Sir Hugh Seely, Baron Sherwood
Hugh Seely, son of the second Sir Charles Seely, was the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Air for a substantial part of the Second World War (1941–45) and was created Baron Sherwood in 1941.
Hugh Michael Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood (2 October 1898 – 1 April 1970) was a British Liberal politician. He was the third baronet of the Seely family, of Sherwood Lodge, Nottinghamshire.
Our village’s elegant ruin
Was once owned by an eccentric Peer.
Navigating between four ladies
He would sometimes drop anchor here.