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William SEYMOUR, 2nd Duke of Somerset 1587-1660
Biographical Note
Statesman, royalist army officer.
Books
Books with his armorial stamp survive. His library was given to Lichfield Cathedral by his widow Frances in 1673.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- Hoare (gen.ed.), P. The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. II 125.
- Smith, David L. "Seymour, William, first marquess of Hertford and second duke of Somerset (1587–1660), politician and royalist army officer." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.