Horace Seymour
Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour KCH (22 November 1791 – 23 November 1851) was a Peelite Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1819–26, Orford (1820), Bodmin (1826–32), Midhurst (1841–45), Antrim (1845–47), and Lisburn 1847–51.
Horace Seymour was the son of Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave. He married, firstly, Elizabeth Malet Palk, daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baronet and granddaughter of Sir Robert Palk, on 15 May 1818. He married, secondly, Frances Selina Isabella Poyntz, daughter of William Stephen Poyntz and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Browne, in July 1835. Frances was the widow of the 18th Baron Clinton and was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide.[1]
By his first wife he had three children;
- Lt.-Col. Charles Francis Seymour (13 September 1819 – 5 November 1854), killed at the Battle of Inkerman
- Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (12 April 1821 – 30 March 1895)
- Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth Seymour (27 January 1825 – 29 October 1877), who married Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
Ancestry
References
- "The appointment letters of John Durancé George, Dental Surgeon". Simon Kidner. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Horace Seymour
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by John Leslie Foster |
Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1819–1826 |
Succeeded by Henry Meynell |
Preceded by Edmund Alexander Macnaghten John Douglas |
Member of Parliament for Orford 1820 With: John Douglas |
Succeeded by John Douglas Edmund Alexander Macnaghten |
Preceded by Davies Gilbert John Wilson Croker |
Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1826–1832 With: Davies Gilbert |
Succeeded by William Peter Samuel Thomas Spry |
Preceded by Hon. Frederick Spencer |
Member of Parliament for Midhurst 1841–1845 |
Succeeded by Spencer Horatio Walpole |
Preceded by John Irving Nathaniel Alexander |
Member of Parliament for Antrim 1845–1847 With: Nathaniel Alexander |
Succeeded by Nathaniel Alexander Sir Edmund Workman-Macnaghten, Bt |
Preceded by Henry Meynell |
Member of Parliament for Lisburn 1847–1851 |
Succeeded by Sir James Emerson Tennent |