Charles Seymour (disambiguation)

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Charles Seymour (1885–1963) was an American academic, historian and President of Yale University.

Charles Seymour was an American academic, historian and President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951. As an academic administrator, he was instrumental in establishing Yale's residential college system. His writing focused on the diplomatic history of World War I.

Charles Seymour may also refer to:

Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (1621–1665)
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662–1748)
Charles Seymour (cricketer) (1855–1934), English cricketer
Charles Gurney Seymour, a fictional character in the political novel First Among Equals, by Jeffrey Archer

Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge was the son of Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, whom he succeeded in the barony in 1664.

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was a British peer. He rebuilt Petworth House in Sussex, the ancient Percy seat inherited from his wife, in the palatial form which survives today. He was a remarkably handsome man, and inordinately fond of taking a conspicuous part in court ceremonial; his vanity, which earned him the sobriquet of "the proud duke", was a byword among his contemporaries and was the subject of numerous anecdotes; Macaulay described him as "a man in whom the pride of birth and rank amounted almost to a disease".

Charles Read Seymour was an English cricketer. Seymour was a right-handed batsman.

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