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.
 
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''.
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
January 1834Entered Navy
6 May 1840Mate
7 March 1842Lieutenant
5 June 1847Commander
19 October 1854Captain
1 April 1870Rear-Admiral
31 December 1876Vice-Admiral
6 May 1882Admiral
12 April 1886Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
19 October 184013 November 1841Mate in Britannia, commanded by Captain John Drake then Captain Michael Seymour, Lisbon and the Mediterranean
22 March 184229 August 1844Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Captain Charles Hope, East Indies and Pacific
30 October 184416 December 1844Lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by Captain John Jervis Tucker, Pacific
17 December 184419 January 1847Lieutenant in Collingwood, commanded by Robert Smart, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour (his uncle), Pacific
20 January 18478 February 1847Acting Commander in Collingwood, commanded by Captain Robert Smart, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Francis Seymour (his uncle), Pacific
9 February 18474 June 1847Acting Commander in Cormorant, commanded by Commander Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, Pacific
5 June 184713 December 1847Commander in Cormorant (until paying off at Portsmouth), Pacific
28 November 184824 May 1849Commander in Harlequin (until paying off at Plymouth), Mediterranean
1852 Volunteer on the staff of General Godwin during the 2nd Burma War
21 May 185323 October 1854Commander 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 18552 May 1856Captain 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 185710 December 1862Commodore in Pelorus (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), East Indies and China, then Australia (during the New Zealand War, including commanding the naval brigade)
26 February 18641 November 1866Captain in Royal Adelaide, flagship of Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, flag-ship, Commander-in-Chief, Devonport
22 June 186726 December 1868Captain in Victory, flag-ship, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
27 December 186815 July 1870Private secretary to First Lord of Admiralty, Hugh Childers
1 December 18706 May 1872Commander-in-chief, Flying Squadron, flag in Narcissus
7 May 18725 March 1874Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord)
1 October 18749 November 1877Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt, then (14 July 1875) Sultan, then (5 September 1875) Minotaur
28 January 188011 March 1883Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, flag in Inconstant, then Alexandra, then Caryford, including in command of bombardment of AlexandriaExternal link (11-13 July 1882)
12 March 18832 July 1885Commissioner of the Admiralty (2nd Naval Lord)

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