Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge

Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c.1621 – August 25, 1665), was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, by his first wife Frances (d. 6 September 1626), elder daughter and co-heir of Sir Gilbert Prinne (or Pryne), of Allington in Chippenham, by Mary, sister of Sir Henry Davys. He succeeded his father on 12 July 1664.

He married firstly on 4 August 1632 (when both were children, he was c11), Mary daughter of Thomas Smith of Soley in Chilton Foliat, a village north west of Hungerford, on the border of Berkshire and Wiltshire. By her he had one daughter, Frances.

He married secondly in 1654, Elizabeth Alington (baptised 1635, died 1691), daughter of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (14 March 1610/11, d. c. October 1648). They had three children.

Both of Charles's sons, Francis and Charles, ultimately succeeded to the dukedom of Somerset, his own father having been a younger brother of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (aka marquis of Hertford). His daughter, Honora Seymour, married Sir William Gerard, 3rd Baronet.

Charles Seymour died aged 45 and was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, Francis.

References

G.E.C., (G.E.Cokayne) & Geoffrey H. White, The Complete Peerage or A history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, vol. XI, p.641, St. Catherine Press, 1949.