Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge

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Francis Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (around 1590 - 12 July 1664 ) was an English politician.

Francis Seymour was the son of Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp , (1561-1612) and the Honora Rogers, daughter of Sir Richard Rogers and Cecilia Luttrell. He was the younger brother of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset .

Francis Seymour was elected to the English House of Commons for Wiltshire in 1620 and took an active part in the opposition to the government of Charles I. He represented the same constituency in the Short and Long Parliament . In 1639 he refused to pay ship money (a tax). But when his party took increasingly extreme measures, he failed her support and was it on 19 February 1641 as Baron Seymour of Trowbridge in the hereditary nobility raised. A hereditary seat in the English House of Lords was also associated with the title .

In the House of Lords he voted against the conviction of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford . He joined King Charles in York the following year (1642) and fought on the side of the royalists during the Civil War .

With his first wife Frances Prinne, whom he married in 1620, he had two children:

In 1660 he became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , in 1664 he died.

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predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
1641-1660 		Charles Seymour
personal data
SURNAME Seymour, Francis, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seymour, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1590
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1664