Baron Chatfield, of Ditchling in the County of Sussex, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the naval commander Ernle Chatfield. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ...
Ernle David Lewis Chatfield, 2nd Baron Chatfield (b. 1917)
There is no heir to the Barony. 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alfred Ernle Monttacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield (1873-1967) was a British naval officer who served as First Sea Lord from 1933 until 1938. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Chatfield was born in Southsea, the only son of Admiral Alfred John Chatfield, and entered the Royal Navy in 1886.
After the war Chatfield served as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy from 1925 to 1928, as Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet from 1929 to 1930 and of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1930 to 1932, and as First Sea Lord from 1933 until 1938.
In 1939 Lord Chatfield succeeded Sir Thomas Inskip as Minister for Coordination of Defence in the government of Neville Chamberlain, despite having a non-political background.
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