Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford

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Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford CB TD PC (October 22, 1843 – March 23, 1912) was the son of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford. He was styled Earl of Yarmouth from 1870 to 1884.

He married Hon. Mary Hood, daughter of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, on 16 April 1868. They had eight children:

• Lady Margaret Alice Seymour (1869–1901), married James Ismay and had issue.
• George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940)
• Lady Emily Mary Seymour (1873–1948), married Rev. Reginald Walker and had issue.
• Lady Victoria Frederica Wilhelmina Georgina Seymour (1874–1960), married Charles Trafford and had issue.
• Lady Jane Edith Seymour (1877–?), married Maj. Hugh Carleton.
• Brig.-Gen. Lord Henry Charles Seymour (1878–1939), married Lady Helen Grosvenor, a daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster and had issue, including Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford.
• Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour (1879–1917), married Elfrida de Trafford.
• Commander Lord George Frederick Seymour (1881–1940), married Norah Skipworth and had issue.

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• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Edward O'Neill George Seymour	Member of Parliament for Antrim with Hon. Edward O'Neill 1869–1874	Succeeded by Hon. Edward O'Neill James Chaine
Preceded by Henry Wise John Hardy	Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire with Sir John Eadley-Wilmot, Bt 1874–1880	Succeeded by Sir John Eadley-Wilmot, Bt Gilbert Leigh
Political offices
Preceded by Lord Henry Somerset	Comptroller of the Household 1879–1880	Succeeded by The Lord Kensington
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Leigh	Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 1905–1912	Succeeded by The Marquess of Northampton
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Francis Seymour	Marquess of Hertford 1884–1912	Succeeded by George Seymour

Persondata
NAME	Seymour, Hugh de Grey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Earl of Yarmouth; 6th Marquess of Hertford
SHORT DESCRIPTION	British nobleman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 1912
PLACE OF DEATH