The death took place of Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt., on the Ith ult., at Wadenhoe House, Oundle, Northamptonshire, at the age of 64. He had been ill since January. Sir Michael was the eldest son of the Rev. Sir John Frou, Hobart Culme-Seymour, Bt., and grandson of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, who was made a baronet for the capture of the French frigates Thetis and Niemen in the Napoleonic war. He was born on March 13, 1836, and entered the Navy in 1850, and saw active service in Burmah, the Baltic, the Black Sea, China, and with the Naval Brigade in the Crimea, where he was present at the fall of Sebastopol. On April 1, 1856, he was promoted to mate (sub-lieutenant), and in January, 1857, was appointed to the Calcutta, sailing line of battleship. flying the flag of his uncle; Michael Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in China. He was made lieutenant on May 25, 1857, and in September following was appointed flag lieutenant to his uncle. The commission was a very busy one, and Seymour had a part in most of the engagements of the Second China War, including the capture of Canton and the severe boat action of Fatshan Creek. where Keppel was much in evidence, in 1857, and the capture of the Taku forts in 1858. He received' the China medal with clasps for these actions. On June 6, 1859, he was promoted to commander, and thereafter passed through the different grades up to admiral. Sir Michael is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, K.c.B., who was present at the Battle of Jutland.
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