Jellicoe:Command and China

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The Life of Admiral of the Fleet
John Rushworth Jellicoe,
First Earl Jellicoe
5 December, 1869 – 20 November, 1935
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Chapters
Background and Early Life • Service as Lieutenant • Commander • Command and China • Director of Naval Ordnance • Flag Rank and Controller • Sea Service and Second Sea Lord • Command of the Grand Fleet • The War at Sea, 1914-1916 • The Battle of Jutland • After Jutland • First Sea Lord and the Submarine Menace • Controversy and Dismissal • Empire Tour • Governor-General of New Zealand • The Jutland Controversy • Retirement • Death and Legacy

Jellicoe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1897.[1]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Division, or Companion, of the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 9 November, 1900, "in recognition of services rendered during the recent disturbance in China."[2]

Jellicoe paid off Centurion on 19 September, 1901. On 8 November he was appointed to President for service at the Admiralty as Naval Assistant to the Controller. His salary was fixed at £950 per annum.

By his own account, Jellicoe asked Gwendoline to marry him on 8 February, 1902.[3] They were married at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, in the afternoon of 1 July. The Reverend F. G. G. Jellicoe, of Alverstoke, Hants., his brother, officiated. George Aston, now a Lieutenant-Colonel, and also a Companion of the Bath, was best man. Prince Henry of Prussia sent sent Captain Coerper of the Imperial German Navy to represent him.[4]

He returned to sea on 12 August, 1903, in command of the armoured cruiser Drake. On 31 October he was appointed a "member of a Committee to enquire into causes of flooding compartments of Prince George other than those injured by collision with Hannibal." Drake was inspected by Rear-Admiral Wilmot H. Fawkes in October, 1904, who noted of Jellicoe, "Has great zeal & ability & a thorough knowledge of his profession. He has shown in leading the lee line that he will handle a squadron well. I believe his constitution is sound but long hours tire him."[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 3. 1 January, 1897.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27245. p. 6853. 9 November, 1900.
  3. ↑ Bacon. p. 134.
  4. ↑ "Court and Social" (Court and Social). The Times. Wednesday, 2 July, 1902. Issue 36809, col B, p. 10.
  5. ↑ Jellicoe Service Record. ADM 196/87. f. 27.

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