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Administrative / biographical background
Seymour was born on 12 April 1821 and entered the Navy in 1834. He served on HMS BRITANNIA from 1840 until receiving the promotion to Lieutenant in 1842, when he joined the frigate HMS THALIA in the Pacific. Between 1844 and 1847 Seymour was Flag-Lieutenant to his Uncle, Sir George Francis Seymour, who was Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific on HMS COLLINGWOOD. In 1852 he served as a volunteer on the staff of General Godwin in Burma and was gazetted four times for his distinguished conduct. In May 1853 Semour commissioned HMS BRISK, for the North America and West Indies Station. He was recalled early in 1854 however, to serve under Commodore Sir Erasmus Ommanney in the White Sea. In May 1855 Seymour was appointed to the floating battery METEOR, which he took to the Crimea until early summer 1856. Seymour commissioned HMS PELORUS in July 1857, commanding the vessel for nearly six years on the Australian station. The provision of a naval brigade in Burma by HMS PELORUS, between January and April 1858, was vital in preventing the spread of mutiny from India. HMS PELORUS also commanded a naval brigade during the war in New Zealand, from 1860-1861. Seymour received a KB (Companion of the Bath) for this service. From 1868 to 1870 Seymour was private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty Hugh Childers. He was then promoted to Rear-Admiral and from 1870 to 1872 commanded the flying squadron. Between 1872 and 1874 Seymour was the Second Lord of the Admiralty, until he was required to command the Channel Fleet until 1877. In 1876 Seymour was made Vice-Admiral, and in 1877 received the KCB (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath). From 1880 to 1883 Seymour was Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. In 1880 he commanded the European squadron sent to the Albanian coast, and for this service he received a GCB (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath). During 1882 Seymour commanded at the bombardment of Alexandria (11 July 1882), and the following operations on the Egyptian coast. This was the only battle action that took place between 1855 and 1914. For this he was made the first Baron Alcester of Alcester, Warwickshire, and also received a parliamentary grant of £25,000, freedom of the City of London and a sword of honour. Between March 1883 and June 1885 he was Lord of the Admiralty again, and he retired from service on 12 April 1886. Lord Alcester died on 30 March 1895 in London, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetry. He was unmarried, and his title became extinct on his death.