King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Joined RN 1884; HMS ALEXANDRIA 1886-1888; HMS CRUISER 1888; HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON and HMS RUBY 1889-1890; HMS EXCELLENT 1890-1892; HMS RUBY 1892-1893; HMS CAMPERDOWN 1893-1895; HMS TRAFALGAR 1895-1896; HMS VICTORY I 1896; Commanding HMS RANGER 1897; Nile operations in co-operation with Egyptian Army, Sudan 1897-1900; HMS BARFLEUR, Tienstein operations, China 1900; HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON 1900-1902; HMS JUNO 1902; HMS ARROGANT 1903-1904; HMS SUFFOLK 1904-1905; Naval Adviser to the Army Council 1906-1908; HMS QUEEN 1908-1910; Naval Secretary to First Sea Lord, Admiralty 1912-1913; Cdr, HMS LION, 1 Battle Cruiser Sqn 1913-1916; World War I 1914-1918; HMS PRINCESS ROYAL 1915; Battle of Dogger Bank 1915; HMS LION 1915-1916; Battle of Jutland 1916; Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet 1916-1919; HMS IRON DUKE 1916-1917; HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 1917-1919; HMS PRESIDENT 1919; First Sea Lord, Admiralty 1919-1927

Papers
BRITISH LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTCOLLECTIONS, LONDON: The papers of AF John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, include correspondence with Beatty 1914-1918 (ref: Add MS 49008): the papers of AF Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, include correspondence with Beatty 1912-1933; CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: the papers of Sir Shane Leslie, author, consist of material 1884-1948, compiled for a proposed biography of Beatty, and letters from Beatty to E Godfrey Fausset (ref: SLGF); HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE, LONDON: The papers of the Rt Hon David Lloyd George include letters from Beatty 1920-1922 (ref: Lloyd George papers); IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: the papers of Adm Dudley de Chair (ref: P38-41) include three letters from Beatty 1912-1918; the papers of Howell Arthur Gwynne, editor of The Morning Post (ref: Con Shelf), include correspondence with Beatty 1916 (six items); NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, LONDON other correspondents include Adm Sir Ernest Troubridge, the Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, AF John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey of The Chart, Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, the David Lloyd George and AF John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone; papers relating to Heligoland Bight 1914; papers relating to Dogger Bank 1915; papers relating to Scarborough Raid 1915; papers relating to Jutland 1916; papers relating to Armistice negotiations 1918; post-war files on the Capital Ship controversy; papers relating to Singapore; papers relating to the Fleet Air Arm; correspondence in papers of Sir Eustace (Henry William) Tennyson D'Eyncourt; correspondence with Adm Sir Frederick Hamilton; correspondence with Capt Dennis Larking 1914-1928; the papers of AF (Alfred) Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield, include correspondence with Beatty 1933-1938 (ref: CHA); the papers of Sir Julian Corbett include correspondence with Beatty; the papers of Capt Dennis Augustus Hugo Larking include letters from Beatty 1914-1928 (ref: LAR); NUFFIELD COLLEGE LIBRARY, OXFORD: The papers of Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Baron Cherwell of Oxford, include correspondence with Beatty 1926-1927 (ref: CSAC80/4/81, 99/3/84); SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE, EDINBURGH: The papers of the Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, include correspondence with Beatty 1923-1924 (ref: GD433); SHROPSHIRE RECORDS AND RESEARCH CENTRE, SHREWSBURY: The papers of William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman of Leigh, include letters from Beatty 1924-1932 (ref: 4629)

Publications
: C Sanford Terry, editor, Earl Jellicoe, the battle of Jutland Bank, May 31 - June 1, 1916. The dispatches of Admiral Sir J Jellicoe and Vice Admiral Sir D Beatty (Oxford University Press, 1916); Francis T Hunter, Beatty, Jellicoe, Sims and Rodman: Yankee gobs and British tars, as seen by an 'Anglomaniac' (Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1919); Geoffrey Rawson, Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby, etc (Jarrolds, London, 1930); Frank Hubert Shaw, The Boys' life of Admiral Beatty (Hutchinson & Co, London, 1933); William Scott Chalmers, The life and letters of David, Earl Beatty (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951)

Index terms
SUBJECTS inter-service relations 1906-1908; staff 1906-1908; staff 1912-1927; strategy 1916-1919
PLACES Egypt 1897-1900; North Africa 1897-1900; Far East 1900; Middle East 1897-1900
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