Seymour, Frances (d. 1679)

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Seymour, Frances (d. 1679)

Countess of Holderness. Died in 1679; interred on January 5, 1680, in Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); married Richard Molyneux, 2nd viscount Molyneux; married Thomas Wriothesly (1607–1667), 5th earl of Southampton (r. 1624–1667); married Conyers Darcy, 2nd earl of Holderness, in 1676; stepchildren: Rachel Russell (1636–1723).

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