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Edward H. Seymour

About the Author

Sir Edward Hobart Seymour (1840-1929) was Admiral of the Fleet for the British Royal Navy. As a youth, he fought in the Crimean War and later rose to become Commander in Chief of the China Station. In 1898 he led the unsuccessful attempt to put down China’s Boxer Rebellion.