Francis Seymour (1697 – 23 December 1761), of
Sherborne House, Dorset
Sherborne House is a Grade I listed building. in Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
History
Sherborne House was built c.1720 for Henry Seymour Portman as a halfway house between his properties in Somerset (Orchard Portman) and Dorset (Brya ...
, was a British landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
from 1732 to 1741.
Seymour was the second son of
Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet
Sir Edward Seymour, of Berry Pomeroy, 5th Baronet (1660 or 1663 – 29 December 1740) of Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire was an English landowner and Tory politician.
Early life
Seymour was baptized on 18 December 1663, the eldest ...
and his wife Letitia Popham. In 1728, he succeeded to the estates of his paternal great-uncle
Henry Seymour Portman
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 ...
MP, which included Sherborne House. He married on 30 July 1728 his cousin Elizabeth Popham,
Dowager Lady Hinchingbrooke (died 20 March 1761), daughter of
Alexander Popham
Alexander Popham (1605 – 1669) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1669. He was patron of the philosopher John Locke.
Early life
Popham was born at Little ...
, of
Littlecote,
Wiltshire
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, MP, and great granddaughter of Colonel
Alexander Popham
Alexander Popham (1605 – 1669) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1669. He was patron of the philosopher John Locke.
Early life
Popham was born at Little ...
.
Seymour was returned as Tory
Member of Parliament
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for
Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England. The village is on the River Dun about southwest of Hungerford, southeast of Swindon and southeast of Marlborough.
The Kennet and Avon Canal and the Reading to Taunton ...
at a by-election on 29 April 1732. At the
1734 British general election he was elected in a contest as MP for
Marlborough
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Places United Kingdom
* Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
** Marlborough College, public school
* Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England
* The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England
Austral ...
on the Bruce interest. He did not stand again in
1741
Events
January–March
* January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township.
* February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...
. On all recorded occasions, he voted against the Administration of Walpole.
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Seymour died on 23 December 1761, leaving two children:
*Mary Seymour, who married John Baily in 1758
* Henry Seymour, of ]Redland Court
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, Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
(1729–1807)
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1697 births
1761 deaths
People from Sherborne
British MPs 1727–1734
British MPs 1734–1741
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset
Francis Seymour (1697 – 23 December 1761), of Sherborne House, Dorset, was a British landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1741.
Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet and his wif ...
Members of Parliament for Great Bedwyn
Members of Parliament for Marlborough
Younger sons of baronets