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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1911

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/2/1-5

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher (Grand Hotel National, Lucerne [Switzerland]), to WSC, with congratulations on his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, offering to come to London and give him "all the help in my power"; also giving his views on senior naval appointments, commenting that Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson [1st Sea Lord] was magnificent at sea, but had wrecked Reginald McKenna [WSC's predecessor] ashore, that until Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commands the Home Fleet "Wilson is our Admiralissimo! Jellicoe is as great as Nelson, but is not senior enough yet", recommending Prince Louis of Battenberg [later 1st Lord Milford Haven] as 1st Sea Lord and stating that he would offer to be WSC's "Chief of the Navy General Staff - there is room for an immense coup there but I don't want to embarrass you"; includes cutting on the state of the Navy. [Typescript copy at CHAR 13/2/93-94].

Dates

  • Creation: 26 Oct 1911

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Lord Fisher

Extent

5 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Part published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 2, pp.1298-1300

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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