Charles Hayne Seale Hayne PC (22 October 1833 – 22 November 1903) of Fuge House in the parish of Blackawton and of

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, both in Devon, was a British businessman and

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politician, serving as

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for Ashburton in

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, from 1885 until his death in 1903. He served as

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between 1892 and 1895 in the Liberal administrations of William Gladstone and the

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Political career

Called to the bar in 1857, Seale Hayne was Liberal

for Ashburton,

, from 1885 until his death in 1903. He served under Gladstone and later the

from 1892 to 1895 and was appointed a

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in 1892. Apart from his political career he was also the first Chairman of the

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, and

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of the 3rd Battalion (2nd Devon Militia), Devonshire Regiment, becoming its Honorary Colonel when he retired from the command in 1894.

Personal life

Seale Hayne died in November 1903, aged 70, in Mayfair,

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, and was buried in

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. In his will he endowed a farming and food science college near

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. Seale-Hayne College opened in 1919, later becoming part of the

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. The University's Charles Seale-Hayne Library is named in his honour.

Notes

References

*Concise Dictionary of National Biography, 1932

External links

* 1833 births 1903 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ashburton British Militia officers Devon Militia officers {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub