John Seale

Sir John Henry Seale, 1st Baronet (1780–1844) of Mount Boone in the parish of Townstal near Dartmouth in Devon, was a Whig Member of Parliament for Dartmouth in 1838. He was created a baronet on 31 July 1838. He owned substantial lands in Devon, mainly at Townstal and Mount Boone. Together with the Earl of Morley of Saltram House near Plymouth, he built several bridges in Dartmouth, most notably the Dart crossing. In 1720 the 1st Baronet's grandfather John Seale, purchased the estate of Mount Boone near Dartmouth. The latter's great-grandfather was John Seale, Constable of St Brelade 1644-51, the son of John Seale, Constable of St Brelade 1615-21.

Marriage and children In 1804 he married Paulina Elizabeth Jodrell, daughter of the physician Sir Paul Jodrell (1746–1803), M.D., by whom he had children including: Sir Henry Paul Seale, 2nd Baronet (1806–1897) of Mount Boone, eldest son and heir, sixteen times In accordance with the bequest he adopted the additional surname of Hayne. His son and heir was Charles II Seale-Hayne (1833–1903), of Fuge House and Kingswear Castle, Dartmouth harbour, Member of Parliament for Ashburton in Devon (1885–1903) and Paymaster General (1892–1895), who by his will founded Seale-Hayne College near Newton Abbot in Devon. Edward Taylor Seale (1811–1893), Cambridge University cricketer and priest in charge of South Devon parishes, 1841 to 1893. Robert Bewick Seale (1815–1881), lawyer.