biography
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Beatty, David Beatty, 1st Earl
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| male
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| lived:
| (1871–1936)
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| biography:
| Naval commander, born in Nantwich, Cheshire, NWC England, UK. He entered the navy in 1884, and by 1912 had been appointed to command the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. At the outbreak of World War 1 he steamed into Heligoland Bight and destroyed three German cruisers. In 1915 he pursued German battle cruisers near the Dogger Bank, sinking the Blücher, and in 1916 fought in the Battle of Jutland. He succeeded Lord Jellicoe as commander-in-chief of the Grand Fleet in 1916, and became First Sea Lord in 1919. |
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