Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai a Seymour hei tama mā te Reverend Richard Seymour rāua ko Frances Seymour (née Smith), i kura a Seymour ki Radley College me Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, Southsea, ā, i uru atu ki te Royal Navy i Portsmouth i te tau 1852. I tohua ia ki te kaipuke, a, i te mea kua whakatairangahia ia ki te kaipuke, ka whakawhiti ki te kaipuke kaipuke i te tau 1853. I mahi ia i runga i te HMS "Terrible" i te Moana Pango puta noa i te Pakanga Crimean. I tohua ia ki te taumata tuarua, te kaipuke matua o tana matua keke a Sir Michael Seymour, Kaihautū-i-te-Runga, te Tauranga Haina i te tau 1857 ka uru ki te whakangaromanga o nga kaipuke pakanga i te Pipiri 1857, te Pakanga o Canton
I te marama o Tihema 1857 me te Pakanga o Taku Forts i te marama o Mei 1858 i te Pakanga Tuarua Opium.