19-05-2025
Earl of Yarmouth loses fight to run family seat
The wife of an aristocrat disinherited in a dispute over their marriage has called for a reconciliation to prevent 'intergenerational conflict' after he lost a court case over control of the family's £85 million ancestral estate.
The Earl of Yarmouth, William Seymour, took legal action claiming his parents, Lord and Lady Hertford, reneged on an agreement for him to move into Ragley Hall, the family seat, and run the estate when he turned 30.
He complained that he was cut off after going against his parents' wishes and marrying Kelsey Wells, a former Goldman Sachs banker, in June 2018.
Yarmouth, 31, accused his mother of 'gaslighting' him and claimed his father had tried to halt the marriage.
'Even at the church on my wedding day
