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...a Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of Controller of the Navy==

...11 October, 1865 – 10 September, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Educated at the Royal Naval School.

...often as ships were damaged, retired or transferred. For tactical reasons the squadron was divided into two divisions. ...rand Fleet]] at sea at sunset, April, 1915.<br><small>Photo: United States Navy. Naval History and Heritage Command. NH2714.</small>]]

...&ndash; 20 April, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, and on 25 January, 1878, joined the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmou

...Director-General (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Director-General]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...Paymaster (Royal Navy)|Staff Paymaster]] on 1 January, 1901, for services in South Africa.{{Gaz|27263|82|4 January, 1901}}

...ed the German East Asia Squadron at the [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]] in December, 1914. ...ant on 31 December, 1883, and reappointed to the ''Flirt'' from that date. The ship paid off on 29 February, 1884, and he went on a month's full pay leave

...he Fleet Sir Charles E. Madden, Bart.<br><small>Photograph: By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] ...62 &ndash; 5 June, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

...ed (2 November, 1866 &ndash; 29 April, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...as awarded the Freeman prize; a silver watch and chain valued at £10: and the Yarborough Scholarship; value of 35 guineas (just under £37).<ref>Kiddle.

[[File:Bethell, IWM ART 1719.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 1917.<br><small>Portrait: Francis Dodd. © ...5 &ndash; 13 June, 1932) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].

...Retired (26 February, 1872 &ndash; 26 October, 1949) was a British [[Royal Navy]] officer and courtier. ...tery of naval guns in the Defence of Ladysmith, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.

...enry Hamilton]], would also serve in the Navy in both World Wars, reaching the rank of {{CommRN}}. ..."I am glad to see that the Admiralty have recognised your good services by the promotion you so well merit."<ref>Houston Stewart to Hamilton. Letter of 2

...was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, wh ...ref> Herbert had first developed an interest in joining the navy when, at the age of ten, he had visited Portsmouth. He attended St Mark's School, near

...'''Fourth Battle Squadron''' was a formation of battleships in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...became the Fourth Battle Squadron of the [[First Fleet (Royal Navy)|First Fleet]].

...00px|The Honourable Horace L. A. Hood in mourning as a {{CaptRN}}, [[Royal Navy]].]] ...fficer of undoubted ability, he died leading the {{UK-BCS|3}} in action at the [[Battle of Jutland]].

[[File:May, IWM Q 80193.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir William H. May.<br><small>Photograph: © IWM (Q 80193).</small>]] ...30) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the period leading up to the [[First World War]].

...r]], emerging as one of the pioneers of war-time aviation, before becoming in retirement a politician. ...ich he was invalided on 7 April, 1891. Sueter went back to England in May in S.S. ''Sardinian'' where proper care had him ready for further appointments

...on to his years of service at sea, he held the distinction of becoming the first British Flag Officer to become a qualified aeroplane pilot. ...ut of the successful batch of forty-six.<ref>"Naval Cadetships" (News). ''The Times''. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue '''28982''', col A, p. 14.</ref>

...874 &ndash; 2 May, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. He was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 14 July, 1894.{{Gaz|26681|6252|19 November, 18

[[File:Vice-Admiral Wilson (LoC).jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of ...and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.

...ash; 15 September, 1948) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]] and a historian. ...istopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Christopher Cradock]]. He entered the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] on 15 Janu