British Admirals of the Fleet

by T A Heathcote

  commandos, 61, 147–48, 152, 189, 234, 278, 282

  Commerell, Sir John, 53–54, 180

  Congo, 228

  Conolly, Vice-Adm Richard L, USN, 148

  Constantinople (Istanbul), 53, 66, 111; (1878), 10, 54, 79, 120, 160, 163, 179

  Controllers (Comptrollers) of the Navy, 21, 41, 75, 77, 80, 85, 89, 94, 105, 127, 129, 130, 154, 163, 166, 168, 169, 206, 214, 267

  convoy protection operations, 14, 58, 89, 100, 105, 114, 122, 124–25, 132, 138, 156, 162, 213, 217–18, 233, 242, 246–47, 251

  Copenhagen, 119; (2 Apr 1801) 105; bombardment of (2–7 Sep 1807) 29, 81, 95, 96

  Cork and Orrery, Earl of see Boyle, Sir William

  Coronel (1 Nov 1914), 35, 83, 239

  Corsica, 48, 133, 134, 167

  Creasy, Sir George, 55–56, 234

  Crete, 28, 60, 186, 194, 237

  Crimean War (1854–56), 19, 47, 52–53, 79, 111, 116, 118, 142–43, 159, 168, 170, 175, 191, 208, 224, 227, 237, 241, 265

  Cuba, 80, 175, 256

  Cunningham, Sir Andrew, Viscount

  Cunningham of Hyndhope, 56–62, 63, 234, 264

  Cunningham, Sir John, 61, 62–64

  Curtis, Sir Lucius, 64–65

  Curtis, Adm Sir Roger, 64, 96

  Cyprus, 16, 111, 120

  Dalmatia (Croatia), 102

  Dardanelles; (1878) see Constantinople (1878); (1915), 31, 57, 66, 83, 85, 88, 90, 146, 161, 170, 219, 231, 251; (1922), 35, 41, 137 see also Chanak crisis

  De Robeck, Sir John, 65–67, 85, 146, 231, 251

  Delaware, 124, 256

  Derby, Earls of see Stanley

  Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, Prime Minister, 54, 171, 176

  Dnepr estuary, 160, 224, 237, 265

  dockyards, 13, 21, 41, 42, 115, 135, 136, 168, 259, 260; Pembroke, 40; Portsmouth, 39, 80; Plymouth (Devonport) 168, 237; Malta 52, 65, 237; Chatham 103, 157; Woolwich, 237; Rosyth, 244

  Dogger Bank (24 Jan 1915), 25, 34, 35, 41, 244

  Dominica (17 Apr 1780), 254

  Dover Patrol, 58, 131, 146, 216, 252

  Dundas, Henry, Viscount Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty, 50, 94, 95, 136

  Dunkirk (26 May–4 June 1940), 56, 217, 232

  East Indies Fleet, 77, 90, 187

  Eastern Fleet, 16, 89, 154, 187, 195, 210, 219, 233, 264

  Eastman’s Naval Academy, Southsea, 84, 169, 227

  Eden, George, first Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, 175, 208

  Edinburgh, Dukes of see Alfred Ernest Albert, HRH Prince, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Philip, HRH Prince

  Edward Augustus, HRH Duke of York and Albany, 123

  Edward VII, HM King, 4, 5, 9, 11, 67–68, 69, 83, 97–99, 143–44, 173, 179–81, 185, 209, 250–51,262, 266

  Edward VIII, HM King, 4, 5, 68–70, 98–99, 184–185, 263

  Egypt; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 18, 46, 165, 201; under Mehemet Ali, 51, 71, 118, 237; British conquest of (1882–83), 36, 80, 121,128, 163, 172, 180, 238, 266; First World War, 69, 88, 251; Second World War, 60, 138, Suez campaign (1956), 189

  El Teb, Sudan (29 Mar 1884), 266

  Ellenborough, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, 30, 50

  Elliot, Sir Charles, 71–72

  Elliot, the Hon Sir George, 71, 241

  Erskine, Sir James, 72–73

  Escape Creek (25 May 1857), 142, 170

  Eshowe (3 Apr 1879), 221

  Esquimalt, British Columbia, 265

  Ethiopia (Abyssinia), 43, 59, 85, 137, 212, 216, 232, 246

  Eton College, 22, 122, 170, 265

  Eyres-Monsell, Sir Bolton, First Lord of the Admiralty, 42, 76

  Falkland Islands, 12, 266; (1770), 110, 124; (8 Dec 1914), 83, 240; (1982) 78, 152, 153, 159

