Henry Seymour (1776-1849) by Francois Gerard

Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849), of Knoyle House,

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, Wiltshire, of

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, and of Northbrook, was a British

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politician. He was the only son of Henry Seymour, of

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and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou. He was elected as a

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(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

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(JP).

Family

He married on 12 January 1817 Jane Hopkinson (d. 14 March 1869), daughter of Benjamin Hopkinson, of Bath and of

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. They had five children: * Henry Danby Seymour, of Trent (1820–1877) *

Alfred Seymour Alfred Seymour MP, JP (11 November 1824 – 15 March 1888), of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, and of Trent, Dorset, was a British Liberal Party politician. Background He was a son of Henry Seymour of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Tren ...

, 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 Pleydell-Bouverie Philip Pleydell-Bouverie (21 October 1788 – 27 May 1872), was a British Whig politician. Background Pleydell-Bouverie was a younger son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, by his wife the Hon. Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe ...

, and had issue *Sarah Ellen Seymour (d. 14 August 1867), m. 14 May 1857

William Ayshford Sanford William Ayshford Sanford, DL (1818– 28 October 1902) was a landowner, naturalist and Liberal Party politician, who served as Colonial Secretary of Western Australia from 1852 to 1855. Sanford was born in 1818, the son of Edward Ayshford Sanfor ...

, of

Nynehead Court Nynehead Court is a Grade II* listed building at Nynehead in Somerset, England. History The building dates back to the late 14th century with major additions in 1675 and the 18th century. It was occupied by the Fluri family (1068 - 1318), the d ...

, Somerset (2 December 1818 – 28 October 1902) *Louisa Caroline Harcourt Seymour (d. 31 October 1889), m. 2 September 1862 Maj.-Gen.

Sir Creswicke Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895) was a British East India Company army officer, politician and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. His son, also Henry, was to beco ...

(11 April 1810 – 5 March 1895), by whom she had two sons With Felicite Dailly-Brimont he had an illegitimate daughter Henriette Felicite (1803–1868) who married Sir James Tichborne, the 10th Baronet, father of

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, the heir who was lost at sea in 1854 and whose impersonator,

Arthur Orton Arthur Orton (20 March 1834 – 1 April 1898) was an English man who has generally been identified by legal historians and commentators as the "Tichborne Claimant", who in two celebrated court cases both fascinated and shocked Victorian soc ...

, was 'The Tichborne Claimant' in the famous trial. Felicity Dailly-Brimont was reputed to have been the illegitimate daughter of the Duc de Bourbon Conti and his mistress Marie Claude Gaucher-Dailly. (see ''The Naughty Seymours'' by Bernard Falk; Hutchinson &Co 1940)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Henry 1776 births 1849 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1826–1830 English people of French descent Henry Seymour, of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook Tory MPs (pre-1834)