William Digby Seymour (1805–1872)[1] was a merchant in London[2] and a Whig politician.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull at a by-election in August 1854,[3] after the constituency's writ had been suspended for a year following a void election in 1852.
[1] At the hustings he proclaimed himself a supporter of free trade, the secret ballot, an extension of the franchise, and of religious freedom and toleration.
[4] He held the seat until the 1857 general election, when he did not stand again,[5] and Hull was contested unsuccessfully by his namesake William Digby Seymour.
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