ALCESTER, FREDERICK BEAUCHAMP PAGET SEYMOUR, BARON (1821-95), British admiral, was born April 12, 1821. Entering the navy in 1834, he served in the Mediterra nean and the Pacific, was for three years flag-lieutenant to his uncle Sir George Seymour, and was promoted to be commander in 1847. He had a distinguished naval record and held a series of high commands. In 188o-83 he was commander-in-chief of the fleet in the Mediterranean, and in 188o had also the chief com mand of the European squadron sent to the coast of Albania as a demonstration to the Porte to cede Dulcigno to Montenegro. In July 1882 Admiral Seymour commanded at the bombard ment of Alexandria and in the subsequent operations on the coast of Egypt, for which service he was raised to the peerage, received a parliamentary grant of £25,000, the freedom of the City of Lon don and a sword of honour. He retired from the service in 1886, and died in London, March 30, 1895.