George Henry Seymour R.N.
George Henry Seymour R.N.
| | | |
George Henry Seymour R.N. | Explanation |
Second son of Rear-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, Kt. (b 1787) |
|
Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1818 | | Born |
25 July 1869 | | Died |
|
Date | Rank |
4 February 1831 | Entered Navy |
27 June 1838 | Lieutenant |
28 January 1842 | Commander |
24 May 1844 | Captain |
23 March 1863 | Rear-Admiral |
2 July 1869 | Vice-Admiral |
|
Date from | Date to | Service |
8 March 1842 | 24 May 1844 | Commander in Wanderer, East Indies |
12 December 1845 | 1848 | Captain in Carysfort, Pacific |
7 January 1851 | 27 October 1854 | Captain in Cumberland (until paying off at Chatham), flagship of Vice-Admiral George Francis Seymour, North America and West Indies, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War |
5 February 1855 | 5 August 1861 | Captain in Pembroke (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), the Baltic during the Russian War, then North America and West Indies |
21 August 1856 | 19 March 1859 | Captain in Victory, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Francis Seymour, Portsmouth |
29 April 1859 | 5 January 1861 | Captain in Hero, Channel squadron, and (July - November 1860) as Commodore of the squadron taking the Prince of Wales to North America |
23 January 1862 | 23 March 1863 | Captain in Victoria and Albert, Portsmouth |
6 July 1866 | 18 December 1868 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3rd Naval Lord) |