CaptainDavid Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone,CBE, KStJ (16 December 1920 – 24 November 2011) was a naval officer andBritish peer.[1]
Seely was born in 1920. He was the eldest son of the1st Baron Mottistone from his second marriage to Evelyn Izme Murray daughter ofMontolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank and 10thLord Elibank, and half-brother toHenry John Alexander Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone andArthur Patrick William Seely, 3rd Baron Mottistone. He was a grandson ofSir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet. He was baptised withWinston Churchill and the thenDuke of Cornwall (subsequently Edward VIII, and then later Duke of Windsor) as his godparents.
He served in theRoyal Navy, ultimately reaching the rank of captain. He commandedCossack between 1958 and 1959 andAjax between 1963 and 1965. In 1966 he succeeded to the barony and retired from the service.[2]
He wasLord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1986 to 1995 and the lastGovernor of theIsle of Wight from 1992 to 1995, where the Seely family have played a prominent role since the 1850s. He was created aCommander of the Order of the British Empire in 1984 and made an HonoraryDoctor of Literature byBournemouth University in 1993. He was also an ex officio member of TheRoyal Yacht Squadron. He died on 24 November 2011. He was succeeded by his eldest son Peter John Philip Seely, born 29 October 1949, who was a godson ofPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight 1986–1995 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Baron Mottistone 1966–2011 | Succeeded by Peter John Philip Seely |
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