Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander)

Lord Henry Seymour
Lord Henry Seymour
Born	1540; Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England
Died	1588; England
Allegiance	England
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice admiral
Commands held	Admiral of the Narrow Seas;
Battles/wars	Spanish Armada;

Vice-Admiral Lord Henry Seymour (1540–1588) was an English naval commander and Admiral of the Narrow Seas during the Elizabethan Age.

The younger son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset by his second wife Anne Stanhope, he married Lady Joan (or Jane) Percy, daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland.^[1]

In 1588, he was appointed Admiral of the Narrow Seas^[2] and took command of HMS Rainbow and the Squadron of ships that took part in the Battle of Gravelines against the Spanish Armada in 1588.^[3] Controlling the seas off Dunkirk they joined the main British fleet (the 'Western Squadron') near Calais on 6 August, adding about a third to the total size.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander)

17. Elizabeth Coker

18. Sir George Darrell

9. Elizabeth Darell

19. Margaret Stourton

21. Mary Clifford

11. Anne Say

1. Lord Henry Seymour

24. John Stanhope

12. Thomas Stanhope

25. Elizabeth Talbot

6. Sir Edward Stanhope

26. Sir John Jerningham

13. Margaret Jerningham

27. Isabel Clifton

28. William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin

29. Thomasina Hankeford, 9th Baroness FitzWarin

30. John Dinham, 6th Baron Dinham

15. Elizabeth Dinham

31. Joan Arches

↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3681. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
↑ Nichols, John (2013). John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume III: 1579 to 1595. Oxford, England: OUP Oxford. p. 419. ISBN 9780199551408.
↑ Elizabeth Goldring; Elizabeth Clarke; Jayne Elisabeth Archer; Faith Eales (December 2013). John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume III: 1579 to 1595. Oxford University Press. p. 419 note 138. ISBN 978-0-19-955140-8.

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