Seymour (surname)

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Seymour is the name or partial name of numerous people, places and companies worldwide. It is thought to derive from the contraction of "Saint-Maur," a region in northern France [1]. Seymour as a surname may refer to:

• A. J. Seymour, Guyanese writer
• Alan Seymour, Australian playwright and writer
• Benjamin Seymour, Canadian politician
• Brett Seymour, Australian rugby league player
• Carolyn Seymour, English actress
• Charles Seymour, American historian
• Cy Seymour, American baseball player
• David Seymour, the American photographer Chim
• Edward Seymour, several people
• Elizabeth Seymour, sister to Jane Seymour
• Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
• Forrest W. Seymour (journalist), American journalist
• Frances Ford Seymour, mother of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda
• Francis Seymour Haden, British surgeon and etcher
• Frederick Seymour, governor of British Columbia
• Gerald Seymour, British writer
• Gordon Seymour, pseudonym of Charles Waldstein
• Henry Seymour, several people
• Henry Seymour Conway, English politician and general
• Horatio Seymour, American politician and mayor
• Horatio Seymour (Vermont), American politician and senator from Vermont
• James Seymour, British artist
• Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII
• Jane Seymour, actress
• John Seymour, several people including
  • John Seymour (Tudor), father of Elizabeth, Jane and Thomas
  • John F. Seymour, American politician
• Mark Seymour
• Martin Seymour-Smith, English writer
• Mary Seymour (b. 1548), daughter of Catherine Parr and Thomas, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
• Michael Culme-Seymour, Actor, Musician, Poet, Scooby, Academic, Freelance Thinker
• Michael Seymour, British admiral
• Michael Seymour (cricketer), South African cricketer
• Miranda Seymour, English writer
• Nick Seymour, Australian bass guitarist
• Paul Seymour, mathematician
• Paul Seymour (basketball), American basketball player and coach
• Robert Seymour Conway, British classical scholar
• Stephanie Seymour a supermodel
• Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, brother of Jane Seymour
• Thomas Day Seymour, American classical scholar
• William Seymour (1870-1922), Pentecostal religious leader
• William Kean Seymour (1887 – 1975), British writer

As an aristocratic English family name see Seymour family.

Also Duke of Somerset and in particular

• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500-1552) (forfeit 1552)
• William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588-1660)
• William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1654-1671)
• John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (bef. 1646-1675)
• Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset (1658-1678)
• Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662-1748)
• Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684-1750)
• Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (1701-1757)
• Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset (1717-1792)
• Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset (1718-1793)
• Edward Adolphus St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset (1775-1855)
• Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset (1804-1885)
• Archibald Henry Algernon Seymour, 13th Duke of Somerset (1810-1891)
• Algernon Percy Banks St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (1813-1894)
• Algernon Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset (1846-1923)
• Edward Hamilton Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset (1860-1931)
• Evelyn Francis Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1882-1954)
• Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (1910-1984)
• John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (b. 1952)
• Sebastian Edward Seymour, Lord Seymour (b. February 3, 1982)

Also see Earl of Hertford

• Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1538-1621)
• William Seymour, 2nd Earl of Hertford (1588-1660)

Also see Marquess of Hertford and

• Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway (1679-1732)
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 2nd Baron Conway (1718-1794) (created Earl of Hertford in 1750 and Marquess of Hertford in 1793)
• Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford (1718-1794)
• Francis Ingram Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford (1743-1822)
• Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford (1777-1842)
• Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870)
• Francis Hugh George Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford (1812-1884)
• Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford (1843-1912)
• George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871-1940)
• Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford (1930-1997)
• Henry Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford (b. 1958)
• William Francis Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth (b. November 2, 1993) (until 1997: Viscount Beauchamp).