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John Jellicoe
(1859–1935) was a
Royal Navy
officer who fought in the
Anglo-Egyptian War
and
Boxer Rebellion
and commanded the
Grand Fleet
at the
Battle of Jutland
during the
First World War
. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial: he made no serious mistakes and the German
High Seas Fleet
retreated to port – at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain – but the British public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a victory on the scale of the
Battle of Trafalgar
. Jellicoe later served as
First Sea Lord
, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of
convoys
, but was removed at the end of 1917. He also served as the
Governor-General of New Zealand
in the early 1920s.
Photograph:
Bain News Service
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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