Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet MP (20 October 1674 – April 1714) was a British gentleman and politician.
He was a Member of Parliament for East Looe from 1699 to 1710. He was created 1st Baronet Seymour, of Langley, on 4 July 1681. He died in London in 1714.
He bought Langley Park in 1669, and it was sold in 1714 to Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham.[1]
Family
He was the second son of Henry Seymour, of Langley, Buckinghamshire (1612 – 9 March 1686), Groom of the Bedchamber, and second wife Ursula Austen, daughter of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet,[2] and wife, and widow of George Stawale, and paternal grandson of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet, and wife Dorothy Killegrew.[3]
He died unmarried and without issue.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/countryside/langley/LPP-Timeline.pdf
- ^ http://archive.is/20120918040717/http://www.europeanheraldry.org/house_of_seymour.html
- ^ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/Somerset1546.htm
- ^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. 1844.
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