No. 131 William Seymour, Third Duke of Somerset
BORN 1651, DIED 1671.
Drab dress. Red mantle. White wand in his hand.
Painted when a boy.
He was the son of Henry Earl of Beauchamp, by Mary, eldest daughter of Lord Capel. He succeeded his grandfather in 1660, but did not long survive him. He was buried at Great Bedwyn, county Wilts, when the honours devolved on his uncle, Lord John Seymour.