Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald

Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald, GCSI, GCIE, PC (1818 – 28 June 1885), was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1858 and 1859 and as Governor of Bombay between 1867 and 1872. Quotes It has been said that no one ever understood the question which is known by the name of the Schleswig-Holstein question — that the only person who got nearly to understand it was a German professor, and that it had driven him mad. Speech at the annual dinner connected with the Christmas Horsham Cattle Show, held in the Black Horse Inn, Horsham, on 9 December 1863; quoted in "MR. SEYMOUR FITZGERALD, M.P., AND MR. CAVE, M.P., ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS." 11 December 1863 ''Evening Standard (London) p. 2 col. 2 Compare Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston#Misattributed External links Category:Politicians from the United Kingdom Category:Colonial governors Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:1818 births Category:1885 deaths