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Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford

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Henry (Harry) Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford (born 6 July 1958) is a British peer, the son of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

He currently resides at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, where he has been in charge of the estate since 1991.[1]

In 1990, he married Brazilian-born Beatriz Karam. They have four children:

  • Lady Gabriella Helen Seymour (b. 1992)
  • William Francis Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth (b. 2 November 1993)
  • Lord Edward George Seymour (b. 1995)
  • Lady Antonia Louisa Seymour (b. 1998)[2]

Ancestry

Family of Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
16. Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
8. Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford
17. Lady Emily Murray
4. Lord Henry Seymour
18. Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
9. Hon. Mary Hood
19. Lady Mary Hill
2. Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford
20. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
10. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
21. Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower
5. Lady Helen Grosvenor
22. William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham
11. Hon. Katherine Cavendish
23. Henrietta Lascelles
1. Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
24. Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, Prince de Chimay
12. Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, Prince de Chimay
25. Rosalie de Riquet de Caraman
6. Alphonse de Riquet de Caraman, Prince de Chimay
26. Jules LeJeune
13. Mathea LeJeune
27. Mathilde Vriens
3. Louise de Riquet, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay
28. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
14. Lord Ernest Hamilton
29. Lady Louisa Russell
7. Mary Hamilton
30. Frederick Campbell
15. Pamela Campbell
31. Emma Brabazon

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford
Crest
1st: the Bust of a Moor in profile couped at the shoulders proper and wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure (Conway); 2nd: out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Phoenix of the last issuing from flames proper (Seymour)
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Sable on a Bend cotised Argent a Rose Gules between two Annulets of the first (Conway); 2nd and 3rd, quarterly: 1st and 4th, Or on a Pile Gules between six Fleurs-de-lis Azure three Lions of England (being the Coat of Augmentation granted by King Henry VIII on his marriage with Lady Jane Seymour); 2nd and 3rd, Gules two Wings joined in lure the tips downwards Or (Seymour)
Supporters
On either side a Blackamoor wreathed about the temples Or and Sable habited in short golden garments and in buskins gold adorned about their waists with green and red feathers each holding in his exterior hand a Shield Azure garnished Or the dexter charged with a Sun in Splendour gold and the sinister with a Crescent Argent
Motto
Fide et Amore (By Faith and Love)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ragley Hall: the family". Ragley Hall website.
  2. ^ http://www.thepeerage.com/p6394.htm#i63931 peerage biography of Henry Seymour
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Marquess of Hertford
1997–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent