Henry Ker Seymer
{{short description|British politician}}
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|office = Member of Parliament
for Dorset
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|term_start = 19 February 1846
|term_end = 28 May 1864
|alongside = Henry Portman (1857–1864)
Henry Sturt (1856–1864)
John Floyer (1846–1857)
George Bankes (1846–1856)
|predecessor = Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Henry Sturt
George Bankes
|successor = Henry Sturt
Henry Portman
John Floyer
|birth_date = 1807
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Henry Ker Seymer (1807 – 28 May 1864){{cite web |last1=Rayment |first1=Leigh |title=The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "D" |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm |website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |accessdate=31 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731203755/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm |archivedate=31 July 2018 |url-status=usurped |date=13 June 2017 }} was a British Conservative politician.
Seymer was first elected Conservative MP for Dorset, alongside John Floyer, at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignations of Anthony Ashley-Cooper and Henry Sturt—and held the seat until his death in 1864.{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book |pages=380–381}}
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External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-henry-seymer | Mr Henry Seymer }}
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{{s-bef| before = Anthony Ashley-Cooper |before2= Henry Sturt |before3 = George Bankes }}
{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Dorset
|with = Henry Portman (1857–1864)
|with2 = Henry Sturt (1856–1864)
|with3 = John Floyer (1846–1857)
|with4 = George Bankes (1846–1856)
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{{s-aft| after= Henry Sturt |after2= Henry Portman |after3= John Floyer
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dorset
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