Francis Seymour Stevenson
Francis Seymour Stevenson (24 November 1862 – 9 April 1938) was a British Liberal politician, writer and scholar. He was elected Member of Parliament for Eye, Suffolk in 1885 and held the seat until he resigned in 1906 by taking the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He lived at Playford Mount, Suffolk, and at 5 Ennismore Gardens, London.
He was born in British Mauritius, where his father, William Stevenson, was Governor, and was baptised in Moka, Mauritius. He studied at Lausanne, Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating on 29 January 1881 at age 18. He was an Exhibitioner from 1879 to 1884, earning honors in Classics and Literary Humanities, and received a BA in 1884. He trained at Lincoln’s Inn in 1883.
In Suffolk, Stevenson served as a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant, in addition to being MP for Eye from 1885. He was President of the Anglo-Armenian Association from 1892, served on the Civil List Committee in 1901, and was Parliamentary Charity Commissioner for England and Wales from 1894 to 1895. He also held the role of County Alderman for East Suffolk and was Knight Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer.
His writings include Parish Councils (1892); Historic Personality (1893); The Case for the Armenians (1893); Life of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1899); and various poetry and history works such as Poems: In Various Moods for Various Ages (1911), A History of Montenegro (1912), November Sunsets: And Other Poems (1919), and Conflict and Quest (1926).
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