 However, his influence was much courted, and he led a powerful faction of Western members in Parliament.An opponent of the Exclusion Bill and a quintessential country gentleman, his Tory credentials were impeccable.Samuel Pepys in his Diary records the unpleasant impression Seymour's arrogance made on most people who met him; nearly 40 years later the Duke of Marlborough wrote that while one should not wish for any person's death, he was sure that Seymour's death would be no great loss.