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7 February 1750 - death of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (11 November 1684 – 7 February 1750). One of the richest landowners in England, but as he died with no surviving son his estates were split after his death. The ducal title passed to a distant cousin, Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset. The earldom of Northumberland and most of the traditional Percy estates passed to his daughter and her husband. Petworth in Sussex passed to the duke's nephew Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont.
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