George Francis Seymour

George Francis Seymour

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour, GCH, PC (17 September 1787, Berkeley, Gloucestershire–20 January 1870) was a Royal Navy officer.

Seymour was a son of Lord Hugh Seymour (himself a son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and Anna Horatia Waldegrave (a daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave) and entered the Royal Navy in 1797. He captained HMS "Manilla" and HMS "Aurora" during the Battle of the Basque Roads and HMS "Leonidas" and HMS "Fortunée" during the War of 1812. For his part in the latter war, he was appointed a CB in 1815 (alongside many other Captains) and a KCH in 1831 (and later a GCH in 1834). He rose through the ranks in the navy over the years and in 1852 was appointed a KCB (and later a GCB in 1860) and finally as an Admiral of the Fleet in 1866.

In 1811, Seymour had married Georgiana Mary Berkeley (a daughter of Sir George Berkeley) and they had eight children:

*Francis George Hugh (1812-1884), succeeded cousin as Marquess of Hertford in 1870.
*Henry George (1818-1869), Lord of the Admiralty.
*Laura Williamina (1832-1912), married Queen Victoria's nephew Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (eventually becoming known as Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).
*William Frederick Ernest (1838-1915), Midshipman
*Georgina Isabella (d. 1848), married Charles Corkran of Long Ditton.
*Horatia Louisa (d. 1829), died unmarried.
*Emily Charlotte (d. 1892), married William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech.
*Matilda Horatia (d. 1916), married Lt-Col Cecil Rice.

References

* [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ Burke's Peerage & Gentry]
* [http://www.gazette-online.co.uk/ The London Gazette]
* [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=86 Timeline of George Francis Seymour]


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