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St Maur [Seymour] Edward A Duke of Somerset
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Edward St Maur (also Seymour) (1775-1855) was the 11th Duke of Somerset. He was a mathematician and a president of the Linnean Society and the Royal Society. In 1837, Queen Victoria made him a Knight of the Garter.