Edward VI of England Edward VI of England Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and England's first monarch to be raised as a Protestant. During his reign, the realm was governed by a regency council because he never reached his majority. The council was first led by his uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1547–1549), and then by John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick (1550–1553), from
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