Edward Seymour (British Army officer) Equerry to George V in 1935. Seymour was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1934 New Year Honours. He then served as an Extra Equerry to Edward VIII in 1936 and to George VI from 1937 to his death in 1948. In 1905 Seymour married Lady Blanche Frances Conyngham, daughter of Henry Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham, with whom he had a son and a daughter. Edward Seymour (British Army officer) Major Sir Edward Seymour, (10 February 1877 – 28 February 1948) was a British Army officer and courtier. Seymour was the third son of Leopold
Edward VIII prospective queen consort. Additionally, such a marriage would have conflicted with Edward's status as the titular head of the Church of England, which at the time disapproved of remarriage after divorce if a former spouse was still alive. Edward knew the British government, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, would resign if the marriage went ahead, which could have forced a general election and would ruin his status as a politically neutral constitutional monarch. When it became apparent he could not marry Wallis and remain on the throne, Edward abdicated. He was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. With