Frederick Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester

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Admiral Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester (12 April 1821–30 March 1895) was a British admiral. He was the son of Colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp Seymour and the cousin of Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford. He was the great-grandson of the 1st Marquess of Hertford.

He entered the Royal Navy in 1834, and served in the Mediterranean and the Pacific, and was for three years was Aide-de-camp to his uncle Sir George Seymour, and was promoted to be Commander in 1847. He also served in Burma. He commanded the Naval Brigade in New Zealand during the Maori Wars of 1860-61, and was made a Commander of the Bath for this.

He 1872 he became a Lord of the Admiralty for two years, and then commander the Channel fleet. He became a Vice Admiral on 31 December 1876, and was created a KCB in June 1877, and was upgraded to a GCB on 24 May 1881. From 1880 to 1883 he was commander-in-chief of the fleet in the Mediterranean. He became an Admiral in May 1882.

He was created Baron Alcester in 1882 for his commandment 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. He died unmarried and his peerage became extinct.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: New Creation	Baron Alcester 1882–1895	Succeeded by: Extinct