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 | | William de Mohun of Dunster (?-c.1155) a favourite of Empress Maud and a loyal supporter of her in the war against Stephen (during which he earned the epithet of the "Scourge of the West") was conferred with the title Earl of Somerset, in 1141. |
 | | Edward Seymour (c.1500-1552), brother of Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour, became Lord Protector of England during Minority between 1547 and 1549. |
 | | The remainder for the earldom was to pass to Sir Hugh Smithson, husband of Algernon's daughter Elizabeth Seymour (bef.1730-1776) whilst the titles Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont, were remaindered to the children of his sister, Lady Catherine Seymour (1693-1731). |
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