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Henry Seymour (Knoyle)

Portrait of Henry Seymour in an historical costume, 1815, by François Gérard

Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849),[1] of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory[2] politician.

He was the only son of Henry Seymour, of Redland Court, Gloucestershire and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Taunton at the 1826 general election,[2] having contested the borough unsuccessfully in 1820,[2] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1830 general election.[1][2] He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP).[citation needed][where?]

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 292. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

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