The house had previously belonged to Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane and before him General Sir Robert Arbuthnot KCB.

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.

John Gordon ( 1792 – 1869 ), younger brother of the fourth Earl, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.

* 1778 – The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.

During the War of 1812, Key, accompanied by the American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner, dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant, as the guests of three British officers: Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, Rear Admiral George Cockburn, and Major General Robert Ross.

* 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.

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.

Under Admiral John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Jellicoe was made Director of Naval Ordnance in 1905.

English was later rescued by Lord John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Admiral of the British Fleet.

As British public opinion was turned against Germany, Admiral Sir John Fisher twice – in 1904 and 1908 – proposed using Britain ’ s current naval superiority to ' Copenhagen ' the German fleet, that is, to launch preemptive strikes against the Kiel and Wilhelmshaven naval bases as the Royal Navy had done against the Danish navy in 1801 and 1807.

* 1988 – Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

* 1757 – Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard for breach of the Articles of War.

The 1787 dismissal of Governor Patterson and his recall to London in 1789 dampened his brother's efforts, leading John to focus on his interests in the United States ( one of John's sons, Commodore Daniel Patterson, became a noted United States Navy hero, and John's grandsons, Rear Admiral Thomas H. Patterson and Lt. Carlile Pollock Patterson USN, achieved success ).

Among his colleagues were Admiral Sir William Penn, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Mennes and Sir William Batten.

Admiral Clark served aboard the destroyers USS John W. Weeks ( DD 701 ) and USS Gearing ( DD 710 ).

He and Admiral John Benbow, commander of the smaller British fleet, avoided one another, and Château-Renault eventually escorted home the Spanish treasure fleet from Vera Cruz that met its end at Vigo Bay.

In April 1757 Pitt was dismissed from office on account of his opposition to the continental policy and the circumstances surrounding the court-martial and execution of Admiral John Byng.

** John D. Bulkeley, U. S. Navy Vice Admiral, and Medal of Honor recipient ( b. 1911 )

** American Civil War – Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.

** Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

* March 14 – Seven Years ' War: Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard for breach of the Articles of War.

Meanwhile his colleague and commander of the New York fleet, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves, had spent several weeks trying to intercept a convoy organized by John Laurens to bring much-needed supplies and hard currency from France to Boston.

Additionally, Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin's sons, Captain Lloyd M. Mustin II and Captain John Mustin both continue to serve in the Naval Reserves following an initial tour of active service.

Severely disappointed at the condition of the navy, Hunt established an improvement planning board headed by Rear Admiral John Rogers.

( 1944, B & W, 4: 00 ) The P-38 Squadron that shot down Admiral Yamamoto in an incredible long distance interception in the Pacific, is depicted.

* Admiral Frank B. Kelso II ( 1933-), who later became Chief of Naval Operations, served as Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Nuclear Power School at the nearby U. S. Naval Training Center Bainbridge from 1969-1971.

The subsurface launched anti-air missile was first purposed by US Navy Rear Admiral Charles B. Momsen, in a 1953 article.

French Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez | Suffren meeting with Hyder Ali in 1783, J. B. Morret engraving, 1789.

* Life & Correspondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith G. C. B.

Historian Barbara B. Diefendorf, Professor of History at Boston University, wrote that Simon Vigor had " said if the King ordered the Admiral ( Coligny ) killed, ' it would be wicked not to kill him '.

In August 1955, Burke succeeded Admiral Robert B. Carney as Chief of Naval Operations.

Admiral Burke watching flight of Mercury-Redstone 3 with John F. Kennedy | President Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson | Vice President Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Jackie Kennedy, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. | Arthur Schlesinger in the White House Office of the President's Secretary, May 5, 1961.

While perhaps Bowdoin's better-known alumnus in the sciences is the controversial entomologist-turned-sexologist Alfred Kinsey, class of 1916, the College's reputation in this area was cemented in large part by the Arctic explorations of Admiral Robert E. Peary, class of 1877, and Donald B. MacMillan, class of 1898. View of the campus from Coles Tower ( constructed as the " Senior Center "), the second tallest building in Maine Peary led the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1908, and MacMillan, a member of Peary's crew, became famous in his own right as he explored Greenland, Baffin Island and Labrador in the schooner Bowdoin between 1908 and 1954.

Before entering on his duties, College President Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce pointed Mahan in the direction of writing his future studies on the influence of sea power.

Mahan on Naval Strategy: selections from the writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan ed by John B. Hattendorf ( 1991 )

In July 2008, a statue of him was erected at Luce Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy ; the hall also houses the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

* Memorial Service for Admiral James B. Stockdale

Numerous Marine generals and Naval Admirals are products of Villanova's Naval ROTC program, including William J. Fallon, Admiral in the United States Navy and Commander of United States Central Command ; George B. Crist, Marine General and the first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command ; and Anthony Zinni, retired four-star General in the United States Marine Corps.

* Henry Fairfax ( Royal Navy officer ), British Admiral and Naval Commander K. C. B., F. R. G. S.,

General Eisenhower meets in North Africa with ( foreground, left to right ): Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, and ( top row ): Mr. Harold Macmillan, Major General W. Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers.

Admiral Nishimura was killed in action when his flagship Yamashiro sank following actions against Jesse B. Oldendorf's battleships, all but one of which had been at Pearl Harbor.

Historian Barbara B. Diefendorf, Professor of History at Boston University, wrote that Simon Vigor had " said if the King ordered the Admiral ( Coligny ) killed, ' it would be wicked not to kill him '.

During his retirement, Admiral Radford continued to advise Presidents Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson whenever called upon to do so, and Radford was also selected as a member of the Draper Committee.

The president inaugurated planning for the New Look in July 1953 by asking the incoming members of the JCS ( Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chairman ; General Matthew B. Ridgway, Army chief of staff ; General Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff ; and Admiral Robert B. Carney, chief of naval operations ) to prepare a paper on overall defense policy.

For the fullest treatment of the battle of Santiago, see George Edward Graham's Schley and Santiago: an Historical Account of the Blockade and Final Destruction of the Spanish Fleet Under Command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898 ( W. B. Conkey, 1902 ).

* 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.