The second son of Francis Seymour-Conway, first Marquess of Hertford, educated at Eton and Hertford and Merton Colleges, Oxford, he was MP for Coventry (1766-74), Midhurst (1774-8)), and Downton (1780-84). He was an acquaintance of George Crabbe.

REFERENCES TO Lord Henry Seymour:

William Augustus Conway to William Jerdan, 18 October 1822 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)