Henry Seymour of Langley (1612 – 9 March 1686), was a British Royalist.

Seymour was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Baronet

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, and was a Page of Honour

Page of Honour

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 to Charles I

Charles I of England

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, who granted him a reversion as Comptroller of the Customs in 1638. Upon the outbreak of the English Civil War

English Civil War

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, Seymour served under his kinsman the Marquess of Hertford

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

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 and carried Hertford's challenge to the Earl of Bedford

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

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. He later left that army to serve as Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Charles

Charles II of England

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 and carried the last messages between the Prince and his father.

He continued to attend Charles II and made several journeys into England, being at times imprisoned by the Parliamentarians. Upon 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. He was returned as MP

Member of Parliament

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 for East Looe

East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)

East Looe was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1571 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1797 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament ...

 until his death. In 1666, he leased the estate of Langley, Buckinghamshire, which he purchased in 1669, receiving with it the manor of Langley.

By his first marriage to Elizabeth Killigrew (d. 1671), widow of William Basset, he had no children. By his second wife Ursula, daughter of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Baronet and widow of George Stowel, he had two children:

• a daughter
• Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet
  Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet
  Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baronet MP was a British gentleman and politician.He was a Member of Parliament for East Looe from 1699 to 1710. He was created 1st Baronet Seymour, of Langley, on 4 July 1681...
  
  (1674–1714)