Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet (c. 1580 – 5 October 1659) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1625. He was an ambassador to Denmark. During the English Civil War, he supported the Royalist cause.

Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet
Arms of Seymour of Berry Pomeroy: Gules, two wings conjoined in lure or. The Seymour line of Berry Pomeroy did not inherit the special grant of arms made to the 1st Duke of Somerset,[1] which descended to the children from his second marriage
Bornc. 1580
Died5 October 1659
SpouseDorothy Killegrew
Parent(s)Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet
Elizabeth Champernowne

Origins

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Seymour was the son of Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet (d.1613) of Berry Pomeroy by his wife Elizabeth Champernowne daughter of Sir Arthur Champernowne, of Dartington Hall.[2]

Career

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In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for Penryn.[3] He was knighted at Greenwich on 22 May 1603, and was sent by James I on an embassy to Denmark.[2] In 1604 he was elected MP for Newport. He succeeded the baronetcy on the death of his father on 11 April 1613 and became governor of Dartmouth in that year. In 1614, he was elected MP for Lyme Regis. He was J.P. for Devon and Vice Admiral of Devon from 1617. In 1621 he was elected MP for Devon. He was elected MP for Callington in 1624 and for Totnes in 1625.[3]

 
Ruins of Berry Pomeroy Castle

In 1577 he was Colonel of a regiment of the Devon Trained Bands.[4] Seymour became an Admiralty official and privateer and was a Royalist in the civil war. He and his son were captured at Plymouth and Berry Pomeroy Castle was destroyed. He had to pay £1,200 to the sequestrators of estates.

Marriage and children

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Seymour married Dorothy Killigrew (d.1643), daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew, of Laroch, and his first wife Catherine Cooke at St Margaret's, Lothbury, London on 15 December 1600. She was buried at Berry Pomeroy on 30 June 1643.[2] They had seven children:

Death and burial

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Seymour died at Berry Pomeroy on 5 October 1659.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Vivian, p.702, gives arms of Seymour of Berry Pomeroy as Gules, two wings conjoined in lure or
  2. ^ a b c George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Vol. 1 1900
  3. ^ a b c "History of Parliament Seymour, Edward II (c.1580-1659) of Berry Pomeroy , Devon". Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. ^ Devon Trained Bands 1633 at the British Civil War Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
  5. ^ CP vol.IV p.333 says she died before 6 Feb 1664.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Penryn
1601
With: Richard Messenger
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newport
1604–1611
With: Sir Robert Killigrew
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis
1614
With: George Browne
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Devon
1621
With: John Drake
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Callington
1624
With: Henry Rolle
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Totnes
1625
With: Sir Edward Giles
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
of Berry Pomeroy
1613–1659
Succeeded by