|
Henry Seymour (pastoralist)
Henry Seymour may refer to: New Zealand * Henry Seymour (New Zealand politician) (1796–1883), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council United Kingdom *Henry Seymour (16th-century MP) (1503–1578), Member of Parliament (MP) for Hampshire in 1547, brother of Queen Jane Seymour and uncle of Edward VI of England *Henry Seymour (Langley) (1612–1687), friend of Charles II and MP for East Looe *Henry Seymour (died 1728), English MP * Henry Seymour (Redland) (1729–1807), MP for Totnes, Huntingdon, Evesham, lover of Madame du Barry * Henry Seymour (Knoyle) (1776–1849), MP for Taunton * Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford (born 1958), British peer * Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (1626–1654), English nobleman * Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander), English admiral who fought the Spanish Armada * Lord Henry Seymour (politician) (1746–1830), MP for Coventry, Midhurst, Downton * Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet (1674–1714), MP for East Looe *Henry Danby Seymour (1820–1877) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (New Zealand Politician)
Henry Seymour (6 December 1796 – 31 March 1883) was one of the earliest settlers in Nelson, New Zealand, where he was a trader and land speculator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of New Munster Province from 1849, and was appointed to the new Legislative Council in 1853 until his resignation in 1860. He returned to England and died in Worcestershire. Life Seymour first comes to notice as Steward of the Public Rooms in Teignmouth (new public rooms had been opened there in 1826, replacing an earlier establishment of 1796), where he organized events such as regattas and Christmas balls. Evidently building on this experience, in 1830 he became the first lessee of the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, living in a house in nearby Prestbury. He was secretary of the Cheltenham Horticultural Society, and when he emigrated to New Zealand, he took acorns with him. At Pittville, he was acquainted with the architect and future New Zealand public figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (16th-century MP)
Sir Henry Seymour (c. 1503 – 5 April 1578) was an English landowner and MP, the brother of Jane Seymour, queen consort of Henry VIII, and consequently uncle to Edward VI. He was created a Knight of the Bath after his nephew's coronation. Family Sir Henry Seymour was born around 1503, probably at Wulfhall, Wiltshire. He was the third son of Sir John Seymour (c.1474 – 21 December 1536.) and Margery Wentworth (c. 1478 – 18 October 1550). His family rose to prominence following his sister Jane's marriage to the King in 1536. As well as Queen Jane, Henry Seymour's siblings included Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, the daughter-in-law of Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell; Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who was Lord Protector of England during the minority of their nephew; and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, the fourth husband of Catherine Parr, and stepfather to the future Elizabeth I. Career Seymour may have begun his career in the service o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (Langley)
Henry Seymour of Langley (1612 – 9 March 1686), was an English courtier who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and after the Restoration sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681. Biography Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, and Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew of Lothbury, Cornwall. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Henrietta Maria and made Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles, Prince of Wales in 1638. Upon the outbreak of the English Civil War Seymour joined the Royalist army, serving under his kinsman William, Marquess of Hertford. He accompanied the Marquess into Somerset and was at Battle of Sherburn when with only two troops of horse (cavalry) and 400-foot, the Royalists withstood the whole force of the William, Earl of Bedford, consisting of above 7,000-foot supported by horse and artillery. During this engagement Hertford sent Bedford a challenge which was carried by Seymour. Attaching himself to Prince Charles, he carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (died 1728)
Henry Seymour later Portman (c. 1637–1728), of Orchard Portman, Somerset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and then Great Britain almost continually between 1679 and 1715. Early life Seymour was the fifth son of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet. He joined the Army and was an ensign in the garrison at Guernsey by 1662, a lieutenant of foot in 1669 and captain in the Duke of Buckingham's Foot from 1672 to 1673. He married as his first wife Penelope Haslewood, daughter of Sir William Haslewood of Maidwell, Northamptonshire. Political career Seymour was returned unopposed as Member (MP) for St Mawes in March 1679 and was returned again in elections in October 1679, 1681, 1685 and 1689. He was commissioner for assessment for Dorset from 1689 to 1690. In 1690 he inherited the estates in Somerset and Dorset of his cousin Sir William Portman and assumed the surname of Portman. (Seymour) Portman was returned unopposed as MP for Totnes at the 1690 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (Redland)
Henry Seymour (21 October 1729 – 14 April 1807) was a British politician. Life Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset. He was educated at New College. In January 1746/7, he inherited the estate of East Knoyle from his uncle, William. In 1753, Seymour married Lady Caroline Cowper (d. 1773), daughter of William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, by whom he had two daughters: * Caroline Seymour (31 January 1755 – 20 March 1821), married in September 1775 William Danby, of Swinton Park (b. 9 July 1752) * Georgiana Amelia Seymour (31 Dec 1756 – ?), married on 27 September 1794 Félicité Jean Louis de Durfort, Comte de Deyme (4 March 1752 – 10 March 1801) He inherited an estate at Sherborne, Dorset upon the death of his father in December 1761, and also owned estates at Redland Court, Gloucestershire, and Northbrook, Devonshire. After his father's death, he entered politics, obtaining the office of Groom of the Bedchamber on 16 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (Knoyle)
Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849), of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory 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, having contested the borough unsuccessfully in 1820, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1830 general election. 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. They 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 Ple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess Of Hertford
Henry (Harry) Jocelyn Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford DL (born 6 July 1958) is a British peer, the son of Hugh Seymour, 8th Marquess of Hertford. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He currently resides at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, where he has been in charge of the estate since 1991. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1997 to 1999 and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Family life In 1990, he married Brazilian-born Beatriz Karam. They have four children: * Lady Gabriella Helen Seymour (b. 1992) * William Francis Seymour, Earl of Yarmouth (b. 2 November 1993). He married Kelsey Wells and they have two sons: Clement Andrew, Viscount Beauchamp (b. 2019) and The Honourable Jocelyn William (b. 2021) *Lord Edward George Seymour (b. 1995) *Lady Antonia Louisa Seymour (b. 1998) Arms References External links *Henry Seymour, 9th Marquess of Hertford 1958 births Living people Henry People from Warwickshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp
Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (c. 1626 – 14 March 1654) was an English nobleman, third son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset.''The Complete Peerage'', vol. 12, 1953, "Somerset", p. 74. He had two elder brothers, but they both died unmarried in their twenties, so that in 1646, when he was about twenty, Henry became heir to his father and took his courtesy title of Lord Beauchamp. On 28 June 1648, he married Mary Capell at Hadham Parva in Hertfordshire; they had one son and one daughter. Like his father, he was a Cavalier, for which he was imprisoned in the Tower of London during the Commonwealth, 9 April to 9 September 1651, being released on £10,000 bond. He died 14 March 1654 and was buried at Bedwyn Magna 30 March, having died at "Tilsy" according to the burial record in the parish register. His widow married in 1657 Lord Herbert, later created the 1st Duke of Beaufort. His children were: *William Seymour, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1654–1671) *Lady Elizabeth Seymour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Henry Seymour (naval Commander)
Vice-Admiral Lord Henry Seymour (1540–1588) was an English naval commander and Admiral of the Narrow Seas during the Elizabethan Age. The younger son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset by his second wife Anne Stanhope, he married Lady Joan (or Jane) Percy, daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland. In 1588, he was appointed Admiral of the Narrow Seas and took command of HMS ''Rainbow'' and the Squadron of ships that took part in the Battle of Gravelines against the Spanish Armada in 1588. Controlling the seas off Dunkirk they joined the main British fleet (the 'Western Squadron') near Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ... on 6 August, adding about a third to the total size. Ancestry ReferencesThe "Invincible" Armada [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Henry Seymour (politician)
Lord Henry Seymour (15 December 1746 – 5 February 1830) was a British politician, the second son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. He was known as Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway until 1793, when his father was created a marquess; he then became Lord Henry Seymour-Conway, but dropped the surname of Conway after his father's death in 1794. Seymour-Conway was educated at Eton and Hertford College, Oxford, and took his MA from Merton College in 1767. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1766 as Member for Coventry. He generally, though not always, voted with his uncle and namesake Henry Seymour Conway. After the 1768 election, when he and Andrew Archer defeated a challenge by Walter Waring, he was a consistent supporter of the Grafton and then the North governments. Due to a falling-out between his father, the Earl of Hertford, and the Corporation of Coventry, Seymour-Conway did not stand as a candidate there at the 1774 election. He was instead return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet (20 October 1674 – April 1714), of Langley, Buckinghamshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and British House of Commons from 1699 to 1713. Seymour was the second son of Henry Seymour (Langley), Henry Seymour, of Langley, Buckinghamshire Groom of the Bedchamber, and his second wife Ursula Austen, daughter of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet, and widow of George Stawale. He was the paternal grandson of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet, and wife Dorothy Killegrew. He was created 1st Baronet Seymour, of Langley, Berkshire, Langley, at the age of seven on 4 July 1681. His father died on 9 March 1687, and he inherited Langley Park and his father's reversionary grant of the clerkship of the hanaper office. From 1693 he travelled abroad for three years. Seymour was returned unopposed as Tory Member of Parliament for East Looe (UK Parliament constituency), East Looe at a by-election on 17 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Danby Seymour
Henry Danby Seymour (1 July 1820 – 4 August 1877) was a British gentleman and Liberal Party politician. Life Seymour was the eldest son of Henry Seymour and wife Jane Hopkinson. Alfred Seymour was his brother. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1838, graduating B.A. in 1842. In 1862 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. A member of the Liberal Party, Seymour sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Poole from 1850 to 1868 and served as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control, the body which oversaw the activities of the East India Company, from 1855 until the Company's abolition in 1858. In November 1876 he was elected to the London School Board. Works Seymour climbed Mount Ararat in 1846, and wrote two topographical works, ''Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof'' and ''Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan''. In 1856 Seymour donated fragments of the Tomb of Sobekhotep, Thebes, to the British Museum. He translate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
_by_Francois_Gerard.jpg "Click for more on -> Henry Seymour (Knoyle)")
