Charles Seale-Hayne
Charles Hayne Seale Hayne PC 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. He served as Paymaster-General between 1892 and 1895 in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery.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, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, becoming its Honorary Colonel when he retired from the command in 1894.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.
