J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone

Major-General The Right Honourable The Lord Mottistone CB CMG DSO TD PC JP DL
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
In office 24 January 1918 – 7 November 1947
Monarchs	George V Edward VIII George VI
Preceded by	The Marquess of Winchester
Succeeded by	The Viscount Portal
Secretary of State for War
In office 12 June 1912 – 30 March 1914
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	The Viscount Haldane
Succeeded by	H. H. Asquith
Personal details
Born	John Edward Bernard Seely (1868-05-31)31 May 1868 Brookhill Hall, Derbyshire, England
Died	7 November 1947(1947-11-07) (aged 79) Westminster, England
Political party	Conservative Liberal
Spouses	Emily Crichton ​ ​ (m. 1895; died 1913)​ Evelyn Murray ​ (m. 1917)​
Children	8, including David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone
Parent(s)	Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet Emily Evans
Relatives	Brough Scott (grandson) Sophie Hunter (great-great-granddaughter) Bob Seely (great-great nephew)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1889–1923
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Hampshire Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry
Commands	Canadian Cavalry Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (6) Territorial Decoration Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de guerre (France)

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, CB, CMG, DSO, TD, PC, JP, DL (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924. He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, before being forced to resign as a result of the Curragh Incident. 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.