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 . He commanded the
Naval Brigade in
New Zealand during the
New Zealand Wars of 1860–61, and was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for this. From 1868 to 1870 Seymour served as
private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty,
Hugh Childers, and was promoted to Rear-Admiral. From 1870 to 1872 he commanded the flying squadron. In 1872, he became
Fourth Naval Lord for two years, and then commander of the
Channel Squadron. 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. .
The Graphic 1880From 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. He was created
Baron Alcester (pronounced "Allster"), of
Alcester in the
County of Warwick, on 24 November 1882 for his command of the
bombardment of Alexandria and in the subsequent operations on the coast of Egypt. He was also honoured with a parliamentary grant of £25,000, the
Freedom of the City of London and a Sword of Honour. ==Personal life==