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portrait by allan warren lord seymour -lrb- 1954-84 -rrb- 18th duke of somerset sebastian seymour , lord seymour bath , somerset , uk 200px the duke of somerset percy -lrb- née thomas -rrb- , duchess of somerset seymour , 18th duke of somerset jane seymour 30 december 1952 judith-rose -lrb- née hull -rrb- 4 19th duke of somerset allan warren.jpg john seymour , 19th duke of somerset
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john seymour , 19th duke of somerset

john michael edward seymour , 19th duke of somerset -lrb- born 30 december 1952 -rrb- , styled lord seymour between 1954 and 1984 , is the present holder of the dukedom of somerset and a landowner in wiltshire and devon .
the seat of the duke of somerset is bradley house at maiden bradley with yarnfield , wiltshire , although the title refers to the county of somerset .
somerset is the son of percy seymour , 18th duke of somerset , and jane thomas .
his paternal grandmother , edith mary parker , was a daughter of william parker and lucinda steeves , making the 19th duke of somerset a steeves descendant .
he was educated at hawtreys and eton college and inherited the dukedom in 1984 , on the death of his father .
having lost his seat in the house of lords under the house of lords act 1999 he returned as an elected hereditary peer at a by election in december 2014 .
he sits as a crossbencher .
he was appointed a deputy lieutenant for wiltshire in 1993 and for devon in 2003 .
