David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (17 January 1871- 11 March 1936), was an admiral in the Royal Navy. Admiral David Beatty. ... Admiral David Beatty. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Born in Nantwich, Cheshire, he joined the Royal Navy in January 1884. He served as a midshipman on the Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Alexandria from 1886 until 1888 when he was transferred to HMS Cruiser. He was at the gunnery school, HMS Excellent from 1890 until 1892 when he was promoted to lieutenant. He was on the corvette HMS Ruby until 1893 when he was transferred to the battleship HMS Camperdown until 1895. Ironically he joined the ship shortly after a collision between it and HMS Victoria had nearly killed his future chief at the Battle of Jutland, John Jellicoe. Following Camperdown he went to the battleship HMS Trafalgar. In 1897 he was given his first command, the destroyer HMS Ranger. Nantwich is a market town in south Cheshire, England, in the Borough and parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich. ... This article is about the English county. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... For the fishes called midshipman, see Midshipman fish In the navies of English-speaking countries, a midshipman is a subordinate officer, or a commissioned officer of the lowest rank. ... The Mediterranean Fleet was part of the Royal Navy. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... HMS Cruiser Screw Sloop 1,130T, Training ship, formerly HMS Kingfisher built Sheerness Dock Yard, launched 16th December 1879, (believed broken up 20th May 1905) ... There have been a number of real ships named HMS Excellent over the years, but since around 1920 the name has been associated with the Royal Naval Gunnery training School at Whale Island in Portsmouth Harbour. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... HMS Camperdown was an Admiral class battleship of the UK Royal Navy. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... HMS Victoria was one of two Victoria class battleships of the Royal Navy. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859- November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... HMS Trafalgar was one of two Trafalgar class battleships. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ...

Beatty gained recognition in the recapture of the Sudan (1897-1899), where he was selected as second in command by Lord Kitchener for his Khartoum expedition. He was promoted to commander during the expedition, in 1898. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Earl Kitchener The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850–5 June 1916) was a British Field Marshal and statesman. ... Map of Sudan with Khartoum Map of Khartoum with Ohmdurman and Bahri Khartoum (Arabic الخرطوم al-Ḫarṭūm elephant trunk) is the capital of Sudan, as well as the capital of the state of Khartoum. ... Insignia of a United States Navy Commander Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

He gained further recognition as a member of the British naval brigade during the Boxer Rebellion (1900), which he joined from the battleship HMS Barfleur on the China Station where he was second in command. During the capture of Tientsin in June he was twice wounded in an arm. Boxer forces, 1900 photograph The Boxer Uprising (Traditional Chinese: 義和團起義; Simplified Chinese: 义和团起义; pinyin: ; The Righteous and Harmonious Fists) was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, from November 1899 to September 7, 1901. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barfleur after the battle of Barfleur: Barfleur, launched 1892, was a Centurion-class battleship, broken up in 1910. ... Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; pinyin: tiān jīn; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is a harbour municipality in China on the Hai He River (from Beijing) and Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean). ...

In 1900 he married a wealthy heiress, Ethel Tree, the only daughter of department store founder Marshall Field, and this allowed him much independence that poorer officers lacked. She is reputed to have commented after he was threatened with disciplinary action following the straining of his ship's engines "What? Court martial my David? I'll buy them a new ship" [1]. 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ...

The couple had houses in London, Leicestershire and Scotland, and circulated in high society, even occasionally dining with the King. Beatty was well known for his flamboyant character, which included wearing a non-standard uniform, which had only three buttons instead of the regulation four on the jacket and always wearing his cap at an angle. Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... Transport in Scotland List of not fully sovereign nations National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland List of Universities in Scotland List of Scots List of Scottish writers List of Monarchs of Scotland References This article does not cite... This page describes uniform in the sense of clothing. ...

He was captain of HMS Duke of Wellington in 1900 to 1902, and the cruisers HMS Juno, HMS Arrogant in 1903-1904 and HMS Suffolk from 1904 until 1905. He then went ashore and became the naval advisor to the Army Council in 1906. HMS Duke of Wellington, was a major British warship of the mid-19th century, symptomatic of an era of rapid technological change in the Royal Navy, powered both by sail and steam. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Juno after the Roman goddess Juno, launched in 1896, was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Suffolk, after the county of Suffolk. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The IRA Army Council is the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, more commonly known as the IRA, a paramilitary group dedicated to the removal of the British presence in Ireland. ...

He was made captain of the battleship HMS Queen in 1908 and promoted to Rear Admiral on 1 January 1910, becoming, at 39, the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy except for Royal family members since Horatio Nelson. Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Queen. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...

He was offered the post of second-in-command of the Atlantic Fleet, but declined it and asked for one in the Home Fleet. As the Atlantic Fleet post was a major command, the Admiralty were very unimpressed and he nearly ruined his career. He was put on half pay in 1912 but his career was saved when the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, whom he knew from the Sudan, appointed him private secretary. He commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron between 1912, and 1916. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...

During the Great War, he took part in actions at Heligoland Bight (1914), Dogger Bank (1915) and Jutland (1916). He was an aggressive commander who expected his subordinates to always use their initiative without direct orders from himself. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Battle of Heligoland Bight - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle fought near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

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Jutland proved to be decisive in Beatty's career, although it meant the loss of three of his battlecruisers. Beatty is reported to have remarked "there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today" after two of them had exploded within half an hour during the battle. Churchill's account of the First World War, The World Crisis, describes Beatty's next order as "Steer two points nearer the enemy" but this is apocryphal. His next order was to turn away by two points and in any case a few minutes later he reversed his fleet's course to fulfill its anticipated role of leading the German forces towards the main British fleet. Image File history File links i would like to see some quotations by or about goebbels. ... Wikiquote logo Wikiquote is a sister project of Wikipedia, using the same MediaWiki software. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... HMS Hood (left) and HMS Barham (right), in Malta, 1937. ...

Admiral John Jellicoe, described in Churchill's book as the man who could "lose the war in an afternoon" by losing the strategic British superiority in dreadnought battleships, was not the dashing showman that was David Beatty. When Jellicoe was promoted to First Sea Lord in 1916, partly to reduce the huge merchant ship losses caused by U-boats, he was replaced as commander of the Grand Fleet by Beatty. Jellicoe was subsequently replaced by David Lloyd George as First Lord by Beatty for failing to institute convoys. Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859- November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

However, Beatty disappointed many of his supporters by continuing many of Jellicoe's policies. Although, he did support David Lloyd George in the introduction of convoys in the Atlantic. In 1919, he was appointed Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord until his retirement in 1927. Also during 1919, he was created 1st Earl Beatty, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby. The Right Honourable David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the last Liberal to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...

David Beatty spent much of his life (when not at sea) in Leicestershire, and lived at Brooksby Hall (now an agricultural college). During the war he and his wife performed many services for the public of Leicestershire, including opening up their home first as a VAD Hospital under the 5th Northern General Hospital, and later a hospital for Naval Personnel. Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ...

The Royal Navy named a King George V-class battleship after Beatty, however this ship was renamed HMS Howe before completion. HMS Howe was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral Richard Howe. ...

The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Earl Beatty is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

References

• Andrew Gordon, The rules of the game - Jutland and British Naval Command ISBN 0719555426