SEYMOUR, HERBERT CAM (1836-1915) was born at Wraxhall, Somerset, the son of George Turner Seymour and brother of A. P. Seymour (q.v.). He came to New Zealand in the Pudsey Dawson in 1854, and in the following year with his brother took up the Wakefield Downs estate. In 1867 he took Okakuri (Marlborough) and later Brooklyn. He represented Picton in the Provincial Council (1867-69). About this time he engaged in surveying and after completing work for the Blenheim-Picton railway he became timber inspector for Brogden brothers. Entering the provincial government service, he became stationmaster and wharfinger at Picton and then manager of that section of the railway. Seymour resigned from the service about 1897 to take over the Tyntesfield estate, which he worked advantageously for some years, and then sold to live in Picton. He was a member of the borough council and the Wairau licensing committee, a prominent churchman and a keen cricketer. Seymour died on 7 Aug 1915.

Cycl. N.Z., v (p); Marlborough Express, 10 Aug 1915; Picton Press, 15 Aug 1915.

Reference: Volume 2, page 148

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