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词条 Alfred Seymour
释义

  1. Background

  2. Career

  3. Family

  4. References

  5. External links

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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 Trent and of Northbrook and wife Jane Hopkinson, and brother of Henry Danby Seymour of Trent.

Career

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes at a by-election in January 1863, and held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1868.[1] He returned to the House of Commons the following year, when he was elected at a by-election for Salisbury, and held that seat until his defeat at the 1874 general election.[2]

Seymour was also a Justice of the Peace. He succeeded in Knoyle House, Wiltshire, in 1863.

Family

He married on 18 August 1866 Isabella Leighton (d. 7 April 1911), daughter of Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet, and wife, and widow of Beriah Botfield of Hopton Court, Shropshire, Member of Parliament, and had one daughter:

  • Jane Margaret Seymour (14 March 1873 – 5 August 1943), unmarried and without issue

References

1. ^{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |origyear=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=311}}
2. ^Craig, op. cit., page 267

External links

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  • Ducal House of Somerset
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7 : 1824 births|1888 deaths|Seymour family|Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1859–65|UK MPs 1865–68|UK MPs 1868–74

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