Lord Henry Seymour (naval commander)

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.

He married Joan Percy, daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland.

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

Notes

1. 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.