Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
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His Grace The Duke of Somerset KG PC |
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The Duke of Somerset, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1869.
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| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests |
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In office 17 April 1849 – 1 August 1851 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Carlisle |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
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In office 1 August 1851 – 21 February 1852 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Lord John Manners |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 27 June 1859 – 26 June 1866 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | Sir John Pakington, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Pakington, Bt |
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| Born | 20 December 1804 |
| Died | 28 November 1885 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Georgiana Sheridan (d. 1884) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Edward Adolphus Seymour (later St. Maur), 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC (Piccadilly, London, 20 December 1804 – Stover Lodge, near Torquay, 28 November 1885), styled Lord Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century, including that of First Lord of the Admiralty.
Somerset was the eldest son of Edward St. Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset, and Lady Charlotte, daughter of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton. He was baptized on 16 February 1805 at St. George's, Hanover Square, London. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Somerset sat as Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1830 and 1831 and for Totnes between 1834 and 1855. He served under Lord Melbourne as a Lord of the Treasury between 1835 and 1839, as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1839 and 1841 and as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department between June and August 1841 and was a member of Lord John Russell's first administration as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1849 and 1851, when the office was abolished. He served on the Royal Commission on the British Museum (1847–49). In August 1851 he was appointed to the newly created office of First Commissioner of Works by Russell. In October of the same year he entered the cabinet and was sworn of the Privy Council. He remained First Commissioner of Works until the government fell in February 1852.
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