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| John Edward Bernard Seely [CFT #14693] Born: 1868 Died: 1947 |
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| 1st Baron Mottistone Cb Cmg John was a Conservative MP from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and again from 1923 to 1924. He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, being forced to resign as a result of the Curragh Incident. As General Jack Seeley, he led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior in March 1918. Seely was a great friend of Winston Churchill and the only former cabinet minister to go to the front in 1914 and still be there four years later. |
1: 1896 Frank Reginald Seelyc 2: 1899 John Seelyc 3: 1902 Irene Florence Seelyc H/C 4: 1905 Arthur Patrick William Seely 5: 1913 Louisa (Lou) Mary Sylvia Seelyc W/H/C 6: 1920 David Peter Seelyc W/C | ||||||||||
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