Michael Seymour R.N.
Michael Seymour R.N.

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Michael Seymour R.N.Explanation
Third son of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, first baronet (1768-1834)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
3 December 1802 Born (Plymouth, Devon)
18271859Registrar and Secretary of the Order of the Bath
22 June 1829 Married his first cousin Dorothea (1807-1875) , daughter of Sir William Knighton (1776-1836)
5 July 1855 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
20 May 1859 G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath)
9 August 185912 February 1863M.P. (Liberal) for Devonport
23 February 1887 Died (Cadlington House, near Horndean, Hampshire)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
5 November 1813Entered Navy
12 September 1822Lieutenant
6 December 1824Commander
5 August 1826Captain
27 May 1854Rear-Admiral
1 November 1860Vice-Admiral
5 March 1864Admiral
1 April 1870Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
17 August 18257 August 1826Commander in Cameleon, Plymouth
7 January 182728 January 1828Captain in Menai, South America
29 January 182827 February 1829Captain in Volage, South America
14 June 183319 October 1835Captain in ChallengerExternal link, South America, until wrecked on 19 May 1835 at Mocquilla Point, near Leubu, on the coast of Chile by an abnormal and previously unknown reversal of the current (all rescued after spending seven weeks on land)
26 April 184122 September 1841Captain in Britannia, flagship of Vice-Admiral John Acworth Ommanney, Mediterranean
23 September 18416 January 1842Captain in Powerful (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean
19 January 184516 June 1848Captain in Vindictive, flagship of Vice-Admiral Francis William Austen, North America and West Indies
1849 Made a prolonged tour in France, visiting the dockyards, arsenals, and engineering works, on which he reported to the Admiralty
3 December 185011 December 1850Captain in Monarch, guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness
12 September 185131 October 1853Commodore-superintendent, Devonport dockyard, flag in Royal William
27 February 185411 December 1854Captain of the Fleet to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, with his flag in Duke of Wellington in the Baltic during the Russian War
12 December 185420 February 1855Commodore-superintendent, Devonport dockyard, flag in Royal William
21 February 185530 December 1855Second in command in the Baltic to Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas during the Russian War, flag in Exmouth
18 February 185628 May 1859Commander-in-chief, East Indies and China (including first part of 2nd Anglo-Chinese War), flag in Calcutta
2 March 18631 March 1866Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Victory

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