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Friday, September 15, 2023

James Seymour Lee 1945-2023

 James Seymour Lee died 31 July, 2023, aged 77.

Lee was, according to the Daily Telegraph, a winsome and well-spoken ‘wild child of Sixties fashion photography’ whose subversive work is now in the V&A permanent collection.

He was born 20 November, 1945, son of Harry Illtyd Lee (1913-1985), and his wife the former Judith Spencer-Smith (1917-1998), scion of the Smith baronets, and descended from the Seymours later Dukes of Somerset. He married 1stly, 1967 (div), Sally Hill-Brookes, daughter of Edwin Hector Gordon Hill-Brookes (1908-1947), and his wife the former Minnie Dorothy Eileen Doland (1909-99); and married 2ndly, 1978 (div 2002), Hannah Marion Teresa Lennon, daughter of Patrick Joseph Lennon.

He leaves issue, a son, from his first marriage, Orlando Spencer Seymour Lee (1968-81), and 2 sons and two daughters from his second marriage, Edward Joseph Seymour Lee (born 1985), and Jack Illtyd Seymour Lee (born 1989), Grace Olivia Seymour Lee (born 1986), and Florence Daphne Seymour Lee (born 1993).

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