Editing Richard Seddon (section)

==Personal life==
Seddon married [[Louisa Seddon|Louisa Jane Spotswood]] on 13 January 1869 in Trinity Church, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. Lousia was born on 28 May 1851 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia to Anna Victoria (nee Normandale) and John Stuart Spotswood.<ref>{{cite book |year= 1897 |title= The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]: Mrs. Seddon |location= Wellington |publisher= The Cyclopedia Company, Limited |page= 43 |type= Hardcover |url= https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d5-d3.html}}</ref> After a long illness Louisa died at her home, "Eccleston,” in Wellington on 9 July 1931.<ref>{{cite news |title= Death of Mrs. Seddon |newspaper= Evening Post |location= Wellington |date= 9 July 1931|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310709.2.78|access-date= 8 July 2024}}</ref> Flags were flown at half-mast, on various Government buildings on the day of her funeral.<ref>{{cite news |title= The Late Mrs. Seddon |newspaper= Evening Post |location= Wellington |date= 13 July 1931 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310713.2.130.6 |access-date= 8 July 2024}}</ref>

The couple had the following eleven children with nine surviving to adulthood.
* Jane Anne Seddon. Born 8 May 1870 In Waimea, Westland. She died on 20 August 1955.
* Phoebe Alicia Seddon. Born on 26 June 1871. She died on 5 December 1944.
* Louisa Jane Spottswood Seddon. Born on 10 December 1872 in Big Dam, Westland. She died on 12 October 1957.
* Mary Stuart Charleston Seddon. Born on 20 June 1874 in Charlestown, West Coast. She died on 17 April 1946. Interred with her parents.
* Catherine Youd Lindsay Seddon. Born on 17 January 1876 in Kumara. She died on 20 October 1877.
* Catherine Youd Lindsay Seddon. Born on 24 March 1878 in Kumara, West Coast. She died on 2 July 1881.
* [[Elizabeth Gilmer| Elizabeth May Seddon]]. Born on 24 March 1880 in Kumara. She died on 29 February 1960.
* Richard John Spotswood Seddon. Born on 29 May 1881 in Kumara. He was killed in Bagaume, France on 21 August 1918 while serving as a captain with the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Richard Seddon |url= https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/cwgc-archive/efiles/seddon/ |website= Commonwealth war graves commission |accessdate= 7 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Captain Seddon Killed |newspaper= Star |location= Christchurch |date= 26 August 1918 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19180826.2.45|access-date= 6 July 2024}}</ref> Over a ten-year period his mother campaigned without success to have his remains repatriated back to New Zealand. The original wooden cross from Seddon’s grave was brought back to New Zealand by one of his sisters and now resides inside the Seddon Memorial.<ref>{{cite web |last= Jemmett |first= Cindy |date= 24 April 2016 |title= Memorial for a Much-Loved Son |url= https://osphistory.org/2016/04/24/memorial-for-a-much-loved-son/ |website= Old St Paul's Wellington New Zealand |accessdate= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Tom Seddon| Thomas Edward Youd Seddon]]. Born 2 July 1884 in Kumara. He died 22 January 1972.
* John Stewart Spotswood Seddon. Born on 20 July 1887 in Kumara. He died in 1969.
* Rubi Jessie Seddon. Born on 11 January 1889 in Kumara. She died on 19 December 1956.