Royal Ascot 



Colleo^e. He was 

 a trustee of the 

 Ascot Grand 

 Stand, in which 

 he took a great 

 interest, for 

 t w e n t )^ - f o u r 

 years, and with 

 his CO -trustees, 

 M essrs. Sey- 

 mour and Gil- 

 bertson, took a 

 prominent part 

 in furthering its 

 erection. In 

 1849 he removed 

 to Upton Park, 

 Slough, where he 

 died in i 863. 



Mat th i as 



g ilbertson, 



born in i']']'], was a contemporary Trustee with Mr. Ward, 



their term of office covering the same period. He retired 



from the Trusteeship in 1863, when he was in his 87th year. 



To the exertions of Captain Henry Seymour are due 

 many of the improvements carried out at Ascot, which have 

 so largely contributed to the excellence of its arrangements, 

 and his suggestions were always received by his co-trustees 

 with the most careful consideration. He always took a warm 

 interest in the Royal Race Course, which, during his thirty 

 years' Trusteeship, h(* did so much to develop. Captain 



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CAPTAIN' HKXRV SEYMOUR 



