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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.
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Although the pre-war establishment had been split by the Civil War, both of the opposing main factions regarded all radical groups as agitators for change, and they are described as such in the Historical Collections of John Rushworth that document events of the early period, and by the Journals of the House of Commons which cover the period of the Republic itself.
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.
According to John Rushworth the word was first used on 27 December 1641 by a disbanded officer named David Hide, who during a riot is reported to have drawn his sword and said he would " cut the throat of those round-headed dogs that bawled against bishops ".
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 ).
George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS ( 4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007 ) was a British politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman.
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.
* The Life of John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe, G. C. B., O. M., G. C. V. O, L. L. D., D. C. L., by Admiral Sir R. H. Bacon, K. C. B., K. C. V. O., D. S. O., Cassell, London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney, 1936.
John Rushworth ( c. 1612 – 12 May 1690 ) was an English lawyer, historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1657 and 1685.
Rushworth followed the lead of John Pym, who in a speech at the House of Commons on 17 April 1640 attacked the king and his government for problems within the country.
While John Rushworth was remembered as a person, his writings found favour in America where they served as a source of inspiration for Thomas Jefferson.
Rushworth was a contemporary of John Lilburne whose writings had a profound impact on the history of the English Civil Wars of the 17th century.
Acklington Park in the parish of Warkworth, Northumberland, England was the birthplace of John Rushworth ( born c. 1612 ) who achieved fame in both England and during the formation of the United States of America for compiling a series of works called Historical Collections covering the English Civil Wars throughout the 17th century.
Mabbot was the son of Edward Mabbot, a cobbler or cordwainer from Nottingham and had been appointed in 1643 as an assistant to John Rushworth who was clerk-assistant to the House of Commons and later Secretary to the Army.
Mabbot was either dismissed or resigned his position as licenser of the press in May 1649, John Rushworth resuming his previous duties.
Thomason remained hopeful that they would be sold, and in his will dated 1664, he charged his three executors ( Barlow, Thomas Lockey, and John Rushworth ) with selling the collection to the University on behalf of his children.
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The survivors from Seymour's force, plus 200 wounded including John Jellicoe, were successfully brought back to Tientsin on the 26th.
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.
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Kitchener, Jellicoe and John French, 1st Earl of Ypres | French
British cigarette card, early 20th century, showing then-Captain ( later admiral ) John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | J. R. Jellicoe.
In 1916 Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe claimed that the Germans could achieve victory in the Atlantic and force Britain to terms.
When passing through London he was greeted cordially by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who offered him transport on board a British cruiser on his way to Halifax.
However, the raid might have led to disaster had the additional forces under Beatty not been sent by Admiral John Jellicoe at the last minute.
Although the plan had been agreed by the Admiralty, Admiral John Jellicoe commanding the Grand Fleet was not informed until 26 August.
At the height of the British Empire, photographs of naval and military commanders were a popular subject for eagerly collected cigarette card s. The one shown here, from the turn of the 20th century, depicts then-Captain Jellicoe ( later John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | Admiral Jellicoe of World War I ) in command of HMS Centurion ( 1892 ) | H. M. S.
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In the town, the Marine brigade, still under the command of the British admiral Sir John Leake, and the governor, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt ( who had commanded the land forces in August ), and reinforced shortly before by a further 400 Royal Marines, held the fortress against repeated attacks.
The troops of the Opsikian theme, resenting the Emperor's strict measures, mutinied, slew the admiral John, and proclaimed Theodosios, a tax-collector of low extraction, emperor.
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