Michael Culme-Seymour R.N.
Michael Culme-Seymour R.N.

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Michael Culme-Seymour R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. Sir John Hobart Seymour, 2nd baronet (1800-1880), who took the additional surname Culme after the death of his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Culme, in 1841
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
13 March 1836 Born
16 October 1866 Married Mary Georgiana Watson, daughter of Richard Watson M.P. (1800-1852)
1869 Naval aide de camp to Queen Victoria
17 September 1880 Succeeded as third baronet
11 October 1920 Died (Oundle, Northamptonshire)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
1850Entered Navy
1 April 1856Mate
25 May 1857Lieutenant
6 June 1859Commander
16 December 1865Captain
6 May 1882Rear-Admiral
19 June 1888Vice-Admiral
13 May 1893Admiral
13 March 1901Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
1 April 185621 April 1856Mate in Megaera, commanded by Commander John Ormsby Johnson
27 June 185621 July 1856Mate in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Joseph Denman, Portsmouth
16 January 185724 May 1857Mate in Calcutta, commanded by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, East Indies
25 May 185712 August 1859Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, East Indies and China (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
19 June 186116 August 1865Commander in Wanderer (until paying off at Chatham), Mediterranean
1 December 187010 October 1872Captain in Volage, Channel squadron
6 March 18749 April 1876Private secretary to George Ward-Hunt, first lord of the Admiralty
10 April 18767 July 1877Captain in Monarch, Mediterranean
8 July 187731 July 1877Additional Captain in Pembroke, commanded by Captain John Clark Soady, Sheerness, for service in Temeraire
1 August 18778 September 1879Captain in Temeraire, Mediterranean, and part of the squadron that Admiral Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby led through the Dardanelles in 1878
9 September 18799 May 1882Captain in Windsor Castle, flagship of Admiral Alfred Phillipps Ryder, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth
25 July 188510 November 1887Commander-in-chief, Pacific, flag in Triumph
3 May 189010 May 1892Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron, flag in CamperdownExternal link
29 June 189310 November 1896Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean (restoring the morale of the squadron after the loss of Victoria), flag in Sans PareilExternal link then (4 April 1896) RamilliesExternal link aa
3 August 18973 October 1900Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Victory

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