BEATTY, DAVID

1ST EARL, of the North Sea (1871), first sea lord of the Admiralty (1919); entered navy (1884); served in Sudan (1896-8); in China (1900); naval secretary to first. lord (1912); one of the youngest seamen to become an admiral (1910); knighted (1914); in command of ist Battle cruiser Squadron (1914-16); fought battle of Dogger Bank (Jan. 24, 1915), in which Lion, his flagship, was incapacitated and forced to withdraw; with 5th Battlo Squadron and his Battle-cruiser Squadron sighted von Hipper’s five battle cruisers (May 31, 1916) and gave cha so, thus opening the battle of Jutland, in which he played the leading part; his tactics and those of Jellicoe’s - with the battle fleet at variance, and subject of much controversy—Beatty favoring Nelson i an action, Jellicoe, safety first; appointed to command the Grand Fleet (1916-19); lord rector of Edinburgh Univ. (1917); received surrender of German fleet in Forth (Nov. 1918); promoted admiral of the fleet (April 1919); received great ovation in Paris; awarded Order of Merit (June 1919);an earldom and grant of £100,000. Married. (1901) Ethel, daughter of Marshall Field of Chicago.