Duke Charles Seymour
(1662-1748)
6th Duke of Somerset (from 1678)
Died aged c. 86
Married Lady Elizabeth Percy had four children: Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (11 November 1684 – 7 February 1749) Lady Elizabeth Seymour (1685 – 2 April 1734) Lady Catherine Seymour (1693 – 9 April 1731) Lady Anne Seymour (1709 – 27 November 1722) Second marriage to 14 year old Lady Charlotte Finch (1711–1773), daughter of Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea. They had two children: Lady Frances Seymour (18 July 1728 – 25 January 1761), married John Manners, Marquess of Granby Lady Charlotte Seymour (21 September 1730 – 15 February 1805), married Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford and had issue.
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Wikidata WikipediaCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 1662 – 2 December 1748), known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English peer. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which survives today. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, he was a remarkably handsome man, and inordinately fond of taking a conspicuous part in court ceremonial; his vanity, which earned him the sobriquet of "the proud duke", was a byword among his contemporaries and was the subject of numerous anecdotes; Macaulay described him as "a man in whom the pride of birth and rank amounted almost to a disease".
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Somerset House Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662-1748), was known as the 'Proud Duke'. He would often stay overnight in Guildford when travelling between London and his seat at Petworth. It is said that his irascible nature led him to quarrel with every inn-keeper in the town. Eventually he decided to buy his own house, just outside borough boundary. It is a good example of the contemporary Queen Anne style, with fine brickwork and a gable and entrance steps in the Dutch manner. It was extensively refurbished in 1847, but remained a private house until the 1920s, when shop fronts were knocked through the street frontage on either side of the entrance steps. The upper High Street has had various names in the past, most notably Spital Street. This was short for Hospital Street, and referred to an ancient leper hospital which stood at the junction of the London and Epsom Roads until the 1840s. An alderman's wife, Mrs Quittenton, considered the name improper and in 1901 led a successful campaign to have it changed to 'Upper High Street'. In 1961 it was formally included in the High Street, and all the addresses were renumbered. Across the street, the north side has been almost entirely rebuilt from 1931 onwards, in order to widen the roadway for motor traffic.
High Street, Guildford, United Kingdom where they stayed -1748)