William Seymour (British Army officer)
- William Seymour (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-General William Seymour (February 8 1664 – February 10 1728) was a British soldier and politician. He was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, the prominent Tory.
On October 3 1694, he took command as colonel of the former Lord Cutts' Regiment of Foot. It was converted to a Marine regiment on July 31 1698; he remained in command until it was disbanded on May 20 1699. From March 1 1701 until February 12 1702 he was Colonel of the former Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and was then appointed colonel of The Queen's Regiment of Foot. He commanded it until December 25 1717; it was a Marine regiment from 1703 until 1710. On June 1 1702, he was appointed Brigadier General of the Marine Regiments, which had that year been reformed for the War of the Spanish Succession.
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