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Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, of a family greatly influential in the Western counties, he was the eldest son of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Anne Portman, and a descendant of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, in the senior line.
Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 5th Baronet (1660 or 1663 – 29 December 1740) of Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Tory politician.
Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, of a family greatly influential in the Western counties, he was the son and heir of Lord Edward Seymour (died 1593), by his wife Margaret Walsh.
In 1625 Seymour became the first member of his family to sit for Totnes, the borough closest to Berry Pomeroy, but he is not known to have contributed to the Parliament’s proceedings.
Following Somerset’s execution, however, Edward was granted several of his father’s former properties by the Crown in 1552-3, including Berry Pomeroy. 15 Unlike his half-brother, the 1st earl of Hertford, who pursued a high-profile career at Court, Edward apparently preferred to develop his estates and participate in local government, serving in...
21 de may. de 2024 · Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon is among England’s most romantic ruins. Most dramatic of all, especially when seen from the steep-sided valley below, are the towering masonry crags of the range begun in about 1600 by Edward Seymour II (c.1563–1613).
INDEX. SEYMOUR, Sir Edward, 3rd Bt. (1610-88), of Berry Pomeroy, Devon. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. DEVON. Apr. 1640. DEVON. Nov. 1640 - 16 Jan. 1643. DEVON. 31 July 1660. TOTNES. 1661. TOTNES. Mar. 1679. TOTNES. Oct. 1679.
