Alfred Seymour

Alfred Seymour of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, and of Trent MP, JP (11 November 1824 – 15 March 1888) was a British Liberal Party politician.

He was a son of Henry Seymour of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Trent and of Northbrook and wife Jane Hopkinson, and brother of Henry Danby Seymour of Trent.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes at a by-election in January 1863, and held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1868.^[1] He returned to the House of Commons athe following year, when he was elected at a by-election for Salisbury, and held that seat until his defeat at the 1874 general election.^[2]

Seymour was also a Justice of the Peace. He succeeded in Knoyle House, Wiltshire, in 1863.

Family

He married on 18 August 1866 Isabella Leighton (d. 7 April 1911), daughter of Sir Baldwin Leighton, 8th Baronet, and wife, and widow of Beriah Botfield of Hopton Court, Shropshire, Member of Parliament, and had one daughter:

Jane Margaret Seymour (14 March 1873 – 5 August 1943), unmarried and without issue

References

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 311. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Craig, op. cit., page 267

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alfred Seymour
Ducal House of Somerset

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Earl of Gifford John Pender	Member of Parliament for Totnes 1863 – 1868 With: John Pender to 1866	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Edward Hamilton John Alfred Lush	Member of Parliament for Salisbury 1869 – 1874 With: John Alfred Lush	Succeeded by Granville Richard Ryder John Alfred Lush