Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset

Francis Seymour (1697 – 23 December 1761), of Sherborne House, Dorset, was a British landowner and Tory politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1741.

In 1728, he succeeded to the estates of his paternal great-uncle Henry Seymour Portman MP, which included Sherborne House.

He married on 30 July 1728 his cousin Elizabeth Popham, Dowager Lady Hinchingbrooke (died 20 March 1761), daughter of Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire, MP, and great-granddaughter of Colonel Alexander Popham.

[1] Seymour was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn at a by-election on 29 April 1732.

[1] Seymour died on 23 December 1761, leaving two children:[citation needed]