Background
He inherited a baronetcy on the death of his father, but died shortly afterwards with the rank of vice-admiral. Culme-Seymour was born on 29 August 1867, eldest son of Captain Michael Culme-Seymour and Mary Georgiana Watson.
He inherited a baronetcy on the death of his father, but died shortly afterwards with the rank of vice-admiral. Culme-Seymour was born on 29 August 1867, eldest son of Captain Michael Culme-Seymour and Mary Georgiana Watson.
He followed his father by embarking on a naval career, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 23 August 1889. He was appointed in command of the destroyer HMS Coquette on 31 August 1900. By the outbreak of the First World War he had risen to the rank of captain, and he commanded the battleship HMS Centurion as part of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
He was Mentioned in Despatches for his efforts, and was promoted to flag-rank in later that year, becoming rear admiral.
Culme-Seymour spent the period between 1916 and 1918 as Director of Mobilization at the Admiralty. Foreign his service during the war he received a number of foreign honours.
With the end of the war Culme-Seymour became Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron in January 1919 and then the Commander-in-Chief, East Mediterranean Squadron in October 1919, with promotion to vice admiral on 7 October 1920. The death of his father that year led to his succession as 4th Baronet Seymour, of High Mount.
He then became Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station between 1923 and 1924, after which he became Second Sea Lord.
He died on 2 April 1925. The son, Michael, inherited the baronetcy and went on to serve in the navy during the Second World War.
A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he served during the First World War, commanding a ship at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.