Michael Seymour (Royal Navy officer, born 1802)

Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, GCB (3 December 1802 – 23 February 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.[1] From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile.[1] He was promoted to Rear-Admiral that same year and, when the Baltic campaign was resumed in 1855 under Admiral the Hon.[1] Flying his flag in HMS Calcutta,[1] he conducted operations arising from the attack on the British coaster Arrow.[1] During the Arrow War in China, he commanded the Battle of the Bogue in November 1856, helped destroy the Chinese fleet in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857,[1] captured Canton in December,[1] and in 1858 he captured the forts on the Baihe (Hai River),[1] compelling the Chinese government to consent to the Treaty of Tientsin.
Sir Michael Seymour, 1st BaronetHorndeanRoyal NavyAdmiralHMS ChallengerHMS BritanniaHMS PowerfulHMS VindictiveChina StationPortsmouth CommandCrimean WarSecond Opium WarKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathCommander-in-Chief, Portsmouthlieutenantcommandercaptainsurvey shipDevonport DockyardSir Charles NapierBalticRichard DundasEast Indies and China StationHMS CalcuttaArrow WarBattle of the BogueBattle of Fatshan Creekcaptured Cantoncaptured the forts on the Baihe (Hai River)Treaty of TientsinLiberalDevonportHong Kong IslandEdward Hobart SeymourJohn MurrayWikisourceHansardSir James StirlingCommander-in-Chief, East Indies and China StationSir James HopeParliament of the United KingdomThomas Erskine PerryJames WilsonMember of ParliamentArthur William BullerWilliam FerrandSir Henry BruceSir Thomas PasleySir Provo WallisVice-Admiral of the United KingdomSir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt