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"SIR OWEN SEAMAN (1861-), English poet and editor of Punch (see 2 4.543), was knighted in 1914. His later volumes include War Time (1915); Made in England (1916) and From the Home Front (1918), mainly reprints of verses contributed to Punch. At the beginning of the World War he joined the " Veterans" corps of the former Inns of Court Volunteers, later known as the Inns of Court Reserve Corps (2nd batt. of the County of London Volunteer Regt.). He was gazetted lieutenant in 1916.