George Hamilton Seymour

Sir George Hamilton Seymour, GCB, GCH, PC (21 September 1797 – 2 February 1880) was a British diplomatist. Seymour was born at Harrow, Middlesex, the eldest son of Lord George Seymour (1763-1848, the seventh son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and his wife, Isabella née Hamilton (a granddaughter of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn). He was intended at first for the navy but was then sent to Eton College and, in March 1813... more

Sir George Hamilton Seymour, GCB, GCH, PC (21 September 1797 – 2 February 1880) was a British diplomatist. Seymour was born at Harrow, Middlesex, the eldest son of Lord George Seymour (1763-1848, the seventh son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford) and his wife, Isabella née Hamilton (a granddaughter of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn). He was intended at first for the navy but was then sent to Eton College and, in March 1813, appointed a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to George III. He became a postmaster (award holder) at Merton College, Oxford, and graduated BA in 1818, proceeding MA in 1823. He had already, in March 1817, been appointed an attaché to the British legation at The Hague. From then on his whole career was spent in diplomacy. In December 1819, he became assistant précis writer to the foreign secretary, Lord Castlereagh, précis writer in January 1821, and Castlereagh's private secretary in January 1822. He was with Castlereagh shortly before the... less