Family and Education
b. c. 1637, 5th s. of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Bt.; bro. of Edward Seymour. m. (1) Penelope, da. and coh. of Sir William Haslewood of Maidwell, Northants., s.p.; (2) 31 July 1714, aged 77, Meliora, da. of John Fitch, Grocer, of London and Lower Henbury, Dorset, s.p. suc. cos. Sir William Portman in Som. and Dorset estates 1690.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 262; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 227; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xviii. 254; G. T. Gatty, Manor of Ebury, ii. 203.
Offices Held
Ensign, Guernsey garrison by 1662, lt. of ft. 1669; capt. Duke of Buckingham’s Ft. 1672–3.
Commr. for assessment, Dorset 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Som. 1691 – 96, Som. and Dorset 1702 – ?14, j.p. Som. 1691–?d., Devon by 1701–?d.; keeper, Hyde Park 1703–d.
Main residence: Orchard Portman, Som.
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Commons 1660-1690
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SEYMOUR (AFTERWARDS PORTMAN ), Henry II (c.1637-1728)
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