Background
Lord Henry Charles Seymour and the grandson of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford.
Lord Henry Charles Seymour and the grandson of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford.
Educated at Eton College. Hugh Seymour married Pamela Therese Louise de Riquet, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay (daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Prince Alphonse de Chimay and Mary Brenda Hamilton), on 10 July 1956. They had four children:
Henry Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford (born 1958)
Lady Carolyn Mary Seymour (born 1960)
Lady Diana Seymour (born 1963), married firstly, Timothy Verdon.
Lady Anne Seymour (born 1966)
Lord Hertford notably saved his family home, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, from demolition after he inherited it in 1940.
In 1958 he was one of the first peers to open his country house to the paying public. He also commissioned artist Graham Rust to paint an epic mural and ceiling painting over the grand staircase.
Work started in 1969 and finished in 1983.