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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour, GCB, GCH, PC (17 September 1787 – 20 January 1870) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving as a junior officer during the French Revolutionary Wars, Seymour commanded the third-rate HMS ''Northumberland'' under Admiral Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars. He also commanded the sloop HMS ''Kingfisher'' at the blockade of Rochefort and the fifth-rate HMS ''Pallas'' under Admiral Lord Gambier at the Battle of the Basque Roads. He then saw active service during the War of 1812. Seymour became Third Naval Lord in the Second Peel ministry and went on to be Commander-in-Chief Pacific Station. In late 1844 the French Admiral Abel Thouars entered into a confrontation with Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti and with the English missionary and consul George Pritchard, expelling the consul and establishing a French protectorate over the territory: this matter became known as the "Pritchard Affair". Seymour handled this matter tactfully, and avoided a confrontation with the French Government who had already denounced Thouars' actions. Seymour later served as Commander-in-Chief North America and West Indies Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. ==Early career== Seymour was the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour and Anna Horatia Waldegrave (a daughter of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave) and joined the Royal Navy in October 1797.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Seymour, Sir George Francis )〕 He was assigned to the Royal yacht HMY ''Princess Augusta'' and then transferred to the third-rate HMS ''Sans Pareil'' in the Channel Squadron in March 1798 and to the second-rate HMS ''Prince of Wales'' in the West Indies later that year.〔Heathcote, p. 229〕 He was present when the Batavian Republic surrendered Suriname to British forces in August 1799 during the French Revolutionary Wars and, having been promoted to midshipman, transferred to the fifth-rate HMS ''Acasta'' early in 1800.〔 He joined the fifth-rate HMS ''Endymion'' in 1802 and then transferred to the first-rate HMS Victory, flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron, in 1803, to the fourth-rate HMS ''Madras'' in February 1804 and, having been promoted to lieutenant on 12 October 1804, to the third-rate HMS ''Donegal'' later that month.〔 In HMS ''Donegal'' he took part in the pursuit of the French Fleet, under the command of Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, to the West Indies and back in Summer 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars before seeing action at the capture of the Spanish 100-gun ''Rayo'' in October 1805.〔Heathcote, p. 130〕 Promoted to commander on 23 January 1806, Seymour became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS ''Northumberland'', flagship of the West Indies Squadron, in January 1806 and fought under Admiral Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo where he was wounded off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colony San Domingo in the Caribbean Sea in February 1806.〔 He went on to be commanding officer of the sloop HMS ''Kingfisher'' and took part in the blockade of Rochefort.〔 He became commanding officer of the sloop HMS ''Aurora'' in the Mediterranean Squadron in June 1806 and, having been promoted to captain on 29 July 1806, he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Pallas'' in February 1808.〔 In HMS ''Pallas'' he fought under Admiral Lord Gambier at the Battle of the Basque Roads in April 1809.〔 He went on to be commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Manilla'' in September 1809.〔 Seymour became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Fortunée'' in June 1812 and of the fifth-rate HMS ''Leonidas'' in January 1813 during the War of 1812.〔 In HMS ''Leonidas'' he captured the privateer USS ''Paul Jones'' in May 1813.〔 He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 4 June 1815. He became Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords in 1818 and was given a short leave of absence to undertake a tour as commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Briton'' on "particular service" in 1827.〔 He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1831, awarded a British knighthood on 23 March 1831 and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order on 9 December 1834.〔 In June 1837 he attended the funeral of King William IV, Seymour's last act as Master of the Robes to the King. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Seymour (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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