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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Hobart Seymour (30 April 1840 – 2 March 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He then took part in the sinking of the war-junks, the Battle of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War and then saw action again at the Battle of Cixi during the Taiping Rebellion. Seymour went on to be Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron and then Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves. After that he became Commander-in-Chief, China Station. During the Boxer Rebellion, he led an expedition of 2,000 sailors and marines from Western and Japanese warships to relieve the diplomatic legations in Peking. The expedition came under sustained attack from Chinese Imperial soldiers and had to return to Tianjin. Although the mission had failed, when Seymour arrived back at Portsmouth he was welcomed by thousands of people lining the beach and pier. ==Early career== Born the son of the Reverend Richard Seymour and Frances Seymour (née Smith), Seymour was educated at Radley College and Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, Southsea and joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1852.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sir Edward Hobart Seymour )〕 He was appointed to the corvette HMS ''Encounter'' and, having been promoted to midshipman, then transferred to the paddle frigate HMS ''Terrible'' in 1853.〔Heathcote, p. 227〕 He served in HMS ''Terrible'' in the Black Sea throughout the Crimean War.〔 He was appointed to the second-rate HMS ''Calcutta'', flagship of his uncle Sir Michael Seymour, Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1857 and took part in the sinking of the war-junks in June 1857, the Battle of Canton in December 1857 and the Battle of Taku Forts in May 1858 during the Second Opium War.〔 Seymour returned to Portsmouth and joined the steam frigate HMS ''Mersey'' after which he attended the training ship HMS ''Illustrious'' and then the gunnery school HMS ''Excellent''.〔 Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 4 May 1859, he returned to China and, during the voyage, was awarded the Royal Humane Society medal for an unsuccessful attempt to save a marine who had fallen overboard.〔 Promoted to lieutenant on 11 February 1860, he joined the frigate HMS ''Chesapeake'', flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, China Station, and saw action again at the Battle of Taku Forts in August 1860.〔 He became commanding officer of the paddle steamer HMS ''Waterman'' at Canton and then transferred to the paddle sloop HMS ''Sphinx'' before joining the frigate HMS ''Imperieuse'', the new flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, China Station, and took part in the Battle of Cixi in September 1862 during the Taiping Rebellion.〔 Seymour became flag lieutenant to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1863 and then joined the Royal Yacht HMY ''Victoria and Albert'' in 1865.〔 Promoted to commander on 5 March 1866, after a tour in a whaling ship to obtain experience of arctic waters, he joined the Coast Guard in Ireland in 1868 and then became commanding officer of the gunboat HMS ''Growler'' on the West Coast of Africa Station in June 1869.〔Heathcote, p. 228〕 After taking part in operations against African pirates in 1870, he became commanding officer of the despatch vessel HMS ''Vigilant'' in the Channel Squadron in January 1872 and then of the despatch vessel HMS ''Lively'' later that year also in the Channel Squadron.〔 Promoted to captain on 13 March 1873, Seymour spent a year at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and then became commanding officer of the troopship HMS ''Orontes''.〔 He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Iris'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1880 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Inflexible'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1882.〔 He briefly commanded the converted liner SS ''Oregon'' when Russian forces seized Afghan territory in March 1885 during the Panjdeh Incident.〔 He went on to be flag captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in May 1886 and, having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 21 June 1887, he became assistant to the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves in December 1887.〔 Promoted to rear-admiral on 14 July 1889, Seymour became Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron, with his flag in the battleship HMS ''Anson'', in April 1894.〔 Promoted to vice-admiral on 9 November 1895, he became Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves later that year.〔 He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 22 June 1897. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Seymour (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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