About William Digby Seymour
Lived 1805 – 1872 (aged 66–67). William Digby Seymour was a British politician.
William Digby Seymour (1805–1872) was a merchant in London and a Whig politician.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull at a by-election in August 1854, after the constituency's writ had been suspended for a year following a void election in 1852.
He held the seat until the 1857 general election, when he did not stand again, and Hull was contested unsuccessfully by his namesake William Digby Seymour.
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Who was William Digby Seymour?
British politician (1805-1872)
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William Digby Seymour was born in 1805.
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William Digby Seymour died in 1872.
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William Digby Seymour was a politician.
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