Garden hotels, famous for their gardens before they became hotels, include Gravetye Manor, the home of garden designer William Robinson, and Cliveden, designed by Charles Barry with a rose garden by Geoffrey Jellicoe.

With no estates to distract him Jellicoe was free to re-join S. G. Warburg & Co. ( 1 October 1973 ), and with the help of Alan Lennox-Boyd, who was soon to retire from the board, he became a non-executive director of the sugar company Tate & Lyle 1973 – 1993.

Having revived and retrenched Tate & Lyle Jellicoe became chairman of Booker Tate, 1988-91.

Evan-Thomas spent seven months at the Royal Naval college, Greenwich on a lieutenants training course, where he became friendly with Lieutenant John Jellicoe ( later first sea lord and commander of the British fleet during World War I ).

When Adam Jellicoe died suddenly on 30 August 1789, it became apparent that the £ 27, 000 lent to Cort had come from public funds belonging to the Royal Navy.

Jellicoe, with the help of his very experienced Chief Whip, the second Earl St. Aldwyn ), steered the European Communities Act ( 1972 ) through the Lords, allowing no amendments.

I don't think we can let him go-though happily this is not an epitaph-without expressing our very deep sorrow to the House and to the country ... with immense thoroughness, patience and personal sensitivity Lord Jellicoe fulfilled his role as Leader of your Lordships House ... we Byers and Shackleton found him an admirable open-minded and wise colleague ; my Lords, I believe that we and the country have suffered a grievous loss ... ( Hansard, 5 June 1973, and The Times, 6 June 1973, for the cheers )

Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord ( professional head of the Royal Navy ), but he was removed at the end of 1917 because of differences over policy regarding the war against the U-Boats and his perceived pessimism about Britain's ability to carry on the war.

John Rushworth Jellicoe, admiral of the Grand Fleet, was perpetually nervous about the possibility of submarine or destroyer attacks on Scapa Flow, therefore starting in 1914 the base was reinforced with minefields, artillery, and concrete barriers.

As admiral in command, Jellicoe received much of the blame for this ' defeat ', despite the fact that most of the significant losses were amongst the independent battlecruiser squadron commanded by Beatty.

Defenders of Jellicoe argued that he did no more than protect the body of his fleet, which outnumbered the German ships while steadily pressing the attack.

However, Jellicoe certainly made no significant mistakes during the battle: based on limited intelligence, he correctly deployed the Grand Fleet with a turn to port so as to " cross the T " of the German High Seas Fleet as it appeared.

In other words the Staff determined to make use of our information defensively and not offensively " No less than Winston Churchill replied most sharply to Admiral Jellicoe even mentioning the subject by telegraph specifically, so sharp was the concern that the breaking of the German Naval codes might be uncovered.

When the House of Lords Act 1999 removed his hereditary automatic entitlement to attend and sit in the House of Lords, he was created a life peer as Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, of Southampton in the County of Hampshire, so that he could continue to be summoned1.

Jellicoe, commanding the Grand Fleet, on three occasions requested from the admiralty that he should have copies of the codebook which his cruiser had brought back to Britain, so that he could make use of it intercepting German signals.

A policy was introduced of promoting British naval officers by merit and ability rather than time served, which saw rapid promotions for Jellicoe and Beatty, both of whom had important roles in the forthcoming World War I.

The word Jellicoe was seen in Levy's notebook, and a connection was assumed to the Minister rather than the building ; a structure named after the earl's distant cousin, and one that may have been opened by the Admiral himself in June 1928.

This information was important to Jellicoe to know how best to position the main fleet to make the most of its eventual engagement with the German High seas fleet.

:... among the bravest, ablest, most decent members of the Heath Government ... ut need the Prime Minister have got rid of Lord Jellicoe in such peremptory style?

With particular reference to Evan-Thomas, Jellicoe objected to the claim that Evan-Thomas had been responsible for the distance between his ships and Beatty's, which had resulted in Beatty going into battle without the support of the four most powerful ships in his command.

The route is most often quoted in connection with the ‘ Jellicoe Specials ’ of WWI.

He has a strong broad chin and speaks with a directness that appeals to Australians ... Inevitably, he is beginning to be known in Australia as ' Aeroplane Jellicoe '.