  Fanshawe, Sir Arthur, 73–74

  Far East Fleet, 15, 16,115, 152, 157, 234

  Fashoda Incident (1898), 24, 194

  Fat-shan Creek (1 Jun 1857), 71, 79, 142, 227

  Ferrol, 46, 109, 176, 207

  field marshals, 1, 3, 4, 26, 68, 69, 70, 78, 99, 131, 145, 188, 198, 210, 259, 262

  Field, Sir Frederick, 40, 74–76, 141, 164, 216

  Fieldhouse, Sir John, Lord Fieldhouse, 76–78, 159

  Finisterre, 13, 66, 92, 93, 107, 166, 167, 236; (3 May 1747), 13, 107

  Fisher, Sir John, Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, 4, 24, 32, 34, 40, 67, 78–84, 120, 127–130, 144, 163, 169, 170, 172–73, 181–82, 194, 195, 202, 215–216, 239–40, 245, 265–269

  Fisher, Adm Sir William, 32, 216

  fishery protection duties, 113, 175, 226

  Fleet Air Ann, 28, 42, 63, 137, 139, 147, 148, 162

  Florida, 102

  flotillas

  1st, 77, 152; 1st Destroyer, 55, 58, 157, 161, 243, 246; 2nd, 22, 234; 2nd Destroyer, 149, 241, 243; 2nd Minesweeping, 151; 3rd Destroyer, 243; 4th Destroyer, 31, 161, 243; 5th Destroyer, 55, 185; 6th Destroyer, 58; 6th Minesweeping, 234; 8th Destroyer, 28, 242; 8th Submarine, 145; 13th Destroyer, 241; 14th Destroyer, 151; 19th Destroyer, 246; 104th Minesweeping, 234; White Russian Caspian, 88

  Flushing (Vlissingen), 49, 236

  Forbes, Sir Charles, 33, 84–86, 185

  Forbes, the Hon John, 3, 86–87

  Force H, 14, 156, 161, 232, 264

  Force K, 154, 219

  Fort McHenry, Baltimore (12 Sep 1814), 50, 102

  Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) 179, 224

  Fraser, Sir Bruce, Lord Fraser of North Cape, 60–61, 88–91, 154, 187, 233

  Frederick Augustus, HRH Duke of York and Albany, 257, 259

  Freeman, William Peere Williams, 3, 91–92, 262

  French Revolutionary War (1793–1802), 17, 29, 45, 47, 64, 93, 94, 100, 105, 125, 133, 165, 167, 176, 198, 200, 206, 211, 225, 229, 248, 253, 255, 258

  Gage, Gen the Honourable Thomas, 92, 201

  Gage, Sir William, 92–94, 201

  Gallipoli, 57, 127, 251 see also Dardanelles (1915)

  Gambier, Sir James, Lord Gambier, 3, 17-, 19, 94–96, 230, 260

  Gardner, Vice-Admiral Sir Alan, 135, 212

  Gate Pa, New Zealand (29 Apr 1864), 121

  Geddes, Sir Eric, First Lord of the Admiralty 131, 203, 251

  Genoa, 18, 47, 48, 132, 161, 222

  George, HRH Prince Regent, Prince of Wales see George IV

  George I, HM King, 122, 196, 235

  George II, HM King, 2, 183

  George III, HM King, 3, 123, 125, 135, 256, 258

  George IV, HM King, 3, 92, 136, 229, 259, 260

  George V, HM King, 4, 5, 11, 25, 41, 50, 68–70, 76, 84, 97–98, 99–100, 113, 141, 171, 174, 180, 183, 192, 210, 250, 251, 259, 262

  George VI, HM King, 4, 5, 70, 98, 99–100, 185, 188

  Georgia, North America, 46, 50, 117

  German Navy, 5, 39, 112, 113, 144, 192, 261

  Gibraltar, 14, 18, 24, 29, 31, 33, 48, 83, 92, 108, 119, 124, 133, 134, 161, 169, 180, 194, 211, 217, 222, 226, 232, 244, 249, 254, 256, 264, 266

  Gillford, Lord see Meade, Richard, Earl of Clanwilliam

  Gingindlovu, Zululand (2 Apr 1879), 221

  Gladstone, William, Prime Minister, 54, 72, 80, 112, 172, 176, 221

  Glorious First of June, the (1 Jun 1794), 95, 101,105, 125, 206

  Gordon, Sir James, 100–103

  Goschen, George, First Lord of the Admiralty, 144, 172, 176, 221, 222

  Gough-Calthorpe, Sir Somerset, 103–05,

  Grafton, 3rd Duke of, Prime Minister, 109, 229

  Grand Fleet (1914–19), 20, 25–27, 31, 35, 37, 41, 55, 58, 62, 67, 75, 83, 85, 88, 98, 127, 129–31, 146, 161, 164, 203, 215, 231, 239–41, 244–45, 252, 263, 269

