Notable South Australians/Henry Seymour, J.P.
Henry Seymour, J.P.,
BORN in Ireland, and at an early age devoted himself to the legal profession. He practised for a lengthy period as an equity lawyer in Dublin and Queenstown, and took a high stand in the law courts of those places. He arrived in South Australia in 1840, where, instead of following the law,, he commenced agricultural pursuits at Blakiston, near Mount Barker. After a residence there of seven years, he sold the estate in 1847, and removed to Mosquito Plains; where, and at his runs near Guichen Bay, he became largely interested in pastoral property. Mr. Seymour occupied in the S. E. District an influential position as a magistrate. Though an attached and warm supporter of the Church of England, his sympathies and pecuniary aid were freely accorded to other denominations. His hospitality was unbounded, and public and private charities found in him a liberal and good friend. He died at Mount Benson, near Robe, Dec 16, 1869, aged seventy.