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John Jellicoe

Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable
The Earl Jellicoe
GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL
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2nd Governor-General of New Zealand
In office
27 September 1920 – 12 December 1924
Monarch George V
Preceded by The Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded by Sir Charles Fergusson
Personal details
Born 5 December 1859
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died 20 November 1935(1935-11-20) (aged 75)
Kensington, London, England
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1872–1919
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands First Sea Lord
Grand Fleet
Atlantic Fleet
HMS Drake
HMS Centurion
Battles/wars

Anglo-Egyptian War
Boxer Rebellion
First World War

Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of Merit
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Sea Gallantry Medal
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
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Details
Crest Out of a naval crown or a demi-wolf azure.
Supporters On either side a sea griffin or.
Motto Sui memores alios fecere merendo:
"Remembered for their merits."

Anglo-Egyptian War
Boxer Rebellion
First World War

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL (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: he 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 British public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a victory on the scale of the Battle of Trafalgar. 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.

Born the son of John Henry Jellicoe, a captain in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and Lucy Henrietta Jellicoe (née Keele) and educated at Field House School in Rottingdean, Jellicoe joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the training ship HMS Britannia in 1872. He was made a midshipman in the steam frigate HMS Newcastle in September 1874 before transferring to the ironclad HMS Agincourt in the Mediterranean Fleet in July 1877. Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 5 December 1878, he joined HMS Alexandra, flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, as signal sub-lieutenant in 1880. Promoted to lieutenant on 23 September 1880, he returned to HMS Agincourt in February 1881 and commanded a rifle company of the Naval Brigade at Ismailia during the Egyptian war of 1882.


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