Person:George Seymour (20)
George Seymour
b.17 Sep 1787 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
d.20 Jan 1870
Parents and Siblings
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  1. George Seymour1787 - 1870
  2. Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour1791 - 1851
  3. Frederick Charles William Seymour
Spouse and Children
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m. 1811
  1. Emily Seymour - 1892
  2. Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford1812 - 1884
  3. Henry Seymour1818 - 1869
  4. Laura Williamina Seymour1832 - 1912
  5. Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour1838 - 1915
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Facts and Events
Name George Seymour
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Sep 1787 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage 1811 to Georgiana Mary Berkeley
Death[1] 20 Jan 1870
Reference Number? Q4356925?


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Sir George Francis Seymour (17 September 1787 – 20 January 1870) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving as a junior officer during the French Revolutionary Wars, Seymour commanded the third-rate HMS Northumberland under Admiral Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars. He also commanded the sloop HMS Kingfisher at the blockade of Rochefort and the fifth-rate HMS Pallas under Admiral Lord Gambier at the Battle of the Basque Roads. He then saw active service during the War of 1812.

Seymour became Third Naval Lord in the Second Peel ministry and went on to be Commander-in-Chief Pacific Station. In late 1844 the French Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars entered into a confrontation with Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti and with the English missionary and consul George Pritchard, expelling the consul and establishing a French protectorate over the territory during the Franco-Tahitian War. This matter became known as the "Pritchard Affair". Seymour handled this matter tactfully and avoided a confrontation with the French Government who had already denounced Thouars' actions. Seymour later served as Commander-in-Chief North America and West Indies Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Seymour (Royal Navy officer), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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