Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet, VD, KGStJ (7 July 1859 – 26 February 1926) was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist (later Liberal Party) politician who served as
Member of Parliament
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Mansfield
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from 1916 to 1918. He was a
Justice of the Peace
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for
Hampshire
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and
Nottinghamshire
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Mansfield
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,
Nottinghamshire
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, the eldest son of
Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet KGStJ, DL (11 August 1833 – 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician.
Seely was Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham from 1869 to 1874 and 1880 to 1885, and for Nott ...
(1833–1915), an industrialist and major land-owner in both Nottinghamshire and the
Isle of Wight
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. Cites:
He was educated at
Harrow School
(The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God)
, established = (Royal Charter)
, closed =
, type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school
, religion = Church of E ...
and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, and inherited the family estates at Sherwood Lodge in Nottinghamshire, and Gatcombe in the Isle of Wight.
Political career
Seely was a Liberal Unionist for the early part of his political career. He first stood for election to
Parliament
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Mid Derbyshire
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. He stood for
Rushcliffe
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1900
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with Conservative backing. However, in February 1904 he lost the backing of the local Conservative and Liberal Unionist Association over his support for
free trade
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. The Conservatives adopted
Henry Page Croft
Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft (22 June 1881 – 7 December 1947) was a decorated British soldier and Conservative Party politician.
Early life and family
He was born at Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Ric ...
as their candidate in place of Seely, who stood in the
1906 general election
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as a Free Trade candidate.
Despite this setback, he again stood for Lincoln in the General Election of January 1910 as a Liberal Unionist in support of Free Trade and was again opposed by a Liberal and a Conservative. This time he finished in third place and did not stand for Parliament again for another six years. He instead served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1912.
He was the successful Liberal Party candidate at a by-election in September 1916 in the Mansfield division of Nottinghamshire. At the 1918 general election, after boundary changes, he stood in the new Broxtowe division of Nottinghamshire, but the seat was won with a large majority by the Labour Party candidate. Seely did not stand for Parliament again.
Seely was a
lieutenant-colonel
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Seely was a member of a family of politicians, industrialists and significant landowners. His grandfather Charles Seely (1803–1887), father
Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet KGStJ, DL (11 August 1833 – 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician.
Seely was Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham from 1869 to 1874 and 1880 to 1885, and for Nott ...
, younger brother
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1 ...
Sir Francis Evans, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Henry Evans, 1st Baronet, (29 August 1840 – 22 January 1907) was a British civil engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician.
Family and education
Evans was born at Crumpsall Grange in LancashireThe Times, 24 January 1907, ...
.
Seely married Hilda Lucy (née Grant), granddaughter of the notable inventor Sir Thomas Tassell Grant KCB, FRS, in 1891, and they had six children:
*Violet Lucy Emily Seely (1892–1979), who married the 2nd Viscount AllendaleKG a grandson of the 5th
Marquess of Londonderry
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*Charles Grant Seely (1894–1917), killed in action in
World War I
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* Mbé, a town in the Republic of the Congo
* Mbe Mountains Community Forest, in Nigeria
* Mbe language, a language of Nigeria
* Mbe' language, language of Cameroon
* ''mbe'', ISO 639 code for the extinct Molala language
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(born 1898)
*Victor Basil John Seely (1900–1980), who inherited the baronetcy on the death of his brother Hugh, and whose son SIr Nigel Edward Seely (b. 1923) is the 5th of the Seely Baronets
*Squadron Leader Nigel Richard William Seely (1902–1943) who married Isabella Elinor Margarete von Rieben, of the old noble family of von Rieben, https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieben_(Adelsgeschlecht). He was killed in action in
World War II
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, and was buried at
St Mary's Church, Brook
St Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.
History
The church dates from 1864 by the architect Malling. It replaced a previous building which was destroyed in a fire. The small, squa ...