Captain David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone (16 December 1920 – 24 November 2011) was a naval officer and

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. Seely was born in 1920. He was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Mottistone from his second marriage to Evelyn Izme Murray daughter of

Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank Montolieu Fox Oliphant Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank DL, JP (27 April 1840 – 20 February 1927) was a British nobleman. The eldest son of Alexander Oliphant-Murray, 9th Lord Elibank and Emily Montgomery, he was educated privately and entered th ...

and 10th

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, and half-brother to Henry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone and Arthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone. He was a grandson of

Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet KGStJ, DL (11 August 1833 – 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician. Seely was Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham from 1869 to 1874 and 1880 to 1885, and for Nott ...

. He was baptised with

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and the then

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(subsequently Edward VIII, and then later Duke of Windsor) as his godparents. He served in the

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, ultimately reaching the rank of captain. He commanded between 1958 and 1959 and between 1963 and 1965. In 1966 he succeeded to the barony and retired from the service. He was

Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight: *1 April 1974 – 1979: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (previously Governor of the Isle of Wight) *1980–1985: Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd B ...

from 1986 to 1995 and the last

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of the

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from 1992 to 1995, where the Seely family have played a prominent role since the 1850s. He was created a

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in 1984 and made an Honorary

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in 1993. He was also an ex officio member of The

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. He died on 24 November 2011. He was succeeded by his eldest son Peter John Philip Seely, born 29 October 1949, who was a godson of

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from El ...

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* Obituary in the Daily Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8973893/Lord-Mottistone.html

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Burke's Peerage and GentryThe Churchill Papers
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Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999

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