Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet

[3] Born at Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, of a family greatly influential in the Western counties, he was the son and heir of Lord Edward Seymour (died 1593), by his wife Margaret Walsh.

In the late 16th century, there was concern at the threat of a Spanish invasion, and he received a commission as a colonel in 1595, in charge of 1,600 men,[4] and responsible for an area of the south Devon coast from Dartmouth to Plymouth.

[5][6] He spent a large sum extending Berry Pomeroy Castle, over £20,000 according to John Prince in his Worthies of Devon, 1697, particularly in the building of the north range in about 1600.

[3] In 1604 he tried to claim part of his grandfather the Duke of Somerset's estate, but was opposed by his half-uncle Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford and was unsuccessful.

With her Seymour had children including:[8] He died in 1613 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy, where there survives a well-preserved monument to him, termed by Nikolaus Pevsner as "astonishingly naive".