. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 200 HEREDITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 61. EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR. EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR was born April 1840. He states of his child- hood: "As soon as I had sense enough to form a real wish it was to go to sea — a choice I have never ; He entered the British navy in November 1852, after an examination in the rudiments, and in 1853 on the frigate Terrible was ordered to the Mediterranean station. In 1854 he took part in the Crimean campaign. In 1857 he went to China and joined the squadron of his father's brother, Si
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 200 HEREDITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL OFFICERS. 61. EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR. EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR was born April 1840. He states of his child- hood: "As soon as I had sense enough to form a real wish it was to go to sea — a choice I have never ; He entered the British navy in November 1852, after an examination in the rudiments, and in 1853 on the frigate Terrible was ordered to the Mediterranean station. In 1854 he took part in the Crimean campaign. In 1857 he went to China and joined the squadron of his father's brother, Sir Michael Seymour, and was made signalman of the fleet. Invalided home on account of illness, he was "made to go back," which he did in 1859. On his homeward journey he leaped into the sea to save a sailor who had fallen over- board. In the western Pacific he was given command of small vessels to go up Canton river to hunt for shipwrecked sailors on the Carolina island, etc. He cruised to the Arctic and saw service in the west coast of Africa, where he was wounded in rescuing Europeans from natives. He had command of the first ship of steel (1880) and later of the Inflexible, at that time the largest and most powerful ship of the navy. In 1889 he became rear admiral, cruised around the world, was in Chinese waters at the Boxer uprising, and was senior officer in the allied expedition to Pekin. In 1902 he was commander in chief at Plymouth. Seymour belongs to one of England's most distinguished naval families. A father's brother Michael was vice admiral; another father's brother's son, Sir Michael Culme Seymour, is admiral. The latter married Mary Watson, daughter of Lavinia Quin, whose brother Richard was rear admiral. Their mother was a Spencer of a naval family. Edward H. Seymour's father's father was Admiral Sir Michael Sey- mour, whose wife was a daughter of James Hawkes, a captain in the Royal Navy. FAMILY HISTORY OF EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR. II (F F F), Rev. John
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