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 | | Edward Seymour (c.1500-1552), brother of Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour, became Lord Protector of England during Minority between 1547 and 1549. |
 | | At the Restoration his estates were restored, and he claimed the dukedom of Somerset as promised to him by Charles I. The claim was rejected by the House of Lords and neither was the title of Earl of Glamorgan. |
 | | 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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