George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe

The Earl Jellicoe
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
20 June 1970 – 23 May 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Lord Shackleton
Succeeded byThe Lord Windlesham
Minister of State for Navy
In office
1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964
Prime MinisterSir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byChristopher Mayhew
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
22 October 1963 – 1 April 1964
Prime MinisterSir Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byThe Lord Carrington
Succeeded byElizabeth II
as Lord High Admiral
Minister of State for Home Affairs
In office
17 July 1962 – 21 October 1963
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byDavid Renton
Succeeded byThe Lord Derwent
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
27 June 1961 – 16 July 1962
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byKeith Joseph
Succeeded byFrederick Corfield
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
8 February 1961 – 27 June 1961
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Earl Bathurst
Succeeded byThe Lord Denham
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
25 July 1939 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Earl Jellicoe
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as a life peer
17 November 1999 – 22 February 2007
Personal details
Born4 April 1918
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
United Kingdom
Died22 February 2007(2007-02-22) (aged 88)
Tidcombe, Wiltshire
United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
Childreneight
ResidenceTidcombe
EducationWinchester College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationPolitician, businessman
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
RankBrigadier
UnitColdstream Guards
Special Air Service
Special Boat Service
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Croix de Guerre
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton[1] (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman.[2]

Lord Jellicoe was the only son but sixth and youngest child of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, who was a First World War naval officer, commander at the Battle of Jutland, and Admiral of the Fleet; and his wife Florence Gwendoline (died 1964), the second daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, 1st Bt., of Gartmore, Perthshire. He inherited the title Earl Jellicoe at the age of 17, on the death of his father. As well as commanding the Special Boat Service in the Second World War, George Jellicoe was a long-serving parliamentarian, being a member of the House of Lords for 68 years (1939–2007).

  1. ^ Waldegrave, W. (2008). "George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe. 4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 54: 169. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2008.0004. S2CID 72990385.
  2. ^ Ure, John (2011). "Jellicoe, George Patrick John Rushworth, second Earl Jellicoe and Baron Jellicoe of Southampton (1918–2007), army officer, politician, and businessman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98592. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 5 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)