1st Earl Beatty

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1st Earl Beatty was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Battlecruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving as First Sea Lord.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
First Sea Lord
Royal Navy admiral
human
allegiance British Empire
United Kingdom
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Merit
Order of St. Stanislaus
birthDate 1871-01-17
birthPlace Stapeley, Cheshire, England
conflict Battle of Dogger Bank
surface form: Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)

First Battle of Heligoland Bight
surface form: Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

Battle of Jutland
World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdPeerage 1919
deathDate 1936-03-12
deathPlace London, England
education Burney’s Naval Academy, Gosport
familyName Beatty
father David Beatty
surface form: David Longfield Beatty
givenName David
honorificTitle Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
surface form: Admiral of the Fleet
middleName Richard
militaryBranch Royal Navy
militaryRank Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet
Captain
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
mother Katherine Edith Beatty
name David Beatty
surface form: David Richard Beatty
nobleTitle Baron Beatty
Earl Beatty
Viscount Borodale
notableAchievement Served as First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy after World War I
notableWork Command of the British battlecruiser force at the Battle of Jutland
placeOfBurial St Paul's Cathedral
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral, London
positionHeld Commander of the Battlecruiser Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet
First Sea Lord
Member of the House of Lords
serviceEnd 1927
serviceStart 1884
spouse Ethel Tree

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David Beatty honorificSuffix 1st Earl Beatty
Viscount Borodale linkedTo 1st Earl Beatty
Earl Beatty hasTitle 1st Earl Beatty
subject surface form: David Beatty