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...-in-Chief Portsmouth, [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John Fisher]]. ...ndia''''' on 1 December, 1911, by Lady Hall-Jones, the wife of Sir William Hall-Jones, the High Commissioner, in a ceremony at Portsmouth.<ref>"Naval and M

...://sites.google.com/site/kinghallconnections/6800-g-half-pay-2---pt-1 King-Hall diary entry for 21 November, 1908.]</ref> Fisher was scathing, writing to Churchill on 14 January, "He has lost our confiden

...12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]] [[Admiral of the Fleet]] {{RIGHTHON}} '''John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher''', G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., R.N. (25 January, 1841 &ndash; 10 July, 1920) w

...ember, 1839, at Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, the fourth son of John Robert William Kerr, Seventh Marquess of Lothian, by Cecil Chetwynd Talbot, the Marchiones ...h Library. Arnold-Forster Papers. Add. MSS. 50288. Quoted in Mackay. ''Fisher of Kilverstone''. p. 277.</ref>

Vice-Admiral [[George Fowler King-Hall|George F. King-Hall]], then on half pay, recorded in his diary on 2 February, 1909: ...ed to go as 2nd Sea Lord, said he would only go on conditions, so Sir John Fisher asked him to come and see him and the interview lasted an hour. Bridgeman s

...irst Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Sir William Orpen.</small>]] ...Wemyss, Vice-Admiral of Scotland, and his maternal great-grandfather, King William IV, had, as Duke of Clarence, been the last holder of the office of Lord Hi

...where he remained until she paid off on 23 January, 1894. Captain [[John William Brackenbury|John W. Brackenbury]] wrote of him, "V.G.I. [Very Good Indeed] ...873-1908), Samuel Hawksley Burbury (lawyer and mathematician), and Ettrick William Creak (Superintendent of Compasses, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty 1887

On 15 December Captain [[Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|Hood]] reported: Along with [[William Henry May|William May]] and [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Percy Scott]], Battenberg wa

...20 October, 1904, [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John A. Fisher]] was given "control" of the [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Naval {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick William Grey|nick=Sir Frederick W. Grey|appt=15 June, 1861<ref>''A List of the Lord

{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Hall|nick=Robert Hall|appt=14 February, 1871<ref>''A List of Lords Hugh Admiral and Commissioners ...ure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hall|nick=Robert Hall|appt=19 April, 1872<ref>Hall service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1482.}}</ref>|end=|as=Controller of the Na

[[File:Sir-Herbert-William-Richmond, NPG x65624.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Herbert W. Richmond as a Rear-Ad {{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Herbert William Richmond''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (15 September, 1871 &ndash; 15 December, 19

| [[William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet|Acland, Sir W. A. D., Bart.]] || Vice-Ad | [[William John Standly Alderson|Alderson, W. J. S.]] || Captain. || 29 Sept., 1908 -

...ld form "a fresh 'Home Fleet'" based on the Nore and Dover.<ref>Mackay. ''Fisher of Kilverstone''. pp. 361-362.</ref> The change in scale from the reserve formation envisaged by Fisher in October, 1906, to the fleet which was created at the beginning of 1907,

...t Richmond, Yorkshire, the fourth son of Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth Hall, by his wife, Georgina, daughter of Major Gordon Duff, Ninety-Second Highla ...squadron. Meanwhile, a new board of Admiralty had been appointed with Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord. They at once telegraphed to him that he was to keep his

...esford wrote to Captain (later Admiral Sir) [[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]] on 12 November: ...necessary to deal with Admiral von Spee's German cruisers; and, when Lord Fisher succeeded Prince Louis as First Sea Lord on 31 October, he "exerted himself

...gs was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 May, 1907, vice [[Alexander William Chisholm-Batten|Chisholm-Batten]].{{Gaz|28018|2992|3 May, 1907}} ...hill]], the new First Lord of the Admiralty, that Briggs and his D.N.O., [[Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|A. Gordon H. W. Moore]], were "Slugs who want you

| align= left | {{RIGHTHON}} [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher]], G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. | align= left | {{SIR}} [[William Henry May]], G.C.B., G.C.V.O.

...he rank of {{RearRN}} on 18 May, 1908, vice [[George Fowler King-Hall|King-Hall]].{{Gaz|28140|3883|26 May, 1908}} From 29 September to 22 January, 1909, h {{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Andrew William Rogers|Andrew W. Rogers]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Pilot (1879)|Captain of H.M.S. ''P

| align= left | [[William John Standly Alderson]] | align= left | [[William Frederick Blunt]], D.S.O.