Seymour, who married John Bruen, Esq, of Admerston, Wiltshire;
6. Mary Seymour, married Sir George Farewell, knight of Hill Bishop, Somerset;
7. Elizabeth Seymour, who married George Cary, Esq, of Cockington, Devon;
8. Amy Seymour, who married Edmund Parker, Esq, of Borrington, Devon;

Edward married Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew, knight, of Laroch (or Lathbury), Cornwall,^[1] and his first wife, Catherine, the daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex, on 15 December 1600.^[2]

Edward and Dorothy had children:^[1]

1. Sir Edward Seymour, bart;
2. Henry Seymour;
3. Sir Joseph Seymour, who married Bridget, the daughter of — Anderson;
4. Thomas Seymour, made Clerk of the Hanaper for life in 1667, married Anne, the daughter of Sir Richard Anderson, knight, of Penley, Herts;
5. Robert Seymour, died young;
6. John Seymour, died young;
7. Elizabeth Seymour, who married 1) Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham Castle, Devon, and 2) Sir Amos Meridith, bart, of Timberley Hall, Cheshire;
8. Mary Seymour, married Sir Jonathan Trelawney, bart, parents of Sir J Trelawney, bar, Bishop of Winchester;
9. Margaret Seymour, who married Francis Trelawney, brother of her sister Mary's husband;
10. Anne Seymour, married Dr Stourton;
11. Catherine Seymour, who married Sir Thomas Hall of Bradford, Wiltshire;

Edward was knighted when he was aged 18, by King James I of England at Greenwich, on his accession to the throne of England on 22 May 1603.^[1]

He succeeded his father in April 1613, and was appointed Governor of Dartmouth that December, and Deputy Lieutenant of county Devon by Lord Bath on 5 March 1617, and command of a South Devon regiment in February 1620.^[1] He was one of the Knights of the Shire for Devon in 1621.^[2]

Sir Edward Seymour, second Baronet of Berry Pomeroy, died on 5 October 1659, at Berry Pomeroy where he was buried.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} H St Maur, Annals of the Seymours, (London: Kegan Pau, Trench, Trubner & Co LTD, 1902), 262, 268, 270-5, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/annalsofseymours00stma#page/194/mode/2up : accessed 23 February 2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} W J J, "SEYMOUR, Edward II (c.1580-1659), of Berry Pomeroy, Devon." The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, Crown copyright and The History of Parliament Trust 1964-2016. (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/seymour-edward-ii-1580-1659 : accessed 23 February 2016).

See also:

• Wikipedia: Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet