In 1830, while still Lord Seymour, he married Jane Georgiana Sheridan, the younger sister of author Caroline Norton and grand-daughter of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who was the "Queen of Beauty" at the Eglinton Tournament in 1839.
In 1830, while still Lord Seymour, he married Georgiana Sheridan, the younger sister of author Caroline Norton and grand-daughter of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Known for her loveliness, she was chosen to be the "Queen of Beauty" at the Eglinton Tournament in 1839.