  Great Northern War (1700–21), 196, 197, 199

  Greek War of Independence (1821–31), 51, 207

  Grenada, West Indies, 165

  Grenville, George, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Admiralty, 87

  Grenville, Lord, Prime Minister, 136

  “grog” see rum ration

  Guadeloupe, 133, 198, 201, 205, 248
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  Haddington, Earl of, First Lord of the Admiralty, 30, 50, 94, 230

  Haiti, 101, 206 see also Hispaniola

  Halifax, Nova Scotia, 29, 91, 200, 237, 248, 249, 255, 258, 266

  Hall, G H, Viscount Hall, First Lord of the Admiralty, 64, 90

  Halsey, Vice-Adm William F, USN, 154

  Hamond, Sir Graham, 105–106

  Hardy, Capt (later Adm) Thomas Masterman, 48, 248

  Harwich Force, 20, 55, 145, 243, 244

  “haul-down” promotions, 73, 118, 160, 172

  Hawke, Sir Edward, Lord Hawke, 13, 107–110, 123, 222

  Hawkins, Sir James, see Whitshed, Sir James Hawkins

  Hay, Lord John, 110–112, 120

  Healey, Denis, Secretary of State for Defence, 28, 115, 155, 190

  Heligoland, 25, 34, 41, 58, 113, 145, 183, 243, 269; Heligoland Bight (28 Aug 1914), 25

  Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia, Prince, 4, 112–114, 180–81, 261

  High Seas Fleet, 25, 26, 88, 113, 114, 130, 164, 244, 252, 262

  Hill-Norton, Sir Peter, Lord Hill-Norton, 114–16, 157

  Hispaniola, 18, 101, 230 see also Haiti

  Home Fleet, 14, 20–21, 24, 27, 31–34, 37, 39, 56–57, 61–63, 83, 85–86, 89, 104, 114, 130, 137–39, 140–41, 149–54, 156, 160–64, 170, 181–82, 185, 195, 202–03, 212–15, 218–19, 232, 234, 239, 241–43, 245–46, 248, 251, 263–64, 267

  Home Guard, 33, 245

  Honduras, 16, 198, 224, 225

  Hong Kong, 103, 142, 170, 227, 265

  Hood, Adm Sir Alexander, Lord Bridport, 101, 125, 135, 212, 253

  Hood, Adm Sir Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood, 47, 48, 236, 257

  Hope, Sir James, 53, 54, 79,116–117, 227

  Hope, Vice-Admiral Sir William, 257, 259

  Hornby, Sir Geoffrey Phipps,10, 79, 80, 117–121, 128, 193, 209

  hospitals, naval, 12, 103, 220, 264

  Hotham, Sir Charles, 121–22, 172

  Hotham, Adm Sir William, 47–48, 105

  Howe, Sir Richard, 1st Earl Howe, 76, 91, 95, 105, 108, 122–26, 135, 141, 159

  Hyeres, Toulon, (11 Feb 1743), 87, 107, 197, 200, 205, 222

  He de Bourbon (Reunion), 64

  Ile de France (Mauritius), 48, 65

  Ile de Groix, Lorient, 101, 253

  Imperial Defence College, 26, 28, 58, 138, 154, 157, 219, 232, 242

  Indian Mutiny campaign (1857–59), 143, 224, 270

  Indonesia, confrontation with, (1963–66), 28, 152, 234 see also Borneo; Brunei; Sarawak

  Inskip, Sir Thomas, Minister for the Coordination of Defence, 42–3; “Inskip Award”, 137

  Invergordon, 75, 141, 203, 216, 232

  Irrawaddy River, 38, 221

  Jackson, Sir Henry, 126–28, 163, 202, 239

  Jamaica, 107, 122, 160, 199, 200, 205, 229, 258

  Jellicoe, Sir John, Earl Jellicoe, 4, 20, 25, 26, 27, 37, 39, 41, 85, 127, 128–31, 163, 164, 202, 203, 239, 244, 252, 267, 269, 270

  Jenkins’s Ear, War of, (1739–40), 12, 45, 86, 107, 122, 197, 200, 205, 222

  Jervis, Sir John, Earl of St Vincent, 3, 17, 48, 93, 132–36, 166, 177, 200, 201, 206, 255, 271

