David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone


Captain David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone was a British peer.
Seely was born in 1920. He was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Mottistone from his second marriage to Evelyn Izme Murray daughter of Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 1st Viscount Elibank and 10th Lord Elibank. He was a grandson of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet. He was baptised with Winston Churchill and the then Duke of Cornwall as his godparents.
He served in the Royal Navy reaching the rank of captain before retiring in 1966. He commanded between 1958 and 1959 and between 1963 and 1965.
He was Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight from 1986 to 1995 and the last Governor of the Isle of Wight from 1992 to 1995, where the Seely family have played a prominent role since the 1850s. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Literature by Bournemouth University in 1993 and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1984. He was also a member of The Royal Yacht Squadron. He died on 24 November 2011.
He was succeeded by his eldest son Peter John Philip Seely born 29 October 1949, who is a godson of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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