Culme-Seymour baronets

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The Seymour, later Culme-Seymour Baronetcy, of High Mount in the County of Cork and Friery Park in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 May 1809 for the naval commander Admiral Michael Seymour. [1] The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Culme, which was that of his first wife. The third Baronet was also an admiral in the Royal Navy and notably commanded the Channel Squadron from 1890 to 1892 and the Mediterranean Fleet from 1893 to 1896. The fourth Baronet was a vice admiral in the Royal Navy.

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The Culme-Seymour baronets are members of a junior branch of the Seymour family headed by the Duke of Somerset (see Seymour family). The family surname is pronounced "Cullum-Seamer".

Seymour, later Culme-Seymour baronets, of High Mount and Friery Park (1809)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Michael Culme-Seymour (born 1986), eldest son of the 6th Baronet. [6]

Extended family

Two other members of the family also had distinguished naval careers. Sir Michael Seymour, third son of the 1st Baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. [7] Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, son of Reverend Richard Seymour, fourth son of the 1st Baronet, was an admiral of the fleet. [8]

Notes

  1. "No. 16253". The London Gazette . 2 May 1809. p. 621.
  2. 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 557–558.
  3. "Seymour, Sir Michael Culme-" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Seymour, Vice-Adm. Sir Michael Culme-" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. "Seymour, Comdr Sir Michael Culme- 5th Bt cr 1809, of Highmount, co. Limerick and Friery Park, Devonshire" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. 1 2 "Seymour, Sir Michael Patrick Culme-" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. Lambert, Andrew. "Seymour, Sir Michael (1802–1887)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25178.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. Lambert, Andrew. "Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (1840–1929)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36032.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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