NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Seymour, Sir George Hamilton (1797-1880) Knight Diplomat DNB: Seymour, Sir George Hamilton (1797–1880), diplomatist LBT ID: GeSeymo1880 VIAF ID: 52467739 | B/BAP: 1797-09-21 DIED: 1880-02-02 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com | |
The eldest son of Lord George Seymour (1763-1848); educated at Eton and Merton College,
Oxford, he began a career as a diplomat under Castlereagh and retired shortly before the
Crimean War. | |