Admiral Sir Michael Seymour GCB RN was a British admiral and the uncle of Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, also an admiral. He was the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet. Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He made Lieutenant in 1822, Commander in 1824 and was posted Captain in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard.

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  • Admiral Sir Michael Seymour GCB RN was a British admiral and the uncle of Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, also an admiral. He was the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet. Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He made Lieutenant in 1822, Commander in 1824 and was posted Captain in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. In 1854 he served under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic during the Crimean War, in the capacity of Captain of the Fleet. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral that same year and, when the Baltic campaign was resumed in 1855 under Admiral the Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, Seymour was second in command, flying his flag in HMS Exmouth. He was made KCB at the end of 1855. On 19 February 1856 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the East Indies station, which included the coast of China. Flying his flag in HMS Calcutta, he conducted the operations arising out of the affair of the lorcha Arrow; he helped destroy the Chinese fleet in June 1857, took Canton in December, and in 1858 he captured the forts on the Pei Ho (Hai River), compelling the Chinese government to consent to the Treaties of Tianjin. He was made GCB in 1859. He sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Devonport from 1859 to 1863. In 1864 he was promoted to the rank of admiral and was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, till 1866. He retired in 1870.
  • Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B. , war ein britischer Marineoffizier und Admiral.
  • Sir Michael Seymour, född 3 december 1802, död 23 februari 1887, var en brittisk amiral och farbrodern till sir Edward Hobart Seymour, också han en amiral. Michael Seymour var den tredje sonen till en annan Michael Seymour (1768–1834), som uppnådde graden konteramiral. Michael Seymour (den yngre) gick in i brittiska flottan 1813. Han befordrades till löjtnant 1822, kommendörkapten 1824 och till kommendör 1826. 1833–1835 förde han befälet på rekognoseringsfartyget HMS Challenger, som led skeppsbrott utanför Chiles kust. 1851–1854 var han som flottiljamiral överuppsyningsman vid flottbasen i Devonport. 1854 tjänstgjorde han under sir Charles Napier i Östersjön under Krimkriget, i egenskap av Captain of the Fleet. Seymour blev befordrad till konteramiral samma år och, när uppdraget i Östersjön hade upphört 1855 under amiral Richard Saunders Dundas, var Seymour näst högste befälhavare. Han tilldelades kommendörsgraden av Bathorden (KCB) i slutet av 1855. Den 19 februari 1856 utnämndes Seymour till överbefälhavare över de ostindiska handelsstationerna, som innefattade Kinas kust. Han kom att leda operationerna under andra opiumkriget; han förintade den kinesiska flottan i juni 1857, intog Kanton i december, och 1858 erövrade han befästningarna vid Pei Ho, vilket tvingade kineserna att gå med på villkoren. Han tilldelades Bathordens storkors (GCB) 1859. Emellan 1859 och 1863 var Seymour ledamot i det brittiska parlamentets underhus. 1864 erhöll han amirals grad och var överbefälhavare vid basen i Portsmouth till 1866. Han gick i pension 1870.
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  • Admiral Sir Michael Seymour GCB RN was a British admiral and the uncle of Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, also an admiral. He was the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet. Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. He made Lieutenant in 1822, Commander in 1824 and was posted Captain in 1826. From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. From 1851 to 1854 he was Commodore Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard.
  • Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B. , war ein britischer Marineoffizier und Admiral.
  • Sir Michael Seymour, född 3 december 1802, död 23 februari 1887, var en brittisk amiral och farbrodern till sir Edward Hobart Seymour, också han en amiral. Michael Seymour var den tredje sonen till en annan Michael Seymour (1768–1834), som uppnådde graden konteramiral. Michael Seymour (den yngre) gick in i brittiska flottan 1813. Han befordrades till löjtnant 1822, kommendörkapten 1824 och till kommendör 1826.
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  • Michael Seymour (Royal Navy officer)
  • Michael Seymour (1802–1887)
  • Michael Seymour
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