Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset the peerage as Viscount Beauchamp. In October 1537, after the birth of his royal nephew Edward, he was created Earl of Hertford. In 1547, he became a duke, so Anne became the Duchess of Somerset. Anne had ten children by Edward Seymour: Queen Jane stood godmother to Anne's first child. The ceremony was held at Chester Place; besides the queen, Thomas Cromwell and Mary Tudor also acted as godparents. Anne Seymour was present at the wedding ceremony of Henry VIII and Catherine Parr on 12 July 1543. After Henry VIII's death, her husband acted as king in all but name.
Jane Anne Russell Jane Anne Russell Jane Anne Russell (also called Jane Anne Russell Wilhelmi, 1911–1967) was an endocrinologist. She researched pituitary extract. Russell graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, California, in 1928, as the second best student in her class. She pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree at University of California Berkeley, and graduated in 1932 as first in her class. She was awarded the California Fellowship in Biochemistry in 1934 and the Rosenburg Fellowship in 1935. Russell's PhD studies were at the Institute of Experimental Biology at the University of California, focusing on the study of pituitary hormones in carbohydrate