Charles Seale-Hayne

Charles Hayne Seale Hayne PC (22 October 1833 – 22 November 1903) of Fuge House in the parish of Blackawton and of Kingswear Castle, Dartmouth harbour, both in Devon, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, serving as Member of Parliament for Ashburton in Devon, from 1885 until his death in 1903.[2][3] He served as Paymaster-General between 1892 and 1895 in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery.

The Right Honourable

Charles Seale Hayne
Paymaster-General
In office
18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded byThe Lord Windsor
Succeeded byThe Earl of Hopetoun
Personal details
Born(1833-10-22)22 October 1833
Died22 November 1903(1903-11-22) (aged 70)
Mayfair, London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Arms of Hayne: [1]

Political career

Called to the bar in 1857, Seale Hayne was Liberal Member of Parliament for Ashburton, Devon, from 1885 until his death in 1903.[4][5] He served under William Ewart Gladstone and later the Earl of Rosebery as Paymaster-General from 1892 to 1895[6] and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1892.[7] Apart from his political career he was also the first Chairman of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3rd Battalion (2nd Devon Militia), Devonshire Regiment, becoming its Honorary Colonel when he retired from the command in 1894.[8]

Personal life

Seale Hayne died in November 1903, aged 70, in Mayfair, London, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[9] In his will he endowed a farming and food science college near Newton Abbot. Seale-Hayne College opened in 1919, later becoming part of the University of Plymouth.

Notes
  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain, Vol.I, London, 1871, p.605.
  2. "No. 25541". The London Gazette. 18 December 1885. p. 6133.
  3. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Arundel to Ayrshire South". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  4. "No. 25541". The London Gazette. 18 December 1885. p. 6133.
  5. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Arundel to Ayrshire South". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  6. hansard.millbanksystems.com Mr Charles Seale-Hayne
  7. "No. 26320". The London Gazette. 26 August 1892. p. 4881.
  8. Army List.
  9. "kensalgreen.co.uk". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2006.

References
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Ashburton
1885–1903		 Succeeded by
Harry Trelawney Eve
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Windsor		 Paymaster-General
1892–1895		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Hopetoun
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