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and subsequent repairs. The statues and urns are now lost and the entrance front has been moved to the rear. One of the few elements of the old mansion he retained is the mediaeval chapel, which retains the large early 17th century Percy Window, depicting the coats of arms of several Percy Earls of
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of the walls are surmounted by urns. On the three sections of the parapet in front of the central dome and the domed roofs of the two projecting wings are placed gesticulating statues. Today the roofline is lower and flat, giving the building a plain appearance, possibly following the fire of 1714
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in anticipation that he would die without having produced a male heir, which death in fact occurred the next year in 1750. He was created Baron
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Smithson", whom he considered insufficiently aristocratic to inherit the ancient estates of the Percy family; his son disagreed, and wanted to include his
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447:"... for the preservation of the noble family and name of the Percys, he the said duke and all and every the issue of his body on her the said duchess begotten, should forever take upon him and them and be called and named only by the name and surname of Percy".
464:"An Act to enable Hugh Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland and Barones Percy, his Wife, and their Children, Progeny and Issue, to take and use the Name of Percy, and bear and quarter the Arms of the Percies Earls of Northumberland".
284:, he was a remarkably handsome man, and inordinately fond of taking a conspicuous part in court ceremonial; his vanity, which earned him the sobriquet of "the proud duke", was a byword among his contemporaries and was the subject of numerous anecdotes;
938:(1684–1749) had in 1725 produced a son of his own, Lord Beauchamp. However, in 1744 this grandson died unexpectedly without having married, and thus his only grandchild was a daughter and sole heiress, Lady Elizabeth Seymour, who in 1740 had married
1021:. These arms concede the positions of greatest honour, the 1st & 4th quarters, to a special grant of arms to the first Duke of Somerset (died 1552) by his nephew King Edward VI, incorporating the fleurs-de-lys (with tinctures reversed) of the
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1481:: the House of Commons 1715–1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970
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rebellion. However, he fell from favour in 1687 when as
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Petworth House, west front, in 2015, with flat roof line
411:(1644–1670), who brought him immense estates, including
360:(1629–1675). However, the 5th Duke did not inherit the
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230:Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, portrait by
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212:Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
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601:(1702–1714), and was appointed by her in 1702
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705:Lady Charlotte Finch, Duchess of Somerset
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642:Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
340:survives in the college's collection.
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839:Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
439:in London. It had been agreed in the
350:Francis Seymour, 5th Duke of Somerset
259:Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
2779:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
1473:Cruickshanks, Eveline, biography of
1204:. BBC Your Paintings. Archived from
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899:Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford
877:Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchilsea
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382:Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
376:(1656–1741). In 1660, following the
306:Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
114:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
102:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
1576:The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
1559:The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
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374:Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
254:, National Portrait Gallery, London
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1333:(2015 ed.). Forgotten Books.
936:Algernon Seymour, Earl of Hertford
934:Somerset's son and heir apparent,
788:Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond
358:John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset
308:(executed 1552), brother of Queen
77:29 January – 13 July 1702
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638:John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
348:In 1675, Charles's elder brother
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966:Sir Charles Wyndham, 4th Baronet
889:John Manners, Marquess of Granby
803:Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
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1184:"Seymour, Charles (SMR662C)"
1164:Somerset, Earls and Dukes of
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719:First Lady of the Bedchamber
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2718:The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
1629:Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1188:A Cambridge Alumni Database
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378:Restoration of the Monarchy
216:Elizabeth Alington (mother)
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2503:Thomas Rotherham (or Scot)
1357:Yale University Press 1980
1190:. University of Cambridge.
815:Jacobite rebellion of 1715
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328:Charles was educated at
2613:The Earl of Northampton
2223:Anthony of Grantchester
1656:Senior Privy Counsellor
1503:Great Houses of Britain
1303:Great Houses of Britain
1265:Great Houses of Britain
1169:Encyclopædia Britannica
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678:of its founder Captain
498:Rebuilds Petworth House
489:to the Act as follows:
338:Nathaniel Dance-Holland
280:Encyclopædia Britannica
232:Nathaniel Dance-Holland
2814:Younger sons of barons
2703:The Duke of Devonshire
2698:The Duke of Devonshire
2693:HRH The Prince Consort
2648:The Duke of Buckingham
2643:The Duke of Manchester
2633:The Earl of Manchester
2623:The Duke of Buckingham
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1622:The Earl of Winchilsea
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2043:Reginald Gerninghall
1929:Archibald, 13th Duke
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1591:The Earl of Mulgrave
1023:Royal arms of France
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711:Lady Elizabeth Percy
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623:The Windsor Prophecy
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2248:Michael de Causton
2243:Michael de Haynton
2178:Henry de Herwarden
2128:Stephen de Segrace
2098:Ralph de Leicester
2083:Andrew de Gisleham
1881:Algernon, 7th Duke
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