Charles Hayne Seale Hayne
PC (22 October 1833 – 22 November 1903) of Fuge House in the parish of
Blackawton
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and of
Kingswear Castle
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,
Dartmouth harbour
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, both in Devon, was a British businessman and
Liberal
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politician, serving as
Member of Parliament
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for
Ashburton in
Devon
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, from
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
until his death in 1903. He served as
Paymaster-General between 1892 and 1895 in the
Liberal administrations of
William Gladstone
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and the
Earl of Rosebery.
Political career
Called to the bar
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in 1857, Seale Hayne was Liberal
Member of Parliament
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for
Ashburton,
Devon
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, from
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 – ...
until his death in 1903. He served under Gladstone and later the
Earl of Rosebery as
Paymaster-General from 1892 to 1895 and was appointed a
Privy Counsellor in 1892. Apart from his political career he was also the first Chairman of the
Dartmouth and Torbay Railway
The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was a broad gauge railway linking the South Devon Railway Company, South Devon Railway branch at Torquay with Kingswear in Devon, England. It was operated from the outset by the South Devon Railway.
Most of the ...
, and
Lieutenant-Colonel
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of the
3rd Battalion (2nd Devon Militia), Devonshire Regiment
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, becoming its
Honorary Colonel when he retired from the command in 1894.
Personal life
Seale Hayne died in November 1903, aged 70, in
Mayfair
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,
London
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, and was buried in
Kensal Green Cemetery. In his will he endowed a farming and food science college near
Newton Abbot.
Seale-Hayne College
Seale-Hayne College was an agricultural college in Devon, England, which operated from 1919 to 2005. It was the only agricultural college in the United Kingdom whose buildings were purpose designed and built. It was located 3 miles from Newton ...
opened in 1919, later becoming part of the
University of Plymouth. The University's Charles Seale-Hayne Library is named in his honour.
Notes
References
*Concise
Dictionary of National Biography
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, 1932
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1833 births
1903 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
UK MPs 1885–1886
UK MPs 1886–1892
UK MPs 1892–1895
UK MPs 1895–1900
UK MPs 1900–1906
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ashburton
British Militia officers
Devon Militia officers
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