Henry Seton-Karr

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Sir Henry Seton-Karr
Born	(1853-02-05)5 February 1853 U.K.
Died	29 May 1914(1914-05-29) (aged 61) RMS Empress of Ireland, St. Lawrence River
Occupation	Explorer, Hunter, Author, Politician
Spouse(s)	Edith Pilkington (1860–1884) (her death)

Sir Henry Seton-Karr CMG (5 February 1853 – 29 May 1914) was an English explorer, hunter and author and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906.

Seton-Karr was the son of Berkeley Seton-Karr, of the Indian Civil Service and his wife who was Eleanor, the daughter of Henry Usborne of Branches Park, Suffolk. He was educated at Harrow School and Oxford University and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1879. Seton-Karr owned a cattle ranch (Pick Ranch) in Wyoming, USA and was a director of Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Co.^[1] He was an explorer, big game hunter and writer.

Seton-Karr was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens in the 1885 general election and held the seat until his defeat at the 1906 general election.^[2] He did not stand again in St Helens, but at the January 1910 general election he stood unsuccessfully in Berwickshire.^[3]

He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburghshire in 1896,^[4] and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in October 1902.^[5]

Seton-Karr died in Canada's greatest maritime disaster when the Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River when he was returning to England from a hunting trip in British Columbia.^[6] He was interred at the Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery.

Seton-Karr married Edith Pilkington, daughter of William Roby Pilkington of Roby Hall, Liverpool. She died in 1884.

Publications

My Sporting Holidays 1904
Chapter in Early American Big Game Hunting 1905

References

↑ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 177. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
↑ Craig, op. cit., page 531
↑ The London Gazette: no. 26797. p. 6510. 24 November 1896. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27490. p. 6910. 31 October 1902. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
↑ Find a Grave

External links

Works written by or about Henry Seton-Karr at Wikisource
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Seton-Karr

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for St Helens 1885 – 1906	Succeeded by Thomas Glover

Authority control	VIAF: 229260718

Persondata
Name	Seton-Karr, Sir Henry
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	5 February 1853
Place of birth	U.K.
Date of death	29 May 1914
Place of death	RMS Empress of Ireland, St. Lawrence River

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