the Duke of Windsor) as his godparents Seely's grandson Brough Scott, who presented horseracing television programmes, wrote a biography of Seely, Galloper Jack (2003). Seely was a maternal great-great-grandfather of theatre director Sophie Hunter. The present Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, Bob Seely, is his great-great nephew. In popular culture According to the Sir Alfred Munnings Art Museum (Alfred Munnings was a former president of the Royal Academy of Arts and famous horse painter) "Without doubt his most important painting was that of General J. E. B. Seely (later Lord Mottistone) on his charger Warrior which led to his commission to paint the Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary." Jack Seely was featured in the HBO film Into the Storm in 2009. At the end of the film Churchill reads a sympathetic post-election note from his old friend Jack Seely: "I feel our world slipping away." Churchill thinks back: "I met him in South Africa, riding across the veldt. He was Col. Seely then. I saw him at the head of a column of British cavalry, riding twenty yards in front, on a black horse. I thought of him as the very symbol of British Imperial power." The Testimony Films 2012 documentary War Horse: The Real Story contained extensive discussion of the First World War service of Seely and his widely revered horse, Warrior. Warrior was adopted as his formation's mascot and had a reputation for bravery under fire. Warrior survived the war, dying in 1941 at the age of 33. In September 2014, the horse was posthumously awarded an honorary PDSA Dickin Medal for bravery. Writings Adventure (1930) - featuring an introduction by Lord Birkenhead, praising his skill as a raconteur. Fear and Be Slain: Adventures by land, sea and air (1931) Launch! A Life-Boat Book (1932) For Ever England (1932) My Horse Warrior (1934) – a biography of his charger The Paths of Happiness (1938) Seely's books shed light on his personality but are not always factually reliable. Electoral record References Sources Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 107th Edition Volume III Dictionary of National Biography, 1941–1950. richardlangworth.com telegraph.co.uk express.co.uk warriorwarhorse.com , essay on Seely written by Roger Fulford, revised by Mark Pottle External links J.E.B. Seely at National Registry of Archives Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – Seely, John Edward Bernard (requires login) The Mighty Warrior – Extended story of the Canadian cavalry horse 1868 births