Hugh Edward Conway Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford (29 March 1930 – 22 December 1997) was a British aristocrat.
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra of Kent, and Mary, Duchess of Beaufort attended their wedding at St James's Church, Piccadilly.
[2][3] They had four children: His only sibling, Lady Margaret Hay, served as Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Elizabeth from 1947–52, and then as a Woman of the Bedchamber to The Queen from 1953–75.
[6] Lord Hertford notably saved his family home, Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, from demolition after he inherited it in 1940.
[8] He was interviewed on film by the author Margaret Powell, who wrote the popular book Below Stairs that would lead to television shows such as Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey.