BEATTY, Earl, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, and Baron Beatty of the North Sea (Unit. Kgd. 1919), Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, 1st Earl, G.C.B. (1916), O.M. (1919), G.C.V.O. (1917), K.C.B. Mil. (1914), K.C.V.O. (1916). C.B. Mil. (1911), M.V.O., 4th class (1905), D.S.O.; served with Dongola Expdn., 1896; Nile Expdn., 1897 -8; China Expdn., 1900; Comdg. 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, 1913-14; Comd. Battle Cruiser Fleets, 1914-16; Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, 1916 to 1919; First Sea Lord at Admiralty from 1919. Son of David Longfield Beatty, of Borodale, Wexford; b. 1871; m. 1901, Ethel, only dau. of Marshall Field, of Chicago, U.S.A., and has issue two sons. Res.: Hanover Lodge, Hanover Gate, Regent's Park, London, N.W. 8; Brooksby Hall, near Leicester. Clubs: Athenæum, Naval and Military, and Turf, London; Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes.