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1052 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 and  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 36 and  again, each under the orders of Capt. Farmery Predam Epworth,  38, Capt. Hassard Stackpoole, and  74 and  80, flagships of Sir John Borlase Warren and Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. His last appointments were, 2 Jan. and 10 May, 1816, to the 22 and  50, Capts. Thos. Tudor Tucker and Hon. Anthony Maltland. In the, 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. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 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,, 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 84, Capt. Albemarle Bertie, stationed in the Channel. He served next, from May, 1802, until Nov. 1805 in the 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 74, Capts. J. Talbot and Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood. In the 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  32; and in the  (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 100, he went back, 7 Aug. 1808, to the, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant; and on 26 of the same month contributed in her, in conjunction with the  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  lost 3 killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded. He was confirmed to the 3 Oct. following; and was subsequently appointed – 13 Dec. 1808, to the  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 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, lying at the Nore – and 28 April, 1814, to the 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 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. 

, born in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth MalletMalet [sic], 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 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 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 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He attained his present rank 5 June, 1847.

 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 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 16, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the station last named, whence he returned in 1838 – 29 May, 1839, of the 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 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. – J. Hinxman.

 SEYMOUR, Kt., C.B., G.C.H.

, born in Sept. 1787, is eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour (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 ; 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 yacht, Capt. Edw. Riou, lying in the river Thames; and from March, 1798, until May, 1802, was employed