Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander)

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

Lord Henry Seymour was a younger son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope. Aboard HMS Rainbow he commanded the 'Narrow Seas' Squadron of ships that took part in the Battle of Gravelines against the Spanish Armada in 1588.^[1] 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

↑ 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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