Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford

Who was Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford?

Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford was the son of Brig.-Gen. Lord Henry Charles Seymour and the grandson of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford.

He inherited the title Marquess of Hertford in 1940, after his uncle, the 7th Marquess, died without a direct heir.

Hugh Seymour married Pamela Therese Louise de Riquet, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay, on 10 July 1956. They had four children:

Henry Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford.

Lady Carolyn Mary Seymour.

Lady Diana Seymour, married firstly, Timothy Verdon. She married secondly, Henry Beaumont, grandson of Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale.

Lady Anne Seymour.

His sister Lady Margaret Hay served as Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Elizabeth 1947-52, then as a Woman of the Bedchamber to The Queen 1953-75.

Lord Hertford notably contributed to the appearance of his home, of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, when he commissioned artist Graham Rust to paint an epic mural in the entrance hall. Work started in 1969 and finished in 1983. The finished work portrayed a view of the Mountain of Temptation on the ceiling and several of Lord Hertfords relatives around the landing.