Peerage Record – 2439

     Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp was born in 1626.² He was the son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux.^1,2 He married Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison, on 28 June 1648.³ He died on 30 March 1654.²
     He was styled as Lord Beauchamp between 1646 and 1654.^1,2

     Francis Seymour was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Bt. and Laetitia Popham.¹ He married Elizabeth Popham, daughter of Alexander Popham and Lady Anne Montagu, on 30 July 1728.² He died on 23 December 1761.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Great Bedwyn in 1732.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Marlborough in 1734.¹ He lived at Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham was born on 20 February 1603/4.³ He was the son of Sir Henry Capell and Theodosia Montagu.³ He was baptised on 11 March 1603/4 at Hadham, Hertfordshire, England^G.³ He married Elizabeth Morrison, daughter of Sir Charles Morrison, 1st and last Bt. and Hon. Mary Hicks, on 28 November 1627 at Watford, Hertfordshire, England^G.^3,4 He died on 9 March 1648/49 at age 45 at Palace Yard, Westminster, London, England^G, beheaded.³ He was buried on 20 March 1648/49 at Hadham, Hertfordshire, England^G.³
     He was created 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, co. Hertford [England] on 5 August 1641.³ He fought in the English Civil War, in the Royal cause, especially against Sir William Brereton.³ He was appointed Knight on 17 January 1644/45.³ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 1 March 1644/45.³ On 27 August 1648 he was captured at the surrender of the garrison of Colchester, and was sent to the Tower of London.³ On 2 February 1649 at Lambeth, London, England^G, he was recaptured after escaping from the Tower of London, and was subsequently condemned to death by the High Court of Justice.³

     William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset was the son of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp and Mary Capell.¹ He died on 12 December 1671, unmarried.¹
     He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Beauchamp [E., 1559] on 24 October 1660.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Marquess of Hertford [E., 1641] on 24 October 1660.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Hertford [E., 1559] on 24 October 1660.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Duke of Somerset [E., 1547] on 24 October 1660.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Seymour [E., 1547] on 24 October 1660.¹ On his death, the Tottenham Park and Savernake Forest, Wiltshire estates passed to his sister, the Countess of Ailesbury.¹

     Edwina Sylvia de Winton Wills was born on 13 March 1933.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Ernest Edward de Winton Wills, 4th Bt. and Sylvia Margaret Ogden.^1,3 She married, firstly, Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury, son of Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury and Joan Houlton Salter, on 17 March 1952.¹ She and Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury were divorced in 1961.¹ She married, secondly, Major Christopher Leslie Leo Bonn, son of Major Walter Basil Louis Bonn and Leopoldina Theodora Davidson, in 1963.² She died on 8 January 2023 at age 89 at Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.⁴
     Her married name became Brudenell-Bruce. From 1963, her married name became Bonn.² In 2016 during the Royal Visit to the UK of HM King Kigeli V, of Rwanda, His late Majesty decreed that henceforth she be styled as H.E. Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills-Bonn, Her Excellency should be appointed as a Dame Grand Cross, with Grand Collar, of the Royal Order of the Drum (G.C.D.R.) with the paramount prefix of ‘Her Excellency’ in view of Her Excellency’s ‘Lifelong Commitment to Africa’.

     John Arthington Worsley was born on 15 July 1928.¹ He was the son of Colonel Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Bt. and Joyce Morgan Brunner.¹ He married Hon. Carolyn Mary Wynyard Hardinge, daughter of Caryl Nicholas Charles Hardinge, 4th Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton and Margaret Elizabeth Arnott Fleming, on 16 January 1954.² He died on 2 March 2022 at age 93.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1955 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was president of Morgan Trust Company, Canada.¹ He lived in 2003 at River Run, 70 Bascom Street, Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada.¹

     John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset was born after 1626. He was the son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux.¹ He married Sarah Alston, daughter of Sir Edward Alston, in 1661.¹ He died on 29 April 1675, without issue.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Marlborough between 1661 and 1671.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Hertford [E., 1641] on 12 December 1671.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Hertford [E., 1559] on 12 December 1671.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Seymour [E., 1547] on 12 December 1671.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Beauchamp [E., 1559] on 12 December 1671.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Duke of Somerset [E., 1547] on 12 December 1671.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire and Somerset between 1672 and 1675.¹

     Sarah Alston was born in 1642.² She was the daughter of Sir Edward Alston.¹ She married, firstly, George Grimston, son of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Bt. and Mary Croke, before 1655.¹ She married, secondly, John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset, son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset and Lady Frances Devereux, in 1661.¹ She married, thirdly, Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine on 17 July 1682.¹ She died on 2 November 1692, without issue.¹ She was buried on 2 November 1692.
     From before 1655, her married name became Grimston.¹ From 1661, her married name became Seymour. After her marriage, Sarah Alston was styled as Duchess of Somerset on 12 December 1671. From 17 July 1682, her married name became Hare.

     Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine married Constantia Lucy, daughter of Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Cock, before 1667.¹ He married Sarah Alston, daughter of Sir Edward Alston, on 17 July 1682.²
     He gained the title of 2nd Baron Coleraine.

     John Errington was born before 1826.
     He lived at High Warden, Northumberland, England^G.¹