Alfred Seymour
Alfred Seymour MP, JP, 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 for Totnes at a by-election in January 1863, and held the seat until the borough was disenfranchised in 1868. He returned to the British [House of Commons|House of Commons] the following year, when he was elected at Salisbury by-election|a by-election] for Salisbury, campaigning in support of Mr. Gladstone's policies. He held that seat until his defeat at the 1874 [United Kingdom general election|1874 general election].Seymour was also a Justice of the Peace. He succeeded in Knoyle House, Wiltshire, in 1863.