Alfred Seymour of Knoyle House, WiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and of TrentTrent is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley four miles north west of Sherborne and four miles north east of Yeovil. It was formerly in Somerset...
MP,
JPA justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
(11 November 1824 – 15 March 1888) was a British
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politician.
He was a son of
Henry SeymourHenry Seymour MP, JP , of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory politician....
of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, of Trent and of Northbrook and wife Jane Hopkinson, and brother of
Henry Danby Seymour of TrentHenry Danby Seymour was a British gentleman and Liberal Party politician.Seymour was the son of Henry Seymour and wife Jane Hopkinson. Alfred Seymour was his brother...
.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for
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at a by-election in January 1863, and held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1868. He returned to the
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athe following year, when he was elected at a by-election for
SalisburySalisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system....
, and held that seat until his defeat at the
1874 general election-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
.
Seymour was also a
Justice of the PeaceA justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
. He succeeded in Knoyle House, Wiltshire, in 1863.
Family
He married on 18 August 1866 Isabella Leighton (d. 7 April 1911), daughter of Sir Baldwin Leighton, 8th Baronet, and wife, and widow of
Beriah BotfieldBeriah Botfield was a British Member of Parliament representing Hopton Court of Shropshire. He was also a Conservative Party politician....
of Hopton Court,
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, Member of Parliament, and had one daughter:
- Jane Margaret Seymour (14 March 1873 – 5 August 1943), unmarried and without issue
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