- Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also a soldier in the British Army. He has been studied to a unique extent as part of modern British and world history. - Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC (25 July, 1848 - 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative politician and statesman, and the Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905, a time when his party and government became divided over the issue of tariff reform. Later, as Foreign Secretary, he authored the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. - Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG (October 16, 1863 - March 17, 1937) was a British statesman, politician, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. - Charles James Fox
Hon. Charles James Fox (24 January, 1749 - 13 September, 1806) was a prominent British Whig politician. He is noted as an anti-slavery campaigner, a supporter of American independence from Britain, and as a supporter of the French Revolution. He held several senior government offices, including being Britain's first Foreign Secretary. Fox was the third son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, one of the older generation of self-aggrandizing Whigs. - Duff Cooper
Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG DSO PC (February 22, 1890 - January 1, 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British diplomat, Cabinet member, and author. The son of fashionable society doctor Sir Alfred Cooper and Lady Agnes Duff (sister of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife), he was the youngest of four children and the only son and enjoyed a typical gentleman's upbringing of country estates, London society, Eton College, and New College, Oxford. - Samuel Hoare
Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood GCSI, GBE, CMG, PC (24 February 1880 - 7 May 1959), more commonly known as Sir Samuel Hoare, was a British Conservative politician who served in various capacities in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s. Hoare was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, and was first elected to the House of Commons at the January 1910 general election as Member of Parliament for Chelsea. - George Grenville
George Grenville (14 October 1712 - 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of seven years, reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was one of the few prime ministers (others include William Pitt the Younger, Sir Winston Churchill and William Gladstone) who never acceded to the peerage. Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple (later the 1st Countess Temple). - Hyde Parker
Hyde Parker was a British Vice-Admiral started to serve in the Napoleonic Wars and appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1852. He was the son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and grandson of Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet His son, Hyde Parker IV, was a captain in the Black Sea during the Crimean War and was killed on 8 July 1854 when storming a Russian fort at Sulina. - Leo Amery
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery CH, PC (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), usually known as Leo Amery or L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist, noted for his interest in military preparedness, India and the British Empire. - Dudley Pound
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound GCB GCVO RN (August 29 1877 - October 21 1943) was a British naval officer who served as First Sea Lord, professional head of the Royal Navy from June 1939 to September 1943. - George Cockburn
Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (22 April 1772 - 19 August 1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. Born in 1772 in London, Cockburn went to sea at the age of 14. He rose rapidly in the Royal Navy, perhaps because his father Sir James Cockburn was a baronet, … - Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend (August 29, 1725 - September 4, 1767), was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. He was a politician and the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey (d. 1788), daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in brilliancy of wit and frankness of expression. - John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (3 November 1718 - 30 April 1792) succeeded his grandfather, the 3rd Earl, in 1729, at the age of ten. Educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent some time in travelling, and on his return to England in 1739 he took his seat in the House of Lords as a follower of the Duke of Bedford. He was soon appointed one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty under Bedford and a Colonel in the Army. - William Henry Smith
William Henry Smith (24 June 1825 - 6 October 1891) was the son of William Henry Smith (1792-1865). He was born in London and educated at Tavistock Grammar School before joining the business with his father in 1846. As a result of his involvement, the business became a household name (W H Smith), and the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations began. In 1868 he was elected Member of Parliament for Westminster as a Conservative, … - Lord George Hamilton
Lord George Francis Hamilton, GCSI, PC (17 December 1845 - 22 September 1927) was a British Conservative Party politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A son of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, Hamilton was Member of Parliament for Middlesex (1868-85) and for Ealing (1885-1906). - Charles Saunders
Sir Charles Saunders, KB ("c."1715 - December 7 1775) was an admiral in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and later First Lord of the Admiralty. He commanded the fleet which brought James Wolfe to Quebec in 1759 and consolidated the dead general's victory after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. - George Carteret
Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet, son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy. He was also one of the original proprietors of the Carolina colony. He was born in the island of Jersey sometime between 1607 and 1610. Entering the Royal Navy at an early age, he attained a high reputation as a naval officer, … - Henry Fitzroy
Henry Fitzroy (2 May 1807-17 December 1859) was a British politician of the mid-nineteenth century. - Thomas Grenville
Thomas Grenville (31 December 1755 - 17 December 1846) was a British politician and bibliophile. Grenville was the son of George Grenville, a British prime minister. His younger brother, William, also became prime minister. Both brothers were educated at Eton. In 1778, he was commissioned ensign in the Coldstream Guards and in 1779 promoted a lieutenant in the 80th Regiment of Foot, but resigned his commission in 1780. - Lord Charles Beresford