Transitional elements in his designs included lawns, amphitheatres, garden buildings and statues, winding paths through wooded areas to viewing points and the use of ha-has-features are some of the progressive ideas he helped bring into favor ( Jellicoe, 1986, p. 72 ).

Later in the war he succeeded Jellicoe as Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, in which capacity he received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of hostilities, and then in the 1920s he served a lengthy term as First Sea Lord ( head of the Royal Navy ).

* Failing in his role as fast armoured scout to report to Jellicoe the exact position of the German ships he encountered, or to keep in contact with the German fleet while he retreated to the main British Grand Fleet.

The German strategy was one which relied upon chance to create opportunities for local victories, such as had happened against Beatty, whereas Jellicoe considered a careful approach always favoured the larger force.

Churchill – referring to the fact that a German naval victory would have made it impossible for Britain to supply her army in France, or even import food – described Jellicoe later as ' the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon '.

Nelson would clear and secure German positions defending the evacuation beach, whilst Jellicoe, Hardy and Drake would capture the radar site and a nearby villa occupied by Luftwaffe radar technicians and their guards ; Rodney was the reserve formation, placed between the radar site and the main likely enemy approach to block any counter-attack.

The Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, consisting of 16 dreadnought and 5 pre-dreadnought battleships, 5 battle cruisers, 11 light cruisers, and 61 fleet torpedo boats, was engaged by the numerically superior British Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, composed of 28 battleships, 9 battle cruisers, 8 armoured cruisers, 28 light cruisers and 78 destroyers.

Jellicoe had considerable difficulty deploying his fleet to best meet the oncoming German ships, because he had inadequate information as to their position, but succeeded in forming a battle line across their path.

* Battle of Jutland ( 1916 ) – Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, leader of the British Grand Fleet, was able to cross the T twice against the German High Seas Fleets, but the German Fleet was both times able to escape by reversing course in poor visibility.

* Earl Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal ( 1970 – 73 ).

Additionally, life peerages were created for former Leaders of the House of Lords: John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead ( Baron Ganzoni ), Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ( Baron Carington of Upton ), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne ( Baron Gascoyne-Cecil ), George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe ( Baron Jellicoe of Southampton ), Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd ( Baron Shepherd of Spalding ) and David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham ( Baron Hennessy ).

It is described in Gardens of the Mind: the Genius of Geoffrey Jellicoe by Michael Spens ( Antique Collectors Club, 1992 ).

Shortly after, the name Jellicoe emerged in connection to a rendezvous for one of Norma's girls at a Somers Town mansion block which had been named Jellicoe House, after the earl's kinsman Basil Jellicoe ( 1899 – 1935 ), the housing reformer and priest from Magdalen College ( Oxford ).

George Jellicoe was one of the longest-serving parliamentarians in the world, being a member of the House of Lords for 68 years ( 1939 – 2007 ).

Frederick G. G. Jellicoe ( uncle, and Rector of New Alresford ).

Soon after the war Lord Jellicoe joined His Majesty's Foreign Service, ( appointed a Foreign Service Officer, Grade 8 in the Senior Branch of the Foreign Service, 10 September 1947 ).

The Suez Crisis ( from July 1956 ) wrecked everything the Pact was trying to achieve ; Jellicoe was appalled by British policy and came close to resigning ( L. Windmill p. 136 ).

From April 1967 Lords Jellicoe and Carrington represented the Conservatives in the Lords on the Inter-Party conference group on Lords ' reform, which came up with the unsuccessful Parliament ( No. 2 ) Bill ( 1968 – 1969 ).

Having earlier re-established relations with the miners ' union leaders in February 1972, Heath appointed Jellicoe " energy supremo " to restore power supplies around the time of the Three-Day Week and had him set up and chair a Civil Contingencies Unit, which was, when an internal crisis arose, to operate through " COBRA " ( Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms ).

Although he was a key figure in the transition of English garden design from the Anglo-Dutch formality of patterned parterres and avenues to a freer style that incorporated formal, structural and wilderness elements, Bridgeman is a somewhat obscure entity in the history of landscape architecture, his reputation eclipsed by those of his successors, William Kent and Lancelot “ Capability ” Brown ( Jellicoe, et al., 1986, p. 72 ).

( Jellicoe, et al., 1986, p. 72 ).