A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Seymour, Frederick Beauchamp Paget
SEYMOUR. (Commander, 1847.)
Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, born in 1821, is second and youngest son (by Elizabeth Mallet, eldest daughter of Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart.) of Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour, K.C.H., M.P., a Colonel in the Army, who married, a second time, the Dowager Lady Clinton. He is brother of Capt. Chas. Fras. Seymour, of the Scots Fusileer Guards; and nephew of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Kt., C.B., G.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Jan. 1834; passed his examination 6 May, 1840; and after having served in the Jlediterranean as Mate on board the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney, was promoted, 7 March, 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant. On 22 of the month last mentioned he received an appointment to the Thalia 42, Capt. Geo. Hope, attached to the force in the Pacific; where, from 29 Aug. 1844 until 20 Jan. 1847, he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant in the Collingwood 80, to his uncle, Sir G. F. Seymour. He attained his present rank 5 June, 1847.