  John, Sir Caspar, 136–39

  Joint Services Staff College, Latimer, 15, 152

  Jutland (31 May–1 Jun 1916), 5, 25, 27, 35, 37, 41, 60, 75, 84, 85, 99, 127, 130, 161, 164, 183, 202, 215, 240, 241, 244, 245, 263

  kamikaze air attacks (1944–45), 15, 90, 149, 248

  Kassassin, Egypt (28 Aug 1884), 36

  Keith, Adm Lord, 198, 236

  Kelly, Sir John, 76, 139–141, 232

  Keppel, the Hon Sir Henry, 4, 141–43, 170, 265

  Kerch, Sea of Azov (May 1855), 159 Kerr, Lord Walter, 4, 143–44, 171, 222

  Keyes, Sir Roger, Lord Keyes, 62, 76, 144–49, 146, 164, 186, 216, 243, 252

  Kiao-Chow (Jiaozhou), China, 113, 129, 228

  Kidd, Captain William, pirate, 199

  Kinburn (Pokrovskiy), Black Sea, 160, 224, 237, 265

  King, Admiral of the Fleet Ernest J, USN, 61

  “King’s Letter Boys” (AFs joining the Navy as), 195, 199, 222

  Korean War (1950–53), 28, 90, 91, 151, 214

  Kotor inlet, 177

  Ladysmith, Natal (Nov 1899-Feb 1900), 172

  Laing’s Nek, Transvaal (28 Jan 1881), 221

  Lambe, Sir Charles, 15, 139, 149–150

  Lambton, the Hon Hedworth see Meux, the Hon Sir Hedworth Lambton

  Lawrence, Col T E (Lawrence of Arabia), 31, 251

  Le Fanu, Sir Michael, 115, 153–55

  Le Havre, 109, 174

  Leach, Sir Henry, 150–53, 159, 235

  Leeward Islands, 46, 229, 257

  Leghorn (14 Mar 1795), 48, 93

  Lemnos, 251

  Leogane, Haiti, 101, 206

  Levant, 45, 60, 63, 195

  Lewin, Sir Terence, Lord Lewin, 22, 153, 155–159

  Libya, 88, 149, 185, 247, 251

  Lisbon, 48, 86, 94, 105, 122, 134, 136, 143, 166, 191, 226, 230, 235, 255

  Lissa (13 Mar 1811), 102, 177

  Lloyd George, David, Prime Minister, 35, 131, 251

  Long Island, New York, 124, 198, 205

  Lorient, 101, 236, 253

  Louis, Adm Sir Thomas, 18

  Luce, Adm Sir David, 29

  Lucknow (1857–58), 143, 224

  Lyons, Adm Sir Algernon, 159, 160

  Lyons, Sir Edmund, 159–60

  Macclesfield, Earl of see Parker, Sir Thomas

  Macmillan, Harold, Prime Minister, 139, 150, 189

  McGrigor, Sir Rhoderick, 150, 160, 161–62

  McKenna, Reginald, First Lord of the Admiralty, 83, 84, 268

  Madden, Sir Charles, 40, 75, 85, 130, 147, 162–64

  Malaga (24 Aug 1704), 196

  Malaya, 151, 213, 214, 218, 219

  Malta, 24, 41, 52, 58, 62, 65, 81, 85, 120, 128, 194, 237, 252, 266; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 93, 101, 102, 105, 165; Second World War, 14, 60, 89, 154, 156, 185, 213, 219, 233, 247

  Maori War, second (1860–72), 121

  marines, 12, 13, 61, 81, 83, 87, 88, 118, 123, 127, 139, 222, 229, 253

  marshals of the Royal Air Force, 16, 69, 70, 99, 210

  Martin, Sir George, 165–66, 255

  Martin, Sir Thomas, 3, 166–68

  Martinique, 46, 49, 133, 165, 198, 201, 205

  Maryland, 49, 50, 102

  Massachusetts, 92, 107, 124, 201, 229

  Matapan (28 Mar 1941), 28, 60, 210

  Mauritius, 48, 65, 151, 172, 178

  May, Sir Henry, 82, 104, 168–70, 239, 267

  Meade, Richard, Lord Gillford, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam 100, 142, 170–71, 180

  Mediterranean Fleet passim

  Mehemet Ali, ruler of Egypt and Syria, 51, 52, 71, 118, 237

  Melbourne, Viscount, Prime Minister, 71, 144

  Melville, Viscount, see Dundas

  Members of Parliament (AFs sitting as), 7, 30, 45, 46, 50, 54, 83, 87, 108, 111, 123, 133, 166, 168, 174, 197, 198, 200, 206, 212, 223, 235, 237

  Mers-el-Kebir (3 Jul 1940), 156, 217, 232

  Meux, the Hon Sir Hedworth Lambton, 39, 40, 82, 171–74, 181, 273

  Mexico, 19, 49, 106, 249

  Middleton, Adm Sir Charles, Lord Barham, 94, 95, 193

  Milford Haven, Marquess of see Mountbatten, Louis Alexander

  Milne, Sir Alexander, 121, 175–76

  Ministry of all the Talents, 95, 136, 212

  Minorca, 86, 87, 108

  Montenegro, 37, 144

  Montevideo, Uruguay, 53, 71, 225

  Moresby, Sir Faifax, 176–78

  Mountbatten, Louis Alexander, HSH Prince Louis of Battenberg, Marquess of Milford Haven, 10, 34, 39, 82–83, 130, 173–74, 178–83, 192, 209, 239, 269

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 15, 61, 90, 139, 148, 150, 162, 178, 183–190, 209, 217, 233, 247

  Mudros, 58, 104, 251

  Mundy, Sir George, 190–91

  mutinies, 59, 75, 76, 114, 125, 141, 151

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  Naples, 11, 102, 106, 166, 177, 191, 226

  Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, 18, 19, 29, 45, 46, 48, 50, 65, 92, 93, 102, 106, 110, 134, 166, 177, 178, 226, 236, 254, 255, 259

  Narvik (1940), 32, 33, 217 see also Norwegian campaign

  naval aviation, 26, 90, 113, 137, 138, 150, 152, 162, 184, 248 see also Fleet Air Arm; Royal Air Force

  naval brigades and landing parties, 5, 31, 49, 121, 178, 193, 211, 221, 223, 232; French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 29, 177, 201, 207, 236, 253; Sarawak and Brunei (1844–46) 142, 191; Crimean War (1854–56) 111, 142, Second China War (1856–60), 171, 227; Indian Mutiny campaign (1857–58), 143, 224; Egypt (1882–3), 36, 128, 145, 238, Sudan (1884) 36, 266, (1896–98), 23; Anglo-Boer South African War (1899–1902), 57, 80, 172; Boxer Rebellion (1900-01), 24, 38, 74, 129, 145, 229, 265

  naval field gun competition (“Gun Run”), Royal Tournament, 151, 172

  naval gunfire support, 58, 67, 88, 151, 185, 214

  Naval Intelligence, 31, 34, 145, 181, 202, 238, 269

  Navarino (20 Oct 1827), 51, 259

  Nelson, Sir Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 6, 18, 24, 25, 48, 61, 81, 93, 120, 130, 133, 134, 165, 177, 206, 207, 212, 229, 230, 248, 256, 257, 265

  New Guinea, 127, 177

  New Orleans, 102

  New York, 45, 87, 123–24, 198, 205, 211, 255, 256

  Newcastle, Thomas, 1st Duke of, Prime Minister, 13, 45, 87, 108, 200

  Newfoundland, 45, 46, 91, 95, 132, 175, 195, 212, 229

  Nicaragua, 223, 224

  Nicholas II, Emperor (Tsar) of Russia, 4, 5, 98, 192–93, 262

  Nile, 23, 24, 101, 134; (1 Aug 1798), 101, 134

  Noel, Sir Gerard, 81, 82, 193–95

  Normandy landings (Jun 1944), 56, 61, 99, 156, 186, 247

  Norris, Capt Richard, 107, 197, 222

  Norris, Sir John, 2, 3, 6, 11, 44–45, 86, 107, 195–97, 222, 223

  North Cape (26 Dec 1943), 89, 151

  North Carolina, 49

  North Sea, 11, 14, 17, 19, 25, 29, 93, 105, 122, 130, 132, 145, 158, 185, 205, 219, 220, 236, 239, 242, 244

  North, Lord, Prime Minister, 72, 110, 124

  Northern Patrol, 149

  Norwegian campaign (1940), 14, 27, 32–33, 63, 86, 138, 147, 148, 154, 156, 185, 217

  Nott, John, Secretary of State for Defence, 78, 152, 153, 158, 235

  Nova Scotia, 29, 91, 200, 237, 248, 255, 257, 258, 266

  Nugent, Sir Charles, 6, 198

  Ogle, Sir Chaloner, 199–200

  Ogle, Sir Charles, 3, 175, 200–01

  Okinawa (Apr-Jul 1945), 15, 247

  Oliver, Sir Henry, 31, 127, 201–03

  Omdurman, Sudan (2 Sep 1898), 23

  Orde, Rear-Adm Sir John, 134, 135