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Somerset, Algernon Seymour, Duke of, 1684-1750

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Personal name headingSomerset, Algernon Seymour, Duke of, 1684-1750
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Variant(s)Cockermouth, Algernon Seymour, Baron, 1684-1750
Egremont, Algernon Seymour, Earl of, 1684-1750
Hartford, Algernon Seymour, Earl of, 1684-1750
Hertford, Algernon Seymour, Earl of, 1684-1750
Northumberland, Algernon Seymour, Earl of, 1684-1750
Percy, Algernon Seymour, Baron, 1684-1750
Seymour, Algernon, Duke of Somerset, 1684-1750
Warkworth, Algernon Seymour, Baron, 1684-1750
Birth date1684
Death date1750
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Found inA dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744: dedication (to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hartford &c.)
John Ingamells, A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy 1701-1800,1997: p. 488-489 (Hertford, Algernon Seymour, Earl of ... in 1706 signed the visitors' book at University of Padua "Hartford")
R.O. Bucholz, "Seymour, Charles, sixth duke of Somerset (1662-1748)" in: Oxford dictionary of national biography, 20 May 2008: (Algernon Seymour, seventh duke of Somerset (1684-1750), b. 11 and baptized 26 Nov. 1684. For most of his life he was known as the earl of Hertford. On his mother's death in 1722 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Percy on the erroneous assumption that the ancient barony of that name had been vested in her. On 2-3 Oct. 1749 ... the seventh duke was created Baron Warkworth and Earl of Northumberland, and Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont, each pair of titles being intended for different branches of his family ... d. 7 Feb. 1750)