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     Lt.-Col. Charles Francis Seymour was born on 13 September 1819. He was the son of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and Elizabeth Malet Palk. He died on 5 November 1854 at age 35.

     Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st and last Baron Alcester was born on 12 April 1821 at Bruton Street, London, England.^1,2 He was the son of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and Elizabeth Malet Palk.¹ He died on 30 March 1895 at age 73 at 22 Ryder Street, St. James's, London, England, unmarried.³ He was buried on 3 April 1895 at Woking Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England.³
     Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st and last Baron Alcester was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Midshipman in 1834 in the service of the Royal Navy.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in 1847.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1854.¹ He was Captain of the H.M.S. Meteor, sailing this floating battery to Crimea and back to Portsmouth between 1855 and 1856.¹ He was commander of the naval brigade in New Zealand during the Maori War, where he was severely wounded between 1860 and 1861.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 16 July 1861.² He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Victoria in 1866.¹ He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1870.¹ He held the office of Lord of the Admiralty between 1872 and 1874.¹ He was commander of the Channel Fleet between 1874 and 1877.¹ He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1876.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1877.¹ He was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1880 and 1883.¹ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 24 May 1881.² He gained the rank of Admiral in 1882.¹ He was created 1st Baron Alcester, of Alcester, co. Warwick [England] on 24 November 1882.¹ He graduated from Oxford University in 1885 with the degree of honorary Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.).³ He held the office of Lord of the Admiralty between 1885 and 1885.¹
     On his death, his title became extinct.³

     Captain Conway Frederick Charles Seymour was born on 25 March 1823. He was the son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Mary Gordon. He died on 1 May 1914 at age 91.

     Hon. Mary Frederica Seymour was the daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Mary Gordon. She married General Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph, son of Robert Myddelton Biddulph and Charlotte Myddelton, on 16 February 1857. She died on 23 October 1902.
     Her married name became Myddelton-Biddulph.

     William Charles Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Avonmore was born on 5 April 1762.¹ He was the son of Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore and Mary Nugent.¹ He married Mary Reade, daughter of John Reade, on 1 September 1787, by special licence, as she was a minor.¹ He died on 28 November 1814 at age 52 at Clytha, Monmouthshire, Wales.¹
     William Charles Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Avonmore held the office of Principal Registrar of the High Court of Chancery [Ireland].¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Avonmore, of Derry Island, co. Tipperary [I., 1800] on 19 August 1805.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Yelverton [I., 1795] on 19 August 1805.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Avonmore, co. Cork [I., 1795] on 19 August 1805.¹

     Maj.-Gen. Frederick Horace Arthur Seymour was born on 9 November 1836. He was the son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey. He died on 25 March 1914 at age 77.

     Arthur Laurence Hervey Seymour was born in 1838. He was the son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey. He died in 1859.

     Horace Alfred Damer Seymour was born on 9 April 1843. He was the son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey. He married Elizabeth Mary Romilly, daughter of Lt.-Col. Frederick Romilly and Lady Elizabeth Amelia Jane Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, on 17 February 1880. He died on 25 June 1902 at age 59.

     Elizabeth Mary Romilly was born circa 1853. She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Frederick Romilly and Lady Elizabeth Amelia Jane Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound. She married Horace Alfred Damer Seymour, son of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey, on 17 February 1880. She died on 17 April 1950.
     Her married name became Seymour.

     Commander Ralph Frederick Seymour was born on 6 January 1886. He was the son of Horace Alfred Damer Seymour and Elizabeth Mary Romilly. He died on 4 October 1922 at age 36.
     Commander Ralph Frederick Seymour gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy.