Major Ricarde Seaver was born named Francis Rickard in Rush North County Dublin Ireland in 1836. He was among many other things he was chief Inspector of mines in the Argentine Republic.He died in 1906 in the Isle of Wight.
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.
In 1881 he translated William Crookes' "Radiant Material" into Spanish for a lecture to the Britannic Association.
In 1895 he donated a seal impression to the British Museum. In the same year he is listed as Chairman of Rhodesian Claims Ltd and Director of the Bechuanaland Exploration Company. In one of the few places to list his address he is shown as living at 16 Grafton Street in central London an elegant five storey Regency townhouse.
In 1900 he stood (unsuccessfully) for election as the Conservative candidate in West Newington.
In 1902 he appears as Chairman of Norseman Gold Mines Ltd (offices based in London) at the point of its liquidation. This appears to be a mine in South Africa rather than the later Australian company of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._I._Ricarde-Seaver
See Also
Affairs of the Keely Motor Company
Chronology
Helpers on the Road and Hinderers
Keely Motor Company
Letter from Charles Collier to Ricarde-Seaver
The Keely Motor Company