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George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton[1] (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.[2]
Lord Jellicoe was the only son but sixth and youngest child of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, who was a First World War naval officer, commander at the Battle of Jutland, and Admiral of the Fleet; and his wife Florence Gwendoline (died 1964), the second daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Bt., of Gartmore, Perthshire. He inherited the title Earl Jellicoe at the age of 17, on the death of his father. As well as commanding the Special Boat Service in the Second World War, George Jellicoe was a long-serving parliamentarian, being a member of the House of Lords for 68 years (1939–2007).
- ^ Waldegrave, W. (2008). "George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe. 4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 54: 169. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2008.0004. S2CID 72990385.
- ^ Ure, John (2011). "Jellicoe, George Patrick John Rushworth, second Earl Jellicoe and Baron Jellicoe of Southampton (1918–2007), army officer, politician, and businessman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98592. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 5 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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