John Michael Edward Seymour 19th Duke of Somerset DL FRICS (born Bath 30 December 1952) styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984 is the present holder of the Dukedom of Somerset and a major landowner in Wiltshire and Devon.Somerset is the son of Percy Seymour 18th Duke of Somerset and Jane Thomas. He was educated at Hawtreys and Eton and inherited the dukedom in 1984 on the death of his father.