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Henry Seymour of Langley (1612 – 9 March 1686), was an English courtier who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and after the Restoration sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681. ==Biography== Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, and Dorathy, daughter of Sir Henry Killigrew of Lothbury, Cornwall. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Henrietta Maria, Groom of the Bedchamber Charles, Prince of Wales in 1638. Upon the outbreak of the English Civil War Seymour joined the Royalist army, serving under his kinsman William, Marquess of Hertford. He accompanied the Marquess into Somerset and was at Battle of Sherburn when with only two troops of horse (cavalry) and 400 foot, the Royalists withstood the whole force of the William, Earl of Bedford, consisting of above 7,000 foot supported by horse and artillery. During this engagement Hertford sent Bedford a challenge which was carried by Seymour. Attaching himself to Prince Charles, he carried the message from him to the Earl of Warwick in August 1648 concerning the surrender of the fleet.〔 cites Clarendon, ''Rebellion'', xi. 69.〕 When the Royalist cause was lost, Seymour accompanied Charles, Prince of Wales into exile and was appointed and was commissioned to carry the last messages between the Prince and his father King Charles I, which he delivered on the 27 January 1649 (just three days before the Kings execution, and the day the verdict was delivered). It is said on hearing the verdict he broke down, and kissed the king, clasped his legs, and moaning aloud. To him the king imparted his last letter to the prince. He was sent by Charles II from Jersey to Ireland in September 1649.〔 cites Gardiner, Commonwealth, i. 160, 207.〕 He accompanied Charles to Scotland in 1650, was voted away from the king's person by the Scottish committee, and left at Aberdeen after the defeat at Dunbar.〔 cites ''Cal. Clarendon Papers'', ii. 69, 77, 87.〕 In 1651 he is described as of Charles's bedchamber at Paris,〔 cites Clarendon, ''ubi supra'', xiii. 108.〕 and was frequently despatched by the king to his friends in England.〔 cites ''Cal. Clarendon Papers'', ii. 297.〕 In January 1654 he collected £1,920 for Charles in England, and received a pass on his return to France from the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. He represented that he was solely engaged in his private affairs. He almost immediately returned to England, and would appear to have been arrested in June 1654. He was not released until the end of May 1657, and then upon hard terms.〔 cites ''Cal. Clarendon Papers'', iii. 303.〕 At the Restoration, he continued in his office as Groom of the Bedchamber, was able to enjoy the Comptrollership of Customs, and was appointed Clerk of the Hanaper. In 1660 he was the MP for East Looe to the Convention Parliament and then to the Cavalier Parliament until 1681. In 1666, Seymour leased the estate of Langley, Buckinghamshire, which he purchased in 1669, receiving with it the manor of Langley. He retired to Langley and died on 9 March 1686 aged 74, leaving his estate to his son Sir Henry Seymour. During his retirement Seymour was known to be honourable, affable, generous and chartable. he endowed, In his lifetime, an alms house, at Langley for six poor elderly people; and by his last will and testament, gave £400 to put out poor boys apprentices, beside other charitable legacies to specific persons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Seymour (Langley)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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