Captain Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford Central Bank, Territorial Decoration, Personal Computer, Justice of the Peace, styled Earl of Yarmouth from 1870 to 1884, was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician.
Background
A member of the Seymour family headed by the Duke of Somerset, Seymour was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, by his wife Lady Emily Murray, daughter of David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield. He was the grandson of Sir George Seymour and great-grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour and the nephew of George Seymour and Lady Laura Seymour. He became known by the courtesy title Earl of Yarmouth when his father succeeded to the marquessate of Hertford in 1870.
Career
He notably served as Comptroller of the Household between 1879 and 1880. He was also an Honorary Colonel in the Warwickshire Yeomanry and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He served as an aide-de-camp to Edward VII between 1902 and 1910 and to George V between 1910 and 1912.
Seymour was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Antrim in 1869.
At the 1874 general election he was returned for South Warwickshire, a seat he held until 1880. In 1879 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household under Lord Beaconsfield, a post he retained until the government fell the following year.
In 1884 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords. In 1905 Lord Hertford was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire, which he remained until his death.
He was also a Justice of the Peace for County Antrim.
In 1906 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Central Bank). Lord Hertford married the Honourable Mary Hood, daughter of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, on 16 April 1868. They had eight children:
Lady Margaret Alice Seymour (1869–1901), married James Ismay and had issue
George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940)
Lady Emily Mary Seymour (1873–1948), married Reverend Reginald Walker and had issue
Lady Victoria Frederica Wilhelmina Georgina Seymour (1874–1960), married Charles Trafford and had issue
Lady Jane Edith Seymour (1877–?), married Major Hugh Carleton
Brigadier-General Lord Henry Charles Seymour (1878–1939), married Lady Helen Grosvenor, a daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster and had issue, including Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford
Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour (1879–1917), married Elfrida de Trafford
Commander Lord George Frederick Seymour (1881–1940), married Norah Skipworth and had issue
The Marchioness of Hertford died in April 1909, aged 62, while on a voyage to Palestine.
Lord Hertford died at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, in March 1912, aged 68.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament.