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Jellicoe and took
George Patrick John Rushworth Earl Jellicoe, having been created Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, of Southampton in the County of Hampshire, for life by Letters Patent dated 6 o ’ clock in the forenoon of 17th November 1999, took and subscribed the oath pursuant to statute.
On 12 May 1916 a meeting took place at Rosyth between Jellicoe, Beatty and First Sea Lord Jackson to discuss the future of the battlecruiser fleet.

Jellicoe and nothing
Jellicoe insists, however, that there is nothing in the section, and he and Winters escort Sarah out.

Jellicoe and could
Admiral John Jellicoe, described by Churchill as the only man who could " lose the war in an afternoon " by losing the strategic British superiority in dreadnought battleships, was not a dashing showman like David Beatty.
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 '.
In 1916 Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe claimed that the Germans could achieve victory in the Atlantic and force Britain to terms.
The initial failure to include Jellicoe in planning the raid could have led to disaster had he not sent reinforcements, although the subsequent communications failures which meant British ships were unaware of the new arrivals could then have led to British ships attacking each other.
By 21 January, he wrote privately to Admiral Jellicoe that he could not approve the plan unless 200, 000 men were available.
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.
The Crown gave Samuel Jellicoe possession of the works at Fontley where he " remained ... undisturbed for long years afterwards " and made no attempt to realise patent dues from ironmasters, which Cort could not now claim, and which were allowed to lapse.

Jellicoe and be
When the authors refused to comply, he ordered it to be destroyed and instead had prepared an alternative report, which proved highly critical of Jellicoe.
The Royal Navy named a King George V-class battleship after Beatty, but this ship was renamed HMS Howe before completion, as another battleship of the same class, intended to be named after Jellicoe, was renamed HMS Anson.
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.
Leading the debate for the ( Conservative ) Opposition in November 1968 Jellicoe said: We hold that a grave constitutional change of this kind should not be brought into effect in the dying years of a discredited Government ... a viable Upper House has an essential part to play in our parliamentary structure.
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 '.
From June 1915 the regular intelligence reports of ship positions ceased to be passed to all flag officers, but only to Jellicoe himself.
As a naval cadet member of the multinational landing force that came to be known as the Seymour Relief Expedition Taussig served alongside and began a long and fraternal professional association with Royal Navy officers Captain John Jellicoe and Lieutenant David Beatty who later advanced to First Sea Lords of the Royal Navy.
It is likely that the choice of Evan-Thomas for the post was influenced by his previous friendship with Admiral Jellicoe commanding the Grand Fleet, but also by Jelicoe's concerns not to appoint an officer to the post who might be too independent of mind.
Glebefields was built by the local council in the 1960s and featured two tower blocks ( Beatty House and Jellicoe House, which were demolished in 2004 ) as well as many low rise flats and maisonettes, some of which were demolished in the 1990s to be replaced by new housing.

Jellicoe and defeat
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.

Jellicoe and .
* Earl Jellicoe and Lord Lambton sex scandal ( 1973 ): Conservatives, junior defence minister Lambton is arrested for using prostitutes and Cabinet minister Jellicoe also confesses.
* 1859 – John Jellicoe, English admiral ( d. 1935 )
Achieving career success at an early age, he commanded the British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the caution of his commander Admiral Jellicoe.
Beatty was an intelligent and able leader, but all his social and sporting obligations, coupled with his high-strung temperament, prevented him from becoming a coldly calculating professional like Jellicoe – or his adversary, Hipper.
The survivors from Seymour's force, plus 200 wounded including John Jellicoe, were successfully brought back to Tientsin on the 26th.
When Jellicoe was promoted to First Sea Lord in 1916, Beatty succeeded him as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet and received promotion to the acting rank of Admiral at the age of 45 on 27 November.
* 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.
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.
Despite this, Jellicoe succeeded in positioning his ships to good advantage, relying on other closer cruisers for final knowledge of the German's position, but necessitating last-minute decisions.
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.
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.
Ultimately it was not clear that Jellicoe made any mistakes in his management of the fleet, nor departed from procedures which had been agreed upon by all concerned in advance.
Beatty died after catching a chill as pallbearer at the funeral of his old commander Admiral Jellicoe.
A bust of Beatty rests on Trafalgar Square in London, alongside those of Jellicoe and Andrew Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet in World War II.
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.
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO SGM ( 5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935 ) was a British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I.
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.
Viscount Jellicoe served as the Governor-General of New Zealand in the 1920s.
Born in Southampton into a seafaring family, Jellicoe joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1872 and was posted to HMS Britannia.

took and pessimistic
There followed a long and sometimes bitter discussion of the feasibility of elections for the fall of 1957, in which it appears that the Minister of the Interior took the most pessimistic view and that the Istiqlal was something less than enthusiastic.
Of the latter, Philip Purser wrote: " The commentary, spoken by Sir Michael Redgrave, took on an unremittingly pessimistic tone from the outset.
However, his influence declined after the 1981 election of François Mitterrand as he was considered too pessimistic at a time when the French Left took control of the government.
World War II provided the final impulse for exploring the subject in a novel which, although depicting events that took place over 3, 000 years ago, in fact reflects the contemporary feelings of disillusionment and war-weariness and carries a pessimistic message of the essential sameness of human nature throughout the ages.
Most of his advisers were pessimistic about the long run possibilities, and Johnson feared that if Congress took control, it would demand " Why Not Victory ", as Barry Goldwater put it, rather than containment.
The economic downturn took a deeper psychological toll than expected while domestic politics were increasingly frustrated by paralysis, with the result that the United States toward the end of 1991 turned increasingly pessimistic, inward and nationalistic.
Although the prize court took several years to determine the prize money that would be awarded for the battle, the initial estimates of £ 60, 000 ( the equivalent of £ as of ) proved pessimistic: Duncan and his men were eventually awarded £ 150, 000 ( the equivalent of £ as of ), although they were forced to defend a claim from the Russian Navy on behalf of the squadron that had reinforced Duncan in May.
He became a Russophile and a Pan-Slav, but after recognizing the true reality of the Russian society he took the pessimistic view that " Pan-Slavism is a great, attractive but feckless idea ".
More and more pessimistic as to the political future of his country, Pereda took occasion in Don Gonzalo González de la Gonzalera ( 1879 ) to ridicule the Revolution as he had seen it at work, and to pour scorn upon the nouveaux riches who exploited Liberalism for their personal ends.

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