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George Seymour (other)
George Seymour may refer to: * Sir George Seymour, English knight *George Seymour (Royal Navy officer) (1787–1870), British admiral *Lord George Seymour (1763–1848), British politician *George Hamilton Seymour (1797–1880), British diplomat, son of the above *George Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940) *Henry Seymour (Royal Navy officer) (George Henry Seymour, 1818–1869), MP for Antrim *George Dudley Seymour (1859–1945), American historian, patent attorney and city planner * George Fitzroy Seymour (1923–1994), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1966 *George Franklin Seymour George Franklin Seymour (January 5, 1829 - December 8, 1906) was the first warden of St. Stephen's College (now Bard College) and the first Bishop of Springfield in the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Seymour was born on January 5, ... (1829–1906), bishop of Springfield in the Episcopal Church * George Seymour, Mayor of the Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia * Stan Seymou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Seymour
Sir George Seymour was an English knight. Born in Chelmsford on 11 June. Life He was a younger son of John Seymour and Elizabeth Darrell. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire. Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Go ... in 1498. High Sheriffs of Wiltshire 1470s births Year of death unknown G 15th-century English people English knights People of the Tudor period {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seymour (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet 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 under Admiral Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars. He also commanded the sloop at the blockade of Rochefort and the fifth-rate 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 ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord George Seymour
Lord George Seymour-Conway (21 July 1763 – 10 March 1848), known as Lord George Seymour, was a British politician. A member of the Seymour family headed by the Duke of Somerset, Seymour was the seventh son and youngest child of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, and Lady Isabella, daughter of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton. He was the brother of Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, Lord Henry Seymour, Lord Robert Seymour, Lord Hugh Seymour and Lord William Seymour. He was returned to the Parliament of Great Britain as one of two representatives for Orford in 1784, a seat he held until 1790. He later represented Totnes between 1796 and 1801. Seymour married Isabella, daughter of Reverend the Honourable George Hamilton, in 1795. Their son Sir George Hamilton Seymour was a diplomat. Seymour died on 10 March 1848, aged 84, and is buried in St. Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street Hove in Sussex References {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hamilton Seymour
Sir George Hamilton Seymour (21 September 1797 – 2 February 1880) was a British diplomat. Seymour was the son of Lord George Seymour and his wife Isabella, daughter of Rev. George Hamilton. In 1831 he married Gertrude, daughter of Henry Trevor (who later became General Lord Dacre); they had seven children. His daughter, Augusta Emily Seymour, married Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal (b. 3 Oct 1811, d. 1 Aug 1887). He died in February 1880, aged 82. thepeerage.com References * * * * * *External links *Portrait of Sir George Hamilton Seymour by |
George Seymour, 7th Marquess Of Hertford
George Francis Alexander Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (20 October 1871 – 16 February 1940) was the son of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford. From 1884 to 1912 he was known as Earl of Yarmouth. Early life Seymour was born on 20 October 1871. He was the second child and eldest son of eight children born to Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford (1843–1912) and the Hon. Mary Hood. His siblings were Lady Margaret Alice Seymour (1869–1901) whose married name became Ismay, Lady Emily Mary Seymour (1873–1948), Lady Victoria Frederica Wilhelmina Georgina Seymour (1874–1960), Lady Jane Edith Seymour (b. 1877), Lord Henry Charles Seymour (1878–1939), who married Lady Helen Grosvenor, a daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster, Lord Edward Beauchamp Seymour (1879–1917), and Lord George Frederick Seymour (1881–1940). His paternal grandparents were Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, and Lady Emily Murray, daughter of David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice-Admiral George Henry Seymour, (20 March 1818 – 25 July 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Naval Lord from 1866 to 1868. Career Seymour was the son of Admiral Sir George Seymour and grandson of Lord Hugh Seymour. His mother was Georgiana Mary, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley. Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, was his elder brother. He joined the Royal Navy in 1831 and, having been promoted to captain in 1844, was given command of in 1845. He went on to command and then in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He also commanded , and then HMY ''Victoria and Albert''. Promoted to rear admiral in 1863, Seymour served as a Third Naval Lord between 1866 and 1868. He also sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Antrim from 1865 to 1869 and in Parliament he advocated road improvements outside the Victoria and Albert Museum. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dudley Seymour
