F. I. Ricarde-Seaver
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c. 1850
- Dona Marie Louise Christine do Godoy de Bassano y Crowe
- Lucretia Charras
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| Born | Francisco Ignacio Ricarde-Seaver c. 1850 |
| Died | 15 July 1906 Ventnor, England |
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Major Francisco Ignacio Ricarde-Seaver (occasionally Ricarde-Lever) FRSE FGS (c. 1850 – 1906) was a 19th-century Spanish soldier and amateur geologist and botanist. He corresponded with Joseph Dalton Hooker on various issues.[1] He had strong associations to several gold mines, mainly in South Africa.
His background and place of birth is unclear. He is termed "Major" in most references and is presumed to have been in the Royal Engineers (due to his mining interests) or possibly (due to his connections to Sir Charles Metcalfe) in the Rifle Brigade.
In 1872 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Robert William Thomson.[2]
In 1881 he translated William Crookes' "Radiant Material" into Spanish for a lecture to the Britannic Association.[3]
In 1895 he donated a seal impression to the British Museum.[4] In the same year he is listed as Chairman of Rhodesian Claims Ltd and Director of the Bechuanaland Exploration Company.[5] In one of the few places to list his address he is shown as living at 16 Grafton Street in central London[6] an elegant five storey Regency townhouse.
In 1900 he stood (unsuccessfully) for election as the Conservative candidate in West Newington.[7]
In 1902 he appears as Chairman of Norseman Gold Mines Ltd (offices based in London) at the point of its liquidation.[8] This appears to be a mine in South Africa rather than the later Australian company of the same name.