SEYMOUR, HENRY (1794-1883) was born in Worcestershire. He came to Nelson in the Martha Ridgway (1842) and started in business there as a commission agent, the company being afterwards sold to N. Edwards and Co. He and his son-in-law (A. G. Fell, q.v.) drew their sections in the Wairau, where Blenheim now is, after the selection in 1848. He was the principal agent of the absentee landowners and was on the committee which chose Waitohi as the port. Seymour was appointed in 1849 a member of the Legislative Council of New Munster, and from 1853 till 1860 he was a member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand (under the new constitution). He took a prominent part in the constitutional debates and matters of procedure. He was also much interested in education, and on 24 Jul 1854 carried a resolution setting up a committee to consider the matter. He died on 31 Mar 1883.

N.Z.P.D., 1854-60; Nelson Evening Mail, 30 May 1883.

Reference: Volume 2, page 148

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