Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour R.N.
Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour R.N.
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Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour R.N. | Explanation |
Second and younger son of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
12 April 1821 | | Born |
16 July 1861 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service to New Zealand. |
2 June 1877 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). |
14 May 1881 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
24 November 1882 | | Created Baron Alcester |
30 March 1895 | | Died (unmarried, and at his death his title became extinct). |
According to the DNB, after his retirement 'his genial nature rendered him a favourite in society, while his attention to his dress and personal appearance obtained for him the name of 'The Ocean Swell''. |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
January 1834 | Entered Navy |
7 March 1842 | Lieutenant |
5 June 1847 | Commander |
19 October 1854 | Captain |
1 April 1870 | Rear-Admiral |
31 December 1876 | Vice-Admiral |
6 May 1882 | Admiral |
12 April 1886 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
22 March 1842 | 29 August 1844 | Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by George Hope, Pacific |
29 August 1844 | | Lieutenant in Collingwood, commanded by Robert Smart, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour (his uncle), Pacific |
5 June 1847 | 13 December 1847 | Commander in Cormorant (until paying off at Portsmouth), Pacific |
22 November 1848 | | Commander in Harlequin (until paying off at Plymouth), Mediterranean |
1852 | | Volunteer on the staff of General Godwin during the 2nd Burma War |
24 May 1853 | 20 October 1854 | Commander in Brisk, North American and West Indies, then in Sir Erasmus Ommanney's squadron in the White Sea, and then on the Russian Pacific coast during the Russian War |
22 May 1855 | 1856 | Captain in Meteor, floating battery, which he took out to the Crimea, and brought back to Portsmouth (according to the DNB "feats of seamanship scarcely less dangerous than any war services") |
16 July 1857 | 12 December 1862 | Commodore in Pelorus (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), East Indies and China, then Australia (during the New Zealand War) |
1860 | 1861 | Commanded naval brigade in New Zealand during Maori war |
10 March 1860 | 21 July 1862 | Commodore, Australian squadron |
5 August 1867 | | Captain in Victory, flag-ship, Commander-in-chief Portsmouth |
22 December 1868 | 16 July 1870 | Private secretary to First Lord of Admiralty, Hugh Childers |
December 1870 | May 1872 | Commander-in-chief, Flying Squadron, flag in Narcissus |
4 May 1872 | 4 March 1874 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) |
1 October 1874 | 10 November 1877 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt |
5 February 1880 | 7 February 1883 | Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, flag in Inconstant |
11 July 1882 | | Commanded bombardment of Alexandria, flag in Alexandra |
March 1883 | June 1885 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (2nd Naval Lord) |