NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Somerset, Frances Seymour, Duchess of, 1699-1754 NRA: Seymour Frances (d 1754) nee Thynne wife of 7th Duke of Somerset Lady of the Bedchamber and Literary Patron DNB: Seymour [née Thynne], Frances, duchess of Somerset (1699–1754), poet and letter writer LBT ID: DsSomer7 VIAF ID: 66844504 LOC ID: nr93036508 | B/BAP: 1699-05-10 DIED: 1754-07-10 |
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The daughter of Henry Thynne; in 1715 she married Algernon Seymour, afterwards seventh
duke of Somerset. She was a friend of Elizabeth Singer Rowe and patroness of James Thomson,
Lady of the Bedchamber, and a notable letter-writer | |