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Mary Seymour “Duchess of Ormand” <I>de Beaufort-Somerset</I> Butler

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Mary Seymour “Duchess of Ormand” de Beaufort-Somerset Butler

Birth
Death
19 Nov 1733 (aged 68–69)
Burial
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
Duke of Ormand's Vault in King Henry VII's chapel
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Lady Mary Somerset, eldest surviving dau. of Henry, first Duke of Beaufort, by Mary, dau. of Arthur, first Lord Capel, and widow of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp. She married, in 1686, James Butler, who succeeded his grandfather, as second Duke of Ormond, 21 July 1688. He was attainted in 1715, and passed the rest of his life abroad (see his burial 22 May 1746). It is said that she never once saw her husband during his exile. She died, according to the Funeral Book, 19 Nov., in her sixty-ninth year. See the burials of her children, 1 Mch. 1688-9, 29 Aug. 1701, and 27 Apl. 1750.

Source: The marriage, baptismal, and burial registers of the collegiate church or abbey of St. Peter, Westminster, edited by Joseph Lemuel Chester, London, 1876
Lady Mary Somerset, eldest surviving dau. of Henry, first Duke of Beaufort, by Mary, dau. of Arthur, first Lord Capel, and widow of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp. She married, in 1686, James Butler, who succeeded his grandfather, as second Duke of Ormond, 21 July 1688. He was attainted in 1715, and passed the rest of his life abroad (see his burial 22 May 1746). It is said that she never once saw her husband during his exile. She died, according to the Funeral Book, 19 Nov., in her sixty-ninth year. See the burials of her children, 1 Mch. 1688-9, 29 Aug. 1701, and 27 Apl. 1750.

Source: The marriage, baptismal, and burial registers of the collegiate church or abbey of St. Peter, Westminster, edited by Joseph Lemuel Chester, London, 1876


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205884490/mary_seymour-butler: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Seymour “Duchess of Ormand” de Beaufort-Somerset Butler (1664–19 Nov 1733), Find a Grave Memorial ID 205884490, citing Westminster Abbey, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England; Maintained by Mizzizzippy (contributor 48842038).