Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander)

For other people named Henry Seymour, see Henry Seymour (disambiguation).

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

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

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.

In 1588, he was appointed Admiral of the Narrow Seas 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. 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)

16. John Seymour 8. John Seymour 17. Elizabeth Coker 4. Sir John Seymour 18. Sir George Darrell 9. Elizabeth Darell 19. Margaret Stourton 2. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 20. Sir Philip Wentworth 10. Sir Henry Wentworth 21. Mary Clifford 5. Margery Wentworth 22. Sir John Say 11. Anne Say 23. Elizabeth Cheney 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 3. Anne Stanhope 28. William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin 14. Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin 29. Thomasina Hankeford, 9th Baroness FitzWarin 7. Elizabeth Bourchier 30. John Dinham, 6th Baron Dinham 15. Elizabeth Dinham 31. Joan Arches

References

• The "Invincible" Armada
• Spanish Armada