Sir John Henry Seale, 1st Baronet (1780–1844) of

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in the parish of

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near Dartmouth in Devon, was a Whig

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for Dartmouth in 1838. He was created a

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on 31 July 1838. He owned substantial lands in Devon, mainly at

and

. Together with the

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near

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, he built several bridges in Dartmouth, most notably the Dart crossing. Arthur Howe Holdsworth's, the previous Member of Parliament in Dartmouth, influence over the

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of Dartmouth ceased after the 1832

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and subsequently he was in competition for that parliamentary seat with John Seale, who won the seat. The family descended from John Seale (born c.1512) of St Brelade in

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, a descendant of Robert Seale (or ''Scelle'') a ''gens de bien'' of St Brelade 1292. In 1720 the 1st Baronet's grandfather John Seale, purchased the estate of Mount Boone near Dartmouth. The latter's great-grandfather was John Seale, Constable of St Brelade 1644-51, the son of John Seale, Constable of St Brelade 1615-21.

Marriage and children

In 1804 he married Paulina Elizabeth Jodrell, daughter of the physician Sir

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(1746–1803), M.D., by whom he had children including: * Sir Henry Paul Seale, 2nd Baronet (1806–1897) of Mount Boone, eldest son and heir, sixteen times Mayor of Dartmouth, who also contributed to building infrastructure in Dartmouth. *Charles I Seale-Hayne (died 1842), second son, heir to his childless great-uncle Charles II Hayne (1747–1821), of

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and Fuge House,

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in 1772 and Colonel of the

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. The Hayne family had come to prominence in the person of John Hayne (died 1671) (grandfather of Cornelius Hayne), a merchant at Dartmouth during the reign of King Charles I (1625–1649), who had "acquired by inheritance and purchase various properties in Devon". In accordance with the bequest he adopted the additional surname of Hayne. His son and heir was Charles II Seale-Hayne (1833–1903), of Fuge House and

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for Ashburton in

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(1885–1903) and

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(1892–1895), who by his will founded

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near

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in Devon. * Edward Taylor Seale (1811–1893), Cambridge University

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and priest in charge of South Devon parishes, 1841 to 1893. *Robert Bewick Seale (1815–1881), lawyer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seale, John Henry 1780 births 1844 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Whig (British political party) MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dartmouth UK MPs 1837–1841