John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO SGM DL
2nd Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 27 September 1920 – 12 December 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	William Massey
Preceded by	The Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Fergusson
First Sea Lord
In office 30 November 1916 – 10 January 1918
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Sir Henry Jackson
Succeeded by	Sir Rosslyn Wemyss
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage 7 March 1918 – 20 November 1935
Succeeded by	The 2nd Earl Jellicoe
Personal details
Born	5 December 1859 Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died	20 November 1935(1935-11-20) (aged 75) Kensington, London, England
Spouse	Florence Cayzer ​ (m. 1902)​
Children	6
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Years of service	1872–1919
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	Grand Fleet 2nd Battle Squadron Atlantic Fleet Director of Naval Ordnance HMS Drake HMS Centurion
Battles/wars	Anglo-Egyptian War Boxer Rebellion First World War Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) Action of 16 December 1914 Action of 24 April 1916 Battle of Jutland Action of 19 August 1916 Action of 18 October 1916 Atlantic U-boat campaign Zeebrugge Raid
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Member of the Order of Merit Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Sea Gallantry Medal

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, DL, SGM (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935)^[1] was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. Jellicoe 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 public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory given that they outnumbered the enemy. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. He also served as the governor-general of New Zealand in the early 1920s.