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford GCB GCVO (February 10, 1846-September 6, 1919), known as Lord Charles Beresford until 1916, was a British Admiral and Member of Parliament. - Charles Wager
Sir Charles Wager was a British Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742. He was grandson of John Wager, mariner of Rochester in Kent, and son of Charles Wager (1630 - 1666), captain in the Navy, and Prudence Goodsonn. He served chiefly in the Mediterranean, gaining promotion to captain in 1692 and rear-admiral in 1707. His most famous exploit, known as Wager’s Action, was on May 28 1708 aboard the "Expedition", … - Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 - 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. - Edward Boscawen
Edward Boscawen (August 19, 1711 - January 10, 1761) was a British (Cornish) admiral. Boscawen was the third son of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth. He entered the Navy early, and, in 1730, distinguished himself at the taking of Porto Bello. Over his career, his aggressiveness in battle and many victories earned him the nicknames "Old Dreadnaught" and "Wry-necked Dick". - Hugh Childers
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 - 29 January 1896) was a British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He was born in London and educated at both Oxford and the University of Cambridge, graduating B.A. from the latter in 1850. He then decided to seek a career in Australia and in October emigrated to Victoria. He joined the government of Victoria and served as inspector of schools and immigration agent, … - Charles Adam
Admiral Sir Charles Adam, KCB (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval officer. He was the second son of William Adam of Blairadam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone and sister of Lord Keith. - Charles Philip Yorke
Charles Philip Yorke (12 March 1764 - 13 March 1834), was a British politician. Yorke was the second son of Charles Yorke and grandson of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1790 to 1810 and afterwards for Liskeard from 1812 to 1818. In 1801 he was appointed Secretary at War in Addington's ministry, transferring to the Home Office in 1803, where he was a strong opponent of concession to the Roman Catholics. - George Ward Hunt
George Ward Hunt (30 July 1825 - 29 July 1877) was a British Conservative Party politician and statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1st and 2nd ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. He was born at Buckhurst in Berkshire, the only surviving son of a minister, and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1851, and 21 November of that year was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. He married Alice Eden, daughter of a bishop, in 1857, … - Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (April 28, 1742 - May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. He was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1685-1753), Lord President of the Court of Session, and was born at Dalkeith in 1742. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Becoming a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1763, … - Roger Backhouse
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB, GCVO, CMG, (24 November 1878-15 July 1939) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty from 1939 to 1939. - Lord Walter Kerr
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr was born on 28 September 1839 and died on the 12th May, 1927 at age 87. He served in the Royal Navy and was the British First Sea Lord from 1899 to 1904. - Anthony Hoskins
Anthony Hiley Hoskins (1828-1901), was a British naval officer who was First Sea Lord from 1891 to 1893. - Frederick Richards
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick William Richards (1833 - 1912) was the British First Sea Lord from 1893 to 1899. - Caspar John
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John, born 1903, died 1984 was the British First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. He was pioneer in the Fleet Air Arm, and rose to become Vice-Chief of Naval Staff to Sea Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma in 1957 and subsequently First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. - Rhoderick McGrigor
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor GCB (April 12, 1893 - 1959) was a Royal Navy officer and the British First Sea Lord from 1951 to 1955. During his years as professional head of the Royal Navy, he is most remembered as a leading proponent of carrier-based air power. - Varyl Begg
Admiral of the Fleet "His Excellency", Sir Varyl Cargill Begg (1908 - 1995), DSO, DSC, was the British First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy from 1966 to 1968. He saw action in both the Second World War and the Korean War and served as the governor and commander-in-chief of Malta in 1968 until the mid 1970s. His name is given to a large official government housing estate in Gibraltar. He also opened the Gibraltar House of Assembly on 28th August 1969. - Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (8 March, 1726 - 5 August, 1799) was a British admiral. - Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry
Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry (9 March 1803 - 6 March 1873) was a British Conservative politician, the younger son of the 2nd Earl Belmore, who served as First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli. His son Montagu (later 1st Baron Rowton) served as Disraeli's Private Secretary from 1866 until the latter's death in 1881. - Charles Hardy
Sir Charles Hardy (c.1714 - May 18, 1780) born Portsmouth, England, was a British naval officer and colonial governor. The son of a Vice Admiral, Charles Hardy became a Captain in the Royal Navy on August 10, 1741, at the age of 27. He was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of the British colony of Newfoundland in 1744. There is no evidence that he ever visited the colony of Newfoundland. - Hastings Yelverton
Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, GCB, born Hastings Reginald Henry (March 1808 – 24 July 1878), was a British naval officer of the 19th century. Yelverton performed with distinction during the Crimean War and built an excellent reputation as an officer, but ended his career with a brief and ineffective appointment as First Naval Lord. - Michael Le Fanu
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu, GCB (August 2, 1913 - November 28, 1970) was a Royal Navy admiral and First Sea Lord. Born in 1913 at lindfield in Sussex, he served as a Gunnery Officer on HMS Aurora and then HMS Howe during World War II. In 1957 he was given command of HMS Eagle and in 1958 went on to be Director-General, Weapons.
|
| |