Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester
| Admiral The Lord Alcester | |
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Lord Alcester
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| Nickname(s) | The Ocean Swell |
| Born |
12 April 1821 London, England |
| Died | 30 March 1895 (aged 73) London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1834–1885 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Brisk (1853) HMS Meteor (1855-56) Naval Brigade, New Zealand (1860-61) Junior Naval Lord (1872-74) Channel Fleet (1874-77) Mediterranean Fleet (1880-83) Second Sea Lord (1883-85) |
| Battles/wars |
Crimean War (1856) Maori War (1860-1861) Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) |
| Awards | GCB |
| Relations | Horace Seymour (father) |
Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, GCB (12 April 1821 – 30 March 1895) was a British naval commander. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1874 and 1877 and of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883.
Seymour was the son of Colonel Sir Horace Seymour and a cousin of the 5th Marquess of Hertford. He was a great-grandson of the 1st Marquess of Hertford.
Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1834, and served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific, and was for three years aide-de-camp to his uncle Sir George Seymour, and was promoted to commander in 1847. He also served in Burma. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station from 10 March 1860 and 21 July 1862 as Commodore second class with his pennant aboard Pelorus. He commanded the Naval Brigade in New Zealand during the New Zealand Wars of 1860–61, and was made a Commander of the Bath for this.
In 1872, he became a Fourth Naval Lord for two years, and then commander the Channel Fleet. He became a vice-admiral on 31 December 1876, and was appointed KCB in June 1877, and was promoted to GCB on 24 May 1881. From 1880 to 1883 he was Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and from 1883 to 1885 he was Second Naval Lord. He became an admiral in May 1882.
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