William Henry Seager
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Sir William Henry Seager (1862-10 March 1941), was a Welsh shipping magnate and Liberal Member of Parliament.
The Seager family were originally from Ilfracombe, Devon, but moved to Cardiff in the 1850's. William Henry Seager initially worked as a clerk but established his own business, W. H. Seager & Company, shipowners, in 1892. In 1918 he was knighted and elected to the House of Commons for Cardiff East, a seat he held until 1922. Seager died in March 1941. His son Leighton Seager also became a prominent businessman and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Leighton of St Mellons in 1962.
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| Preceded by New constituency |
Member of Parliament for Cardiff East 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by Lewis Lougher |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Short biography
