Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1500 – 22 January 1552), was Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, King Edward VI (1547–1553). Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and he was overthrown. He was the eldest brother of Queen Jane Seymour (d. 1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII. Edward Seymour was born c. 1500, the son of Sir John Seymour (1474–1536) by his wife Margery Wentworth. In 1514, aged about
Susan Seymour, Duchess of Somerset Susan Seymour, Duchess of Somerset Susan Margaret Seymour, Duchess of Somerset ("née" Richards Mackinnon, 11 January 1853 – 30 January 1936), who also published as Mrs Algernon St Maur, was a Scottish aristocrat, writer and philanthropist. Susan Mackinnon was the ninth of ten daughters of Charles Mackinnon of Corriechatachan and Henrietta Studd. She married Algernon Seymour, who later became 15th Duke of Somerset, on 5 September 1877, at Forres. The couple had no children. She shared many of her husband's outdoor interests and, under the name Mrs Algernon St Maur, wrote a book "Impressions of a Tenderfoot during a Journey