George Dudley Seymour (October 6, 1859 – January 21, 1945) was an American historian, patent attorney, antiquarian, author, and city planner. He was the noted authority and foremost expert on Nathan Hale, the American Revolutionary War hero. Biography George Dudley Seymour was born in Bristol, Connecticut, the son of Henry Albert Seymour and Electa Churchill. He practiced patent law in Washington, D.C., and then in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour was a law graduate of Columbian College in Washington, D.C., and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University in 1913."The Man Who Remembered Hale" ''Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library'', 2009 He was a member of the |
George Fitzroy Seymour
George Fitzroy Seymour (Witley 8 February 1923 - Thrumpton 12 May 1994) was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1966 and Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Family He was the son of Richard Sturgis Seymour and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Mabel FitzRoy. He was educated at Winchester College. He married Hon. Rosemary Nest Scott-Ellis, daughter of Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden and Margherita van Raalte, on 1 June 1946. This marriage produced two children * Miranda Jane Seymour (b. 8 Aug 1948) *Thomas Oliver Seymour (b. 20 Oct 1952) Career He spent much of his life working for the preservation of Thrumpton Hall, his home in Thrumpton, Nottinghamshire. He had moved here when he was one, in 1924. His diplomat father had been posted to La Paz in Bolivia and George's mother went too. Her brother-in-law was the 10th Lord Byron. Although he moved back to his family when they returned to London 18 months later, he spent his holidays here. At the age of 13, he was writi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Franklin Seymour
George Franklin Seymour (January 5, 1829 - December 8, 1906) was the first warden of St. Stephen's College (now Bard College) and the first Bishop of Springfield in the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Seymour was born on January 5, 1829, in Newburgh, New York, the son of Isaac Newton Seymour and Elvira Belknap. He graduated from Columbia University in 1850, and then studied theology at the General Theological Seminary, from where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1854. He was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Racine College in 1874, and a Doctor of Laws from Columbia University in 1878. Ordained ministry and career Seymour was ordained deacon on December 17, 1854, by Bishop Horatio Potter of New York, and priest on September 23, 1855, by the same bishop. He was then appointed to serve as a missionary in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he remained till July 1861. While there, Seymour saw the building of a church and a training institution for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seymour (Australian Politician)
George Nathan Seymour is an Australian politician currently serving as the Mayor of Fraser Coast Region in Queensland. Prior to his election to the mayoralty in a 2018 by-election, Seymour served as the Deputy mayor of Fraser Coast from 2013 to 2018, and the Councillor for Division 10 from 2012 to 2018. He also served as Acting Mayor between February and May 2018. He is the Deputy Chairperson of the Queensland Heritage Council The Queensland Heritage Council is an independent statutory authority created by the Queensland Parliament under the ''Queensland Heritage Act 1992''. The Council advises and reports to the Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and ... and has published books about Queensland history and architecture, including biographies of the writer Cecil Lowther (Bannerman) and the architect Philip Oliver Ellard Hawkes. He is the national treasurer of Regional Capitals Australia. References External linksofficial Youtube page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Seymour
George Stanley Seymour (16 May 1895 – 24 December 1978) was a footballer who played for Newcastle United then became manager, vice-chairman and director of the club. Born in Kelloe, Seymour is one of the club's all-time greats, and was known as 'Mr. Newcastle United' after the various years and roles he delivered for the club. As a player, despite his small physique, he was famous for his runs from the left wing. Early career After originally being rejected by Newcastle United as a teenager (the local pit worker was told to 'come back when you grow up') he played some non-league football for Shildon Athletic and Coxhoe before joining Bradford City in 1911 for a short spell, making only one competitive appearance. He then joined Scottish side Greenock Morton. He developed as a player at Morton, becoming popular with the locals who called him 'The little Englishman'. Unlike in England, a fairly normal league season was played throughout the First World War in Scotland, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
