Education
Seely was educated at Eton College and became a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.
Seely was educated at Eton College and became a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.
He was the third baronet of the Seely family, of Sherwood Lodge, Nottinghamshire. He was the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Air during a large part of the Second World War (1941-1945). He was created Baron Sherwood, of Calverton in the County of Nottingham on 14 August 1941.
The barony became extinct when he died in 1970 without children.
Victor"s son Sir Nigel Edward Seely is the current and 5th Baronet (born 1923).
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He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Norfolk from 1923 to 1924, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1925 and Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1935 to 1941. Lord Sherwood was a member of a family of politicians, industrialists and significant landowners.