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Percy Seymour, 18th Duke Of Somerset
Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931 and 1954, of Bradley House (Wiltshire), Bradley House in the parish of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, was a British peer. Life He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker by his wife Lucinda Steeves. He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton in Devon, and at Clare College, Clare College, Cambridge. He was subsequently commissioned into the Wiltshire Regiment. He saw service in India, Persia and Burma. In London on 18 December 1951, he married Gwendoline Collette ''Jane'' Thomas (d. 18 February 2005, aged 91), daughter of Major (United Kingdom), Major John Cyril Collette Thomas, of Burn Cottage, Bude, Cornwall, by whom he had three children: * John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset, John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (b. 30 December 1952), married on 20 May 1978 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Grace
His Grace or Her Grace is an English style used for various high-ranking personages. It was the style used to address English monarchs until Henry VIII and the Scottish monarchs up to the Act of Union of 1707, which united the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England. Today, the style is used when referring to archbishops and non-royal dukes and duchesses in the United Kingdom. Examples of usage include His Grace The Duke of Norfolk; His Grace The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; or "Your Grace" in spoken or written address. As a style of British dukes it is an abbreviation of the full formal style "The Most High, Noble and Potent Prince His Grace". Royal dukes, for example Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, are addressed with their higher royal style, Royal Highness. The Duchess of Windsor was styled "Your Grace" and not Royal Highness upon marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. Ecclesiastical usage Christianity The style "His Grace" and "Your Grace" is used in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |