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     Sir Edward Alston was President of the College of Physicians.¹ He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)¹

     Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond was born on 14 August 1688.¹ He was the son of Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord O'Brien and Lady Henrietta Somerset.¹ He married Lady Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset and Lady Elizabeth Percy, on 4 June 1707.² He died on 20 April 1741 at age 52 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, without issue.¹ He was buried at Limerick Cathedral, County Limerick, Ireland^G.
     He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Thomond [I., 1552] on 2 May 1691.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baron of Ibracken [I., 1543] on 2 May 1691.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Arundel between 1710 and 1714.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1714.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Tadcaster, of Tadcaster, co. York [Great Britain] on 19 October 1714.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Essex from 1721/22 to 1741.¹ On his death the Viscountcy of Tadcaster expired and the Earldom and Barony fell under the attainder of his cousin.¹

     Henry Seymour was born in 1612.¹ He was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. and Dorothy Killigrew. He married, secondly, Ursula Austen, daughter of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Bt. and Anne Muns.¹ He married, firstly, Elizabeth Killgrew, daughter of Sir Thomas Killgrew.¹ He died on 9 March 1686.¹
     A Royalist during the Civil War.¹ He was Groom of the Bedchamber.¹ He lived at Langley, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹

     Thomas Seymour was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. and Dorothy Killigrew. He married Anne Anderson, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson.¹
     He had two sons and three daughters.¹

     Sir Joseph Seymour is the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. and Dorothy Killigrew. He married Bridget Anderson, daughter of Sir Richard Anderson.¹
     He had a son and a daughter.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1643.¹

     Mary Seymour was the daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. and Dorothy Killigrew. She married Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Bt., son of Sir John Trelawny, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Mohun.¹
     Her married name became Trelawny.²

     Anne Mary Eyre is the daughter of Vincent Henry Eyre.¹

     Margaret Seymour is the daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. and Dorothy Killigrew. She married Francis Trelawny, son of Sir John Trelawny, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Mohun.¹
     Her married name became Trelawny.¹

     Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Bt. was born in 1563.¹ He was the son of William Ayloffe and Jane Sulyard.¹ He married, firstly, Catherine Sterne, daughter of John Sterne.² He married, secondly, Barbara Sexton, daughter of Thomas Sexton, before 1617.² He and Alice Stokes obtained a marriage license on 4 December 1621 at Westminster, London, England^G.² He died on 5 August 1627.¹ He was buried at Braxted Magna, Essex, England^G.²
     He held the office of Sheriff of Essex from 1594 to 1595.² He lived at Braxted, Essex, England^G.³ He was appointed Knight on 5 May 1603 at Charter House^G.² He was created 1st Baronet Ayloffe, of Braxted Magna, co. Essex [England] on 25 November 1611.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Stockbridge from 1621 to 1622.²

     Amalia von Sayn-Wittgenstein is the daughter of Ludwig I Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach. She married Georg Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Johann I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg.¹