114th Meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence

The 114th Meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence took placed on 23 August, 1911.

Minutes

Present:

• The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M.P., Prime Minister (in the chair).
• The Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• The Right Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
• The Right Hon. W. S. Churchill, M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department.
• The Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty.
• Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., V.C., First Sea Lord of the Admiralty.
• Rear-Admiral the Hon. A. E. Bethell, C.M.G., Director of Naval Intelligence.
• The Right Hon. Viscount Haldane, Secretary of State for War.
• Field-Marshal Sir William Nicholson, G.C.B., Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
• Brigadier-General H. H. Wilson, C.B., D.S.O., Director of Military Operations.
• General Sir John French, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., Inspector-General of the Forces.

• Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Ottley, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., Secretary.

• Major-General Sir A. J. Murray, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., Director of Military Training, also attended.