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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1914

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/28/13-14

Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] recommending Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas [Martyn] Jerram, or Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Bethell to succeed Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe as 2nd Sea Lord. Fisher also comments on the "Cromwellian" 1st Lord Morley [of Blackburn], hinting at a story of Morley "succumbing to the aroma of knee breeches and silk stockings". [Hand-written, with typescript copy; second page of copy at CHAR 13/28/114].

Dates

  • Creation: 01 Apr 1914

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Copyright: Lord Fisher

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Bibliography

Published: Winston S Churchill : Companion Volume II, Part 3, pp.1973-74

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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