John Seymour

Colonel John Seymour (1649 – July 30, 1709) was the 10th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1704 to 1709. Early life John Seymour was born in 1649 in Gloucestershire, England, the eldest son of Elizabeth Lyte and Thomas Seymour (d. 1678). He immigrated in 1704 to Annapolis, Maryland. Personal life Seymour married Margaret Bowles in 1672. He later married Hester Newton. Seymour had three children: John, Robert and Jane. Career Seymour served as captain of the colony service from 1667 to 1687. In 1687, he served as the lieutenant colonel of the Life Guards during the campaigns of William III. He also served in the Spanish campaigns in 1702.