Henry Seymour (Knoyle)

Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849),^[1] of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory^[2] politician.

He was the only son of Henry Seymour, of Redland Court, Gloucestershire and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Taunton at the 1826 general election,^[2] having contested the borough unsuccessfully in 1820,^[2] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1830 general election.^[1][2] He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP).^{[citation needed][where?]}