Spouse(s) Dorothy Killegrew Deposed date 1659 Coronation date 1613 | Died October 5, 1659 Name Sir Seymour, | |
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Parents Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Baronet Children Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Baronet People also search for Sir Edward Seymour, 1st 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.
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Origins
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.
Career
In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for Penryn. He was knighted at Greenwich on 22 May 1603, and was sent by James I on an embassy to Denmark. 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.
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 & progeny
Seymour married Dorothy Killegrew (d.1643), daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew, of Laroch at St Margaret's, Lothbury, London on 15 December 1600. She was buried at Berry Pomeroy on 30 June 1643. They had seven children:
Death & burial
Seymour died at Berry Pomeroy on 5 October 1659.