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Encyclopedia > Henry Bradwardine Jackson
Sir Henry Jackson
18551929

Allegiance Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands First Sea Lord
Battles/wars World War One

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson was born in 1855 and died in 1929. He was British First Sea Lord during much of World War I. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Royal Navy Insignia The flag of an Admiral of the Fleet is the Flag of the United Kingdom, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals flags. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Royal Navy Insignia The flag of an Admiral of the Fleet is the Flag of the United Kingdom, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals flags. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow...


Early life

Henry Jackson entered the navy in 1868 and gained an early reputation as a pioneer of ship-to-ship radio technology, where he worked with Marconi, earning himself appointment as a Fellow to the Royal Society. He was promoted through the ranks to Vice Admiral. From 1905-1908 Jackson served as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy. After that he was promoted to full Admiral and served as head of the Naval War College at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich from 1911 to 1913 and afterwards on the Admiralty War Staff. The arrival of the First World War in August 1914 enabled Jackson to work on the co-ordination of British attacks on Germany's colonial possessions. 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Marconi may be: People Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) Corporations: Alenia Marconi Systems GEC Marconi Marconi plc (formerly GEC) Marconi Electronic Systems Matra Marconi Space This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... The Third Sea Lord was the old title of the senior officer responsible for procurement in the Royal Navy. ... The Old Royal Naval College The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, in the centre of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site in London. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


First Sea Lord

He was selected as the surprise successor to Admiral Fisher upon the latter's spectacular resignation in May 1915. Despite his cordial working relationship with First Lord of the Admiralty (and former Prime Minister) Arthur Balfour, Jackson was sometimes seen to be a weak First Sea Lord, overly concerning himself with administrative matters and ineffectually attempting to extend the Dover Barrage. Jackson did however oppose Winston Churchill's original Dardanelles plans, believing a naval expedition without army support on land to be unfeasible. With British naval success rather low in 1916 arguments grew for Jackson's replacement as First Sea Lord. Consequently Sir John Jellicoe was appointed to replace Jackson in November 1916. 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 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. ... Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905. ... Churchill redirects here. ... 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. ...


Later life

Jackson saw out the rest of the war as King George V's aide-de-camp and as president of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. In 1919 Jackson was appointed Admiral of the Fleet; he retired five years later and died in 1929.

Military Offices
Preceded by
Unknown
Third Sea Lord
1905–1908
Succeeded by
John Jellicoe
Preceded by
The Lord Fisher
First Sea Lord
1915–1916
Succeeded by
John Jellicoe

  Results from FactBites:
 
First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Henry Jackson (290 words)
Jackson, who entered the navy in 1868, attained an early reputation as a pioneer of ship-to-ship radio technology, where he worked with Marconi, earning himself appointment as a Fellow to the Royal Society.
Jackson did however oppose Winston Churchill's original Dardanelles plans, believing a naval expedition without army support on land to be unfeasible.
Jackson saw out the rest of the war as King George V's aide-de-camp and as president of the Royal Naval College at Greenwich.
Protestant Reformed Theological Journal - April 2001 (19153 words)
Bradwardine called upon a distinction made by Augustine between necessitas invita and voluntaria, that is, a necessity upon man that is involuntary versus a necessity that is in some way voluntary.
Bradwardine, on the other hand, uses this concept to depress the merits and powers of His creatures: God's presence everywhere, far from exalting them, is a measure of their dependence upon Him.
Bradwardine defines predestination as "God's prevolition, or pre-determination of his will, respecting what shall come to pass."32 He does not limit that predetermination of God to the final state of men.
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