# Patrick Seely

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**Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone** (18 August 1905 – 4 December 1966), was a family [Land Agent](/source/Land_Agent) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight) and a British [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) politician.

## Background

He was the third son of [Rt Hon. Jack Seely](/source/J._E._B._Seely,_1st_Baron_Mottistone), who served as a Liberal Cabinet Minister and Emily Florence Crichton. He was educated at [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College,_Cambridge). He married, in 1939, Wilhelmina Josephine Philippa Van Haeften, eldest daughter of the Dutch Baron Van Haeften. They divorced in 1949. In 1963 he succeeded his elder brother [John Seely](/source/Henry_John_Alexander_Seely,_2nd_Baron_Mottistone) as [Baron Mottistone](/source/Baron_Mottistone). In 1966 upon his death he was succeeded by his half-brother [David Seely](/source/David_Seely,_4th_Baron_Mottistone).[1]

## Military career

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 95th ([Hampshire Yeomanry](/source/Hampshire_Yeomanry)) Field Brigade, [Royal Artillery](/source/Royal_Artillery), of the [Territorial Army](/source/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)) (TA) on 26 June 1931, then Lieutenant in the [57th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery](/source/57th_(Wessex)_Heavy_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery) on 27 June 1934. He was re-commissioned as a Lieutenant on 1 May 1939, just before the outbreak of [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[2] In 1940 he was promoted to Captain. In 1942 he was promoted to Major. After the war, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the TA and given command of the former 57th (Wessex) when it was reformed as the 457th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[1][3]

## Political career

In 1934 he followed his father into politics on the Isle of Wight when he was elected as a [County Councillor](/source/County_Councillor) for the Freshwater Division. He served on the [Isle of Wight County Council](/source/Isle_of_Wight_County_Council) until resigning in May 1938.[4] Around 1937 he was selected by the Isle of Wight Liberals to be their prospective parliamentary candidate,[5] but by 1939 had been replaced by [Helen de Guerry Browne](/source/Helen_de_Guerry_Simpson). After the war he was Liberal candidate for the [Nottingham East](/source/Nottingham_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) Division at the 1945 General Election. This was a former Liberal seat that was lost in 1931 and where the Liberals had come third in 1935. Although he finished third he was able to increase the Liberal vote share;

## References

1. [‘MOTTISTONE, Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron’](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U53877,), in *Who Was Who* (A. & C. Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007); online edition by Oxford University Press, 2012, accessed 28 Feb 2014 (subscription required)

1. *Monthly Army Lists*.

1. *Burke's Peerage*

1. Portsmouth Evening News, 7 May 1938

1. The Liberal Magazine - Volume 45, 1937

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