Sir Frederick Seager Hunt, 1st Baronet (27 April 1838 – 21 January 1904) was a British

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politician, and a prominent

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Background and education

Hunt was born in Chippenham,

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, the second son of James Edward Hunt and Eliza Seager, eldest daughter of the distiller James Lys Seager. He attended school at St Peter's College, Westminster.

Business career

Seager Evans and Co. was founded by Hunt's Grandfather James Lys Seager and William Evans. In 1864 Hunt became a partner, and in 1872 the prior partnership with Richard and Christopher Wilson was dissolved, leaving just Frederick and James as partners in the business. James Lys Seager died a year later, making Frederick the sole proprietor from then on. During the time Hunt was involved with the company, the distillery was sited at Millbank in London, although it later moved to

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, in the 1920s. Their most famous product was Seagers Gin.

Political career

Hunt was elected at the 1885 general election as

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(MP) for Marylebone West. He was re-elected in

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and

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, but at the 1895 general election he stood instead in

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, where he was returned unopposed. He resigned his seat in 1898 by becoming

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. He was created a Baronet, of Cromwell Road in the parish of Saint Mary Abbots, Kensington, in the County of London, in 1892.

References

Sources

National Archives Records for Seager Evans and Co. Ltd.1841 Census, National Archives
* Vanity Fair, May 1893

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Frederick Seager 1837 births 1904 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 People from Chippenham Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom