Sir George Hamilton Seymour (21 September 1797 – 2 February 1880) was a British
diplomat
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Seymour was the son of
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 Seymo ...
and his wife Isabella, daughter of Rev.
George Hamilton. In 1831 he married Gertrude, daughter of Henry Trevor (who later became General
Lord Dacre
Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, every time by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, writ.
History
The first creation came in 1321 when Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre, Ralph Dacre was Hereditary peer# ...
); they had seven children. His daughter, Augusta Emily Seymour, married
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere
Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere (; 3 October 1811 – 1 August 1887), styled The Honourable from 1821 until 1855, was a British peer and politician.
Personal
Hugh Cholmondeley was the eldest son of Thomas Cholmondeley. His mother was He ...
of Vale Royal (b. 3 Oct 1811, d. 1 Aug 1887). He died in February 1880, aged 82.
Rt. Hon. Sir George Hamilton Seymour
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Portrait of Sir George Hamilton Seymour
by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (; 15 January 1793 – 23 August 1865) was an Austrian painter and writer. Waldmüller was one of the most important Austrian painters of the Biedermeier period.
Career
In 1807, Waldmüller attended the Academy o ...
in the British Government Art Collection
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1797 births
1880 deaths
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Belgium
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Portugal
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
Gentlemen Ushers
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
People educated at Eton College
Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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