at sea without ever being driven through the Gut or once letting go an anchor. On leaving her Mr. Seymour became in succession Midshipman (a rating he had attained in May, 1808,) of La Nymphe and Hotspur frigates, commanded, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, by Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy. He next, from July, 1811, until the receipt, in May, 1815, of a commission bearing date 16 Feb. in that year, served off Lisbon and on the Coast of North America, part of the period in the capacity of Master’s Mate, in the Naijaden 36 and Nymphe again, each under the orders of Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth, Statira 38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and San Domingo 74 and Tonnant 80, flagships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. His last appointments were, 2 Jan. and 10 May, 1816, to the Comus 22 and Glasgow 50, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Hon. Anthony Maltland. In the Glasgow, which ship he left in Nov. of the same year, he assisted at the bombardment of Algiers. He was once wrecked in a prize during a hurricane.
Lieut. Seymour is a Magistrate for the counties of Monmouth and Brecon, and a Deputy-Lieutenant for the latter. He married, 21 Aug. 1821, Charlotte Alice, third daughter and co-heiress of Jas. Greene, Esq., of Turton Tower, co. Lancaster, and widow of Rich. Wilkinson, Esq. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 34.)
Francis Edward Seymour, born 2 Sept. 1788, in London, is eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Fras. Compton Seymour; grandson of Lord Fras. Seymour, Dean of Wells; and great-grandson of Edward, eighth Duke of Somerset. His brother, Edw. William, is a Lieutenant R.N.
This officer (who had been educated at the Royal Naval Academy) embarked, 8 July, 1801, as a Volunteer, on board the Malta 84, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. He served next, from May, 1802, until Nov. 1805 in the Leander 50, Capts. Jas. Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane, Alex. Skene, Wm. Lyall, and John Talbot, flag-ship of Sir And. Mitchell at Halifax; and from Dec. 1805 until July, 1808, in the Centaur 74, Capts. J. Talbot and Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood. In the Leander he assisted at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of La Ville de Milan, French frigate of 46 guns, and the simultaneous recapture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32; and in the Centaur (besides aiding at the capture, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, after an action in which Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm) he accompanied the expedition of 1807 against Copenhagen, and witnessed the surrender of Madeira. After serving for a few weeks with Sir Jas. Saumarez on board the Victory 100, he went back, 7 Aug. 1808, to the Centaur, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant; and on 26 of the same month contributed in her, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the taking, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, at the end of a close and furious conflict, in which the Centaur lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded. He was confirmed to the Centaur 3 Oct. following; and was subsequently appointed – 13 Dec. 1808, to the Frederickstein 32, Capts. Thos. Searle, Joseph Nourse, and Fras. Beaufort, stationed in the Mediterranean, where for nearly four years he was very actively and usefully employed, chiefly on survey service – 16 Nov. 1813, to the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at the Nore – and 28 April, 1814, to the Jason 32, as Flag-Lieutenant to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, under whom he accompanied Louis XVIII. to Calais. He was promoted to his present rank 16 May, 1814; and was lastly, from 5 April, 1828, until 5 April, 1831, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. While serving on one occasion as Supernumerary-Midshipman in the Swan hired-cutter he assisted in sinking, under the heights of Bornholm, a Danish cutter of superior force.
Commander Seymour married, 4 Feb. 1815, Elizabeth, second daughter of the late Chas. Cooke, Esq., of Bath, by whom he has issue one son and two daughters.
SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1847.)
Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, born in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth Mallet, eldest daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.) of Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, K.C.H., M.P., a Colonel in the Army, who married, a second time, the Dowager Lady Clinton. He is brother of Capt. Chas. Fras. Seymour, of the Scots Fusileer Guards; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Kt., C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1834; passed his examination 6 May, 1840; and after having served in the Jlediterranean as Mate on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, was promoted, 7 March, 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant. On 22 of the month last mentioned he received an appointment to the Thalia 42, Capt. Geo. Hope, attached to the force in the Pacific; where, from 29 Aug. 1844 until 20 Jan. 1847, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant in the Collingwood 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He attained his present rank 5 June, 1847.
SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1845.)
George Alexander Seymour passed his examination in 1826; obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835; and was appointed, 23 of the same month, Additional-Lieutenant of the President 52, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies. He afterwards became Senior – 29 July, 1836, of the Racer 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the station last named, whence he returned in 1838 – 29 May, 1839, of the Lily 16, Capts. Chas. Deare, John Jas. Allen, and Geo. Baker, under whom he was for four years employed on the coast of Africa – and 26 Feb. 1845, of the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, fitting at Portsmouth. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 17 May, 1845. He has served in the whole eleven years on the coast of Africa. Agent – J. Hinxman.
SEYMOUR, Kt., C.B., G.C.H. (Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1841. f-p., 22; h-p., 28.)
Sir George Francis Seymour, born in Sept. 1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour[1] (fifth son of Francis, first Marquess of Hertford, K.G.) by Anne Horatia, third daughter of James, second Earl of Waldegrave, whose widow married, a second time, H.R.H. William Henry Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George III. He is brother of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Henry Seymour; is uncle of Commander F. P. B. Seymour, R.N.; and is closely connected with the families of the Duke of Grafton, the Marquesses of Cholmondeley, Huntley, Bristol, and Londonderry, the Earls of Drogheda, Grandison, and Lincoln, the Viscounts Chetwynd and Torrington, and Lord Southampton.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 Oct. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Augusta yacht, Capt. Edw. Riou, lying in the river Thames; and from March, 1798, until May, 1802, was employed
- ↑ Lord Hugh Seymour, an officer of surpassing excellence, was born 29 April, 1759, and entered the Navy about 1770, on board the Pallas frigate, Capt. Hon. Leveson Gower. Attaining Post-rank in 1779, he won distinction as Captain of the Latona frigate at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, and was conspicuous for his valour in the Leviathan 74, in Lord Howe’s actions 28 and 29 May, and 1 June, 1794. For his conduct on the latter occasions he was appointed a Colonel of Marines. Attaining Flag-rank 1 June, 1795, he figured, in the Sanspareil 80, in Lord Bridport’s rencontre with the French fleets off the Ile de Groix. From 17 March, 1795, until the end of 1798, he retained a seat at the Board of Admiralty; and he afterwards, until death closed his career, 11 Sept. 1801, commanded in chief in the Leeward Islands and at Jamaica. In Aug. 1799 the colony of Surinam surrendered to the Naval and Military forces under the command of his Lordship and of Lieut.-Gen. Trigge.
