Algernon St. Maur, later Seymour, 15th Duke of Somerset, etc. (22 July 1846 – Maiden Bradley, 22 October 1923) was the son of Algernon St. Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset and Horatia Morler. He was also a baronet

Seymour Baronets

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On September 5, 1877, he married Susan Margaret Richards Mackinnon

Susan Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

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, the ninth daughter of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan

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. Because St. Maur did not have any sons (and also no children), his titles passed to his nearest relative, Edward Seymour

Edward Seymour, 16th Duke of Somerset

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He served in the Navy on HMS Britannia

HMS Britannia (1820)

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 as a youth, but later joined the 60th Rifles

King's Royal Rifle Corps

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 and took part in the Wolseley Expedition

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 of 1870. He was a tall and athletic man, of powerful build. After leaving the Regular Army, he spent several years ranching in Western America. On accession to the Dukedom in 1894, he voted often in the House of Lords, although he seldom spoke there. He became president of Dr Barnardo’s Homes

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, a charity which both he and the Duchess had supported for many years.