Charles Seale-Hayne

The Right Honourable Charles Seale-Hayne
Paymaster-General
In office 18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by	The Lord Windsor
Succeeded by	The Earl of Hopetoun
Personal details
Born	(1833-10-22)22 October 1833
Died	Mayfair, London
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal

Charles Hayne Seale-Hayne PC (22 October 1833 – 22 November 1903) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Paymaster-General between 1892 and 1895 in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery.

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. He served under William Ewart Gladstone and later the Earl of Rosebery as Paymaster-General from 1892 to 1895 and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1892. Apart from his political career he was also the first Chairman of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway.

Personal life

Seale-Hayne died in November 1903, aged 70, in Mayfair, London, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. 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.

References

• Concise Dictionary of National Biography, 1932

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Seale-Hayne

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