Sir Admiral of the Fleet Earl John Jellicoe GCVO OM GCB SGM DL
(1859-1935)
Sea Gallantry Medal recipient, Deputy Lieutenant, Royal Navy Sub-lieutenant (1878-1880), Royal Navy Lieutenant (1880-1891), Royal Navy Commander (1891-1897), Royal Navy Captain (1897-1901), Companion of the Order of the Bath (1900-1911), Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1906-1907), Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1907-1916), Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1911-1915), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (from 1915), Order of Merit recipient (from 1916), Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (from 1916), 1st Viscount Jellicoe (1918-1935), Admiral of the Fleet (from 1919), 1st Earl Jellicoe (from 1925), and 1st Viscount Brocas (1925-1935)
Died aged c. 76
Wikidata WikipediaAdmiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, DL, SGM (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. Jellicoe made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port, at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain, but the public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory given that they outnumbered the enemy. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. He also served as the Governor-General of New Zealand in the early 1920s.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe OM 1859-1935 lived here
25 Draycott Place, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3, London, United Kingdom where they lived
John Jellicoe 1st Earl Jellicoe 1859-1935 Admiral of the Fleet was born here
2 Cranbury Place, Southampton, United Kingdom where they was born (1859)