Alfred Seymour
MP,
JP (11 November 1824 – 15 March 1888), of Knoyle House,
East Knoyle
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, Wiltshire, and of
Trent
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, Dorset, was a British
Liberal Party
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politician.
Background
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.
Career
He was elected as a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Totnes
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at a by-election in January 1863, and held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1868.
He returned to the
House of Commons
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the following year, when he was elected at a by-election for
Salisbury
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, and held that seat until his defeat at the
1874 general election.
[Craig, op. cit., page 267]
Seymour was also a
Justice of the Peace
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. He succeeded in Knoyle House, Wiltshire, in 1863.
Family
He married on 18 August 1866 Isabella Leighton (d. 7 April 1911), daughter of
Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet
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, and wife, and widow of
Beriah Botfield of
Hopton Court,
Shropshire
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, Member of Parliament, and had one daughter:
*Jane Margaret Seymour (14 March 1873 – 5 August 1943), unmarried and without issue
References
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1824 births
1888 deaths
Alfred Seymour, of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, and of Trent
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874