Duke of Somerset years after losing his position as Lord Protector, his titles were forfeited and he was beheaded on 22 January 1552. He was replaced in the minority government of Edward VI by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, whose pragmatic style contrasted with Seymour's mixture of idealism and arrogance. In 1644 Charles I granted the earldom of Glamorgan to Edward Somerset (1613–1667). He was a descendant of Charles Somerset, the illegitimate son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. In return for obtaining military help from Ireland he promised Edward the title of Duke of Somerset. Under the Commonwealth Edward was banished
Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club, the Naval & Military Club, and the Marylebone Cricket Club. In London on 3 January 1906, he married Edith Mary Parker (d. Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, 19 April 1962), daughter of William Parker, of Whittington Hall, Derbyshire, England, and Lucinda Steeves, daughter of William Steeves. Evelyn and Edith had four children: Somerset died in London on 26 April 1954. Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset (1 May 1882 – 26 April 1954) was a British