Letter from 1st Lord Stamfordham [Private Secretary to King George V, earlier Arthur Bigge], (York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk) to WSC, on the King's approval of the appointment of a new 1st Sea Lord and 2nd Sea Lord, [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven and Rear-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe), and his agreement to make the retiring 1st Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, a GCB [Knight Grand Cross of the Bath]. Stamfordham also passes on the King's congratulations on the new pay scheme for the Navy, with his regrets that nothing could be done for married men, and his recommendation for the establishment of married quarters in Naval Barracks and Schools.