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John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (born 30 December 1952), styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984, is the present holder of the Dukedom of Somerset and a landowner in Wiltshire and Devon. The seat of the Duke of Somerset is Bradley House at Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, although the title refers to the county of Somerset. Somerset is the son of Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, and Jane Thomas. His paternal grandmother, Edith Mary Parker, was a daughter of William Parker and Lucinda Steeves, making the 19th Duke of Somerset a Steeves descendant. He was educated at Hawtreys and Eton College and inherited the dukedom in 1984, on the death of his father.〔‘SOMERSET, 19th Duke of’, in ''Who's Who 2012'' (A. & C. Black, 2012); (online edition ) (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2011, accessed 8 December 2011〕 Having lost his seat in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 he returned as an elected hereditary peer at a by-election in December 2014. He sits as a Crossbencher. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1993 and for Devon in 2003.〔 ==Family== At All Saints' Church, Maiden Bradley, on 20 May 1978, the duke married Judith-Rose Hull, daughter of John Folliett Hull. They have four children: *Sebastian Seymour, Lord Seymour (b. Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, 3 February 1982) *Lady Sophia Rose Seymour (b. 1987) *Lady Henrietta Charlotte Seymour (b. 1989) *Lord Charles Thomas George Seymour (b. 1992) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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