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Encyclopedia > Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield

Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, PC (1873-1967) was a British naval officer. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. ...


Chatfield was born in Southsea, the only son of Admiral Alfred John Chatfield, and entered the Royal Navy in 1886. During the First World War he served as Flag Captain of H.M.S. Lion and was present at the the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, at the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915 and at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Location within the British Isles. ... 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. ... 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. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Battle of Heligoland Bight - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, involving units of the Royal Navy and the German Fleet. ... 1915 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 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. ...


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. He was promoted to Admiral in 1930 and to Admiral of the Fleet in 1935, and in 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Chatfield, of Ditchling in the County of Surrey. The Third Sea Lord was the old title of the senior officer responsible for procurement in the Royal Navy. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Admiral of the Fleet is a supreme naval position that has existed both in historical navies and several modern day navies of the 21st century. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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. Hey. ... Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. ... The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament on Britains defences. ... The Right Honourable Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869–9 November 1940) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937–1940. ...


In this role his view of Russia in 1939 as a possible ally against Germany was that she "would be of considerable, though not of great, military value". However as the Cabinet continued to discuss a possible alliance he said that: Hey. ... The Varangian dynasty lasted several centuries, during which they affiliated with the Byzantine, or Orthodox church and moved the capital to Kiev in 1169 A.D. In this era the term Rhos, or Russ, first came to be applied to the Varangians and later also to the Slavs who peopled...


"...if for fear of making an alliance with Russia we drove that country into the German camp we should of made a mistake of vital and far-reaching importance".


Chatfield also advocated transforming the British economy into war production before war broke out in 1939 by curtailing domestic consumption. However Oliver Stanley at the Board of Trade refused, arguing that such a move would be 'revolutionary' in peacetime. War economy is the term used to describe the contingencies undertaken by the modern state to mobilize its economy for war production. ... Hey. ... Oliver Frederick George Stanley (1896-1950) was a prominent British Conservative politician who held many ministerial posts before his early death when it was assumed he would soon assume higher office. ... The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions. ...


Chatfield served as Minister for Coordination of Defence through the outbreak of the Second World War, but exercised little influence. He was asked to resign in April 1940 and the post was abolished. The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament on Britains defences. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...



Preceded by:
Sir Frederick Field
First Sea Lord
1933–1938
Succeeded by:
Sir Roger Backhouse
Preceded by:
Sir Thomas Inskip
Minister for Coordination of Defence
1939
Succeeded by:


Frederick Field (1953-). Hes a heir to Marshall Field who founded the Marshall Field and Company of department stores. ... The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. ... The position of Minister for Coordination of Defence was a British Cabinet position established in 1936 to oversee and co-ordinate the rearmament on Britains defences. ...



Preceded by:
New Creation
Baron Chatfield
Succeeded by:
Ernle David Lewis Chatfield


Baron Chatfield, of Ditchling in the County of Sussex, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...


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