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He was the second son of five children born to Captain David Longfield Beatty and Katherine (or Katrine) Edith Beatty (née Sadleir), both from Ireland: David Longfield had been an officer in the Fourth Hussars where he formed a relationship with Katrine, the wife of another officer.
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty was a British admiral of the fleet, who commanded Britain’s battle cruisers in the Battle of Jutland (1916). Beatty was the son of Captain David Longfield Beatty. He began training as a naval cadet in 1884. From 1896 to 1898 he served in Egypt and the Sudan and then in.
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Dec 13, 2019 · Son of Capt David Longfield Beatty and Katherine Edith Moore Beatty Husband of Ethel Beatty, Countess Beatty (Field) Father of David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty Brother of Major William Vandeleur Beatty. Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes: Last Updated: December 13, 2019
- January 17, 1871
- Michael Lawrence Rhodes
- Nantwich, Cheshire, England UK
Feb 12, 2022 · David Longfield Beatty, who inherited Borodale on his father's death in 1881, was an imposing man who led a colourful life, but he was clearly a bully with a taste for violence: his two eldest sons found him oppressive and overbearing, and on at least three occasions he was before the courts for conduct that ill became a gentleman.
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He was known for commanding Britain’s battle cruisers in the Battle of Jutland on May 31–June 1, 1916. David Richard Beatty was born on January 17, 1871, in Howbeck Lodge, Stapeley, near Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He was the son of Captain David Longfield Beatty.
Beatty was born David Richard Beatty on 17 January, 1871 at Howbeck Villa, Stapeley, in the Registration District of Nantwich, in the County of Chester. His birth was registered on 17 February. [1] He was the second of four sons of Captain David Longfield Beatty (1841–1904), of the Fourth Hussars, and his first wife, Catherine Edith (d. 1896 ...
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The Earl Beatty is remembered for his comment during the Battle of Jutland that “There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today”, after two of his ships exploded! He later became Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, and received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the First World War.
