At the end of January 1827 Colonel Sir Horace Seymour moved into apartments in the southwest corner of Base Court. His arrival caused something of a stir among the younger ladies at Hampton Court. Very recently widowed, a Knight, a Colonel, a hero of Waterloo and still only in his mid thirties, he was a dashing and eligible figure indeed.

His attendance at Chapel Royal services was soon accompanied by fainting fits, the unfortunate ladies somehow always managing to fall into his arms!