Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Hertford GCB PC |
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"The Lord Chamberlain". The Marquess of Hertford as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1877.
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| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 21 February 1874 – 7 May 1879 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Sydney |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe |
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Francis George Hugh Seymour 11 February 1812 |
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25 January 1884 (aged 71) Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Emily Murray |
Francis George Hugh Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford GCB PC (11 February 1812 – 25 January 1884), known as Francis Seymour until 1870, was a British army officer, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under Benjamin Disraeli from 1874 to 1879.
Seymour was the eldest son of Admiral Sir George Seymour by his wife Georgiana Mary Berkeley, daughter of Sir George Berkeley; he was the elder brother of Henry Seymour and Lady Laura Seymour. He was the grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour and a great-grandson of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, and it is through this line he succeeded to the Hertford marquessate when his distant cousin, Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, died unmarried and without issue in 1870. He inherited the entailed property from the 4th Marquess, including Ragley Hall, whilst the unentailed property went to his cousin's illegitimate son Richard Wallace, including what became the Wallace Collection.
He was educated at Harrow.
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