Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet
(c. 1633-1708)
BIRTH
c. 1633
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Berry Pomeroy, England
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February 17, 1708
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Maiden Bradley, England
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Tory politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1673 and Treasurer of the Navy. Seymour sat for Hindon from 1661 and became Treasurer of the Navy in 1673. He sat for Exeter from 1685, supported the Declaration of Rights in 1688, and joined William of Orange at Exeter. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1690 to 1696 and later became Comptroller of the Household under Queen Anne. He died at Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, on February 17, 1708.
EARLY LIFE
Edward Seymour was born around 1633 at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon, the eldest son of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet, a Royalist who lost heavily in the Civil War. He was educated at Oxford and inherited the family estates and a strong local standing in the West Country. A descendant of the Duke of Somerset's line, he entered national politics soon after the Restoration.
Seymour sat for Hindon from 1661 and became Treasurer of the Navy in 1673. Chosen Speaker in February 1673, he was a vigorous Court-party manager, though he later broke with Lord Danby and tried to resist impeachment proceedings.
He sat for Exeter from 1685, supported the Declaration of Rights in 1688, and joined William of Orange at Exeter. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1690 to 1696 and later became Comptroller of the Household under Queen Anne. He died at Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, on February 17, 1708.
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Tory politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1673 and Treasurer of the Navy. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1690 to 1696 and later became Comptroller of the Household under Queen Anne. Seymour sat for Hindon from 1661 and became Treasurer of the Navy in 1673. Chosen Speaker in February 1673, he was a vigorous Court-party manager, though he later broke with Lord Danby and tried to resist impeachment proceedings. He sat for Exeter from 1685, supported the Declaration of Rights in 1688, and joined William of Orange at Exeter. Edward Seymour died on Feb 17, 1708, in Maiden Bradley, England. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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Sir Edward Seymour, fourth baronet (1633–1708), Speaker and politician. These selections concern his parliamentary career and Restoration political setting. Five dedicated biographies were not identified. These editorial selections include biographies where available, with personal writings, biographical reference and related studies clearly labelled.
1. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1660–1690 — Basil Duke Henning (editor). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1690–1715 — Eveline Cruickshanks; Stuart Handley; D. W. Hayton (editors). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
3. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography — H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (editors). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
4. Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660–1685 — Tim Harris. [Related political and biographical history] Find on Amazon
5. Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685–1720 — Tim Harris. [Related political and biographical history] Find on Amazon
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