Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester

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Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester

Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester , GCB ( April 12, 1821 - March 30, 1895 ) was a British admiral .

Life

Frederick, from a side branch of the Hertfords, son of MP Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and grandson of Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, attended Eton College , then joined the Navy in 1834 and became a lieutenant in the sea in 1842 . He distinguished himself from 1852-1853 in the war against Burma , was promoted to captain in 1854 , served in the Baltic Fleet during the Crimean War and commanded a floating battery in the Black Sea . In 1862 he was given a command in the waters of New Zealand .

1868-1870 Seymour was the first secretary of the Secretary of the Navy Childers , 1870 Rear Admiral , 1872 joined the Admiralty as Lord. In 1874 he was given command of the Canal Squadron and a few years later that of the Mediterranean Squadron as Vice Admiral .

During the fleet demonstration off Dulcigno in 1880, he was the oldest admiral in command of the ships of all powers.

In 1882 he was given command of the Anglo-French fleet sent to Alexandria . There had been bloody excesses against foreigners in June as part of the Urabi movement . Urabi Pasha had the city fortified from the sea and guns aimed at the Allied fleet. On July 10th, Seymour announced that he would have the city bombarded if the guns were not removed. After rejecting his ultimatum, he bombed the forts of Alexandria on July 11 and made them defenseless. He occupied the city on July 14th.

In August, Seymour led the transfer of British troops to Ismailia on the Suez Canal , which they occupied. The troops he landed, under General Wolseley , defeated Urabi Pasha's Egyptian army at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir . Seymour took part in the battle himself on Wolseley's staff. Egypt then remained occupied by the British ( British rule in Egypt ). Seymour then received the on November 24, 1882 Peer title Baron Alcester , of Alcester in the County of Warwick , and a national subsidy of 25,000 pounds . He also became Admiral in 1882 and Lord of the Admiralty in 1885.

Since he remained unmarried and childless, his title of nobility expired on his death in 1895.

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SURNAME Seymour, Beauchamp, 1st Baron Alcester
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seymour, Frederick Beauchamp Paget, 1st Baron Alcester
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British admiral
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1821
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1895