Percy Hamilton Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset (27 September 1910 – 15 November 1984), styled Lord Seymour between 1931–54, was a British peer.

Early life

He was the son of Evelyn Seymour, 17th Duke of Somerset by his wife Edith Parker, a daughter of William Parker, of Whittington Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife Lucinda Steeves (a daughter of William Steeves, one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation).

In September 1954 Percy sold the 2,530-acre Witham portion of the Maiden Bradley Estate to seven of his tenant farmers, who paid just under £100,000 for the land, which reportedly then yielded a gross annual income of £3,404.

Death and Estate

The 18th Duke died on 15 November 1984 at Warminster, Wiltshire and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son, John. His personal estate was valued at £545,476 for probate, and a further grant of probate issued with respect to settled lands he held in Trust was valued at £4,896,571 in July 1985.

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