Admiral Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield

Admiral Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield

• Born on 27 September 1873 at Southsea, Hampshire, England.
• Son of Admiral Alfred John Chatfield and Louisa Faulconer.
• Baptised at Southsea, Hampshire, England.
• Married Lillian Emma Matthews, daughter of Major George L. Matthews and Emma Florence Lewis, on 29 July 1909 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.
• Died on 15 November 1967 at age 94.
• Educated between 1883 and 1886 at St. Andrew's School, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
• Commissioned in 1886, in the service of the Royal Navy.
• Educated between 1886 and 1888 H.M.S. Britannia.
• Commander of the H.M.S. Excellent between 1906 and 1909.
• Captain in 1909.
• Captain of the H.M.S. Medina between 1911 and 1912.
• Invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1912.
• Fought in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, as Flag Captain of H.M.S. Lion.
• Fought in the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915.
• Invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1916.
• Invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1916.
• Decorated with the award of the Grand Cross, Order of the Phoenix of Greece.
• Decorated with the award of the Order of Aviz of Portugal.1 He was Flag-Captain in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth as Flag-Captain and Fleet Gunnery Officer to Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet.
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 1919.
• Fourth Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1919.
• Rear-Admiral in 1920.
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff between 1920 and 1922.
• British Naval Representative to the Washington Naval Conference between 1921 and 1922.
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1922.
• Commanding officer of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron between 1922 and 1924.
• Third Sea Lord of the Admiralty between 1925 and 1928.
• Vice-Admiral in 1926.
• Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet between 1929 and 1930.
• Admiral in 1930.
• Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet between 1930 and 1932.
• First Sea Lord of the Admiralty between 1933 and 1938.
• Awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) by Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1934.
• Invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1934.
• Admiral of the Fleet in 1935.
• Created 1st Baron Chatfield, of Ditchling, co. Sussex [U.K.] on 4 June 1937.
• Decorated with the award of the Order of Merit (O.M.) in 1939.
• Invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1939.
• Awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.) by Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1939.
• Minister of State for the Co-ordination of Defence between 1939 and 1940, with a seat in the War Cabinet.
• Decorated with the award of the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Arts in 1947.
• He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Children of Admiral Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield and Lillian Emma Matthews

• Hon. Angela Chatfield d. 18 Aug 1943
• Hon. Mary Katharine Medina Chatfield b. 1911, d. 14 Mar 2009
• Ernle David Lewis Chatfield, 2nd Baron Chatfield b. 2 Jan 1917, d. 30 Sep 2007 The Peerage

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Further Reading

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernle_Chatfield,_1st_Baron_Chatfield
• http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Alfred_Ernle_Montac...
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 4 2017, 8:07:37 UTC