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Charlotte Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
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'''Charlotte Seymour, Duchess of Somerset''' (1711 – 21 January 1773),<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.</ref> formerly Lady Charlotte Finch, was the second wife of [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset]], whom she married when she was fourteen years old and he was 63.
Lady Charlotte was a daughter of [[Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea|Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham]], by his second wife, the former [[Anne Finch, Countess of Nottingham|Anne Hatton]]. She married the Duke of Somerset on 4 February 1726, and the marriage was not a happy one. He was known as "The Proud Duke",<ref name="NT"></ref> and is said to have reproached her, after she had gently tapped him on the shoulder with her fan, with the words: "Madam, my first wife was a Percy and she never took such a liberty".<ref name="Lodge1835"></ref> The duke had for some years been corresponding with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], now widowed, and continued to write to her after remarrying.<ref name="NT"/>
Seymour already had children from his marriage to [[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Lady Elizabeth Percy]], who died in 1722. By Charlotte he had two further children:
**Lady Frances Seymour (18 July 1728 – 25 January 1761), who married [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby]], and had children.
**Lady Charlotte Seymour (21 September 1730 – 15 February 1805), who married [[Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford]], a distant cousin, and had children.
The duke was a strict father, and required Lady Frances and Lady Charlotte to stand and watch him taking his afternoon nap. If he woke and found that one of them was not paying attention, he threatened to disinherit her.<ref name="England)(Bookseller.)1821"/>
Copies of letters sent by Charlotte to her father are held in the National Archives.<ref></ref> In [[Eliza Haywood]]'s 1726 satire, ''The Secret History of the Present Intrigues of the Court of Carimania'', the duchess is referred to under the pseudonym of "Euridice", while the duke was "Doraspe".<ref name="Lowndes1834"></ref>
The duke died at the family seat of [[Petworth House]] in 1748, aged 86.<ref name="England)(Bookseller.)1821"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1711 births]]
[[Category:1773 deaths]]
[[Category:English duchesses]]
Lady Charlotte was a daughter of [[Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea|Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea and 2nd Earl of Nottingham]], by his second wife, the former [[Anne Finch, Countess of Nottingham|Anne Hatton]]. She married the Duke of Somerset on 4 February 1726, and the marriage was not a happy one. He was known as "The Proud Duke",<ref name="NT"></ref> and is said to have reproached her, after she had gently tapped him on the shoulder with her fan, with the words: "Madam, my first wife was a Percy and she never took such a liberty".<ref name="Lodge1835"></ref> The duke had for some years been corresponding with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]], now widowed, and continued to write to her after remarrying.<ref name="NT"/>
Seymour already had children from his marriage to [[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Lady Elizabeth Percy]], who died in 1722. By Charlotte he had two further children:
**Lady Frances Seymour (18 July 1728 – 25 January 1761), who married [[John Manners, Marquess of Granby]], and had children.
**Lady Charlotte Seymour (21 September 1730 – 15 February 1805), who married [[Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford]], a distant cousin, and had children.
The duke was a strict father, and required Lady Frances and Lady Charlotte to stand and watch him taking his afternoon nap. If he woke and found that one of them was not paying attention, he threatened to disinherit her.<ref name="England)(Bookseller.)1821"/>
Copies of letters sent by Charlotte to her father are held in the National Archives.<ref></ref> In [[Eliza Haywood]]'s 1726 satire, ''The Secret History of the Present Intrigues of the Court of Carimania'', the duchess is referred to under the pseudonym of "Euridice", while the duke was "Doraspe".<ref name="Lowndes1834"></ref>
The duke died at the family seat of [[Petworth House]] in 1748, aged 86.<ref name="England)(Bookseller.)1821"></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1711 births]]
[[Category:1773 deaths]]
[[Category:English duchesses]]
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