Henry Seymour (New Zealand politician)

[2] Evidently building on this experience, in 1830 he became the first lessee of the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England,[3] living in a house in nearby Prestbury.

[5] At Pittville, he was acquainted with the architect and future New Zealand public figure Robert Stokes (politician), who tried to get Seymour a passage at the same time he himself emigrated in 1839,[6] describing him as 'a most active person and of great energy'.

[17][18] In the house, Seymour was unpopular as a representative of large absentee landlords, but in the new Legislative Council, his experience in constitutional and procedural matters was valued.

[22] Their seventh and youngest son, Edward "Nelson" Fell (1857–1928), emigrated to the United States, where he founded two townships in Florida: Narcoossee and Fellsmere.

[23] Seymour and Fell purchased a 20 acres (8.1 ha) section just south of Nelson bordering the Brook Stream; Bronte Street was the northern boundary.

[24][25] Seymour planted two Quercus robur (English oak) on the banks of the Brook Stream in 1842/43, but one of the trees was washed away in a flood the following year.

After a lengthy search, the tree was found downstream on the banks of the Maitai River, and replanted by either Seymour or Fell some distance away from Brook Stream.