Henry Seymour (Knoyle)

Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849),^[1] of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory^[2] politician.

He was the only son of Henry Seymour, of Redland Court, Gloucestershire and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Taunton at the 1826 general election,^[2] having contested the borough unsuccessfully in 1820,^[2] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1830 general election.^[1]^[2] He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP).

Family

He married on 12 January 1817 Jane Hopkinson (d. 14 March 1869), daughter of Benjamin Hopkinson, of Bath and of Blagdon Court, Somerset, and wife, and had five children:

Henry Danby Seymour, of Trent (1820–1877)
Alfred Seymour, of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, and of Trent (1824–1888)
Jane Seymour (d. 18 September 1892), m. 21 August 1847 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore (21 April 1821 – 10 March 1890), son of Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, and had issue
Sarah Ellen Seymour (d. 14 August 1867), m. 14 May 1857 William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court, Somerset (2 December 1818 – 28 October 1902)
Louisa Caroline Harcourt Seymour (d. 31 October 1889), m. 2 September 1862 Maj.-Gen. Sir Creswicke Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (11 April 1810 – 5 March 1895), by whom she had two sons

References

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 292. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

External links

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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Alexander Baring John Ashley Warre	Member of Parliament for Taunton 1826–1830 With: William Peachey	Succeeded by Henry Labouchere Edward Thomas Bainbridge

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Date of birth	10 November 1776
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Date of death	27 November 1849
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