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