Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp

Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp of Hache (21 September 1561 – July 1612) was an English nobleman who had a theoretically strong claim to the throne of England through his mother, Lady Katherine Grey, but his legitimacy was questioned.

Regardless of Henry VIII's wishes, the succession progressed in favour of the elder line, which resulted in King James VI of Scotland ascending the English throne.

[1] Honora was the sister of Andrew Rogers (died c. 1599), MP,[2] of Bryanston, who earlier had married (as his second wife) Lord Beauchamp's aunt Lady Mary Seymour (born 1552).

Beauchamp's father the earl was strongly opposed to the marriage and sent a certain George Ludlow to discuss the position with the Rogers family.

Ludlow reported back that Honora was "a baggage" and her father Sir Richard Rogers "a fool" and that Lord Beauchamp had originally intended to have "but a night's lodging with her".

Arms of Seymour:
Gules, two wings conjoined
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