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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Sir Dudley Pound</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:SirDudleyPound.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/SirDudleyPound.jpg/220px-SirDudleyPound.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" 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style="display:none">(1943-10-21)</span> (aged 66)<br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Masonic_Hospital" title="Royal Masonic Hospital">Royal Masonic Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1891–1943</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> (1939–43)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom)">Mediterranean Fleet</a> (1936–39)<br /><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser_Squadron_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battlecruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)">Battle Cruiser Squadron</a> (1929–31)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)" title="HMS Repulse (1916)">HMS <i>Repulse</i></a> (1920–22)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Colossus_(1910)" title="HMS Colossus (1910)">HMS <i>Colossus</i></a> (1915–17)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt in Palestine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Merit">Member of the Order of Merit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Officer of the Legion of Honour</a> (France)<br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Polonia_Restituta" title="Order of Polonia Restituta">Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta</a> (Poland)<br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(US_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distinguished Service Medal (US Navy)">Navy Distinguished Service Medal</a> (United States)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <b>Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_Merit" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of Merit">OM</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span></span> (29 August 1877 – 21 October 1943) was a British senior officer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> as a battleship commander, taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a> with notable success, contributing to the sinking of the German cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Wiesbaden" title="SMS Wiesbaden"><i>Wiesbaden</i></a>. </p><p>He served as <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a>, the professional head of the Royal Navy, for the first four years of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. In that role his greatest achievement was his successful campaign against the German <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> and the winning of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a> but his judgment has been questioned over the failed <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a> in 1940, and his dismissal of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Dudley_North_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Dudley North (Royal Navy officer)">Dudley North</a> in 1940. His order in July 1942 to disperse <a href="/wiki/Convoy_PQ_17" title="Convoy PQ 17">Convoy PQ 17</a> and withdraw its covering forces, to counter a threat from heavy German surface ships, led to its destruction by submarines and aircraft. His health failed in 1943 and he resigned, dying shortly thereafter. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born the son of Alfred John Pound, an <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton</a>-educated<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a>, by his marriage to Elizabeth Pickman Rogers, an American from <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pound's maternal grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Saltonstall_Rogers" title="Richard Saltonstall Rogers">Richard Saltonstall Rogers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was also descended on his mother's side from <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Leavitt_Pickman" title="Dudley Leavitt Pickman">Dudley Leavitt Pickman</a>, an early <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem, Massachusetts</a>, merchant.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-heath214_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath214-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at Fonthill School in <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead" title="East Grinstead">East Grinstead</a>, Sussex.<sup id="cite_ref-Janus_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Janus-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pound joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(1860)" title="HMS Prince of Wales (1860)">HMS <i>Britannia</i></a> in January 1891 and was posted as a <a href="/wiki/Midshipman" title="Midshipman">midshipman</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Royal_Sovereign_(1891)" title="HMS Royal Sovereign (1891)">HMS <i>Royal Sovereign</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Fleet" title="Channel Fleet">Channel Squadron</a> in January 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Undaunted_(1886)" title="HMS Undaunted (1886)">HMS <i>Undaunted</i></a> in May 1894 on the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, China">China Station</a> and then joined <a href="/wiki/HMS_Calypso_(1883)" title="HMS Calypso (1883)">HMS <i>Calypso</i></a> in the Training Squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Sub-lieutenant" title="Sub-lieutenant">sub-lieutenant</a> on 29 August 1896,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he joined the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Opossum_(1895)" title="HMS Opossum (1895)">HMS <i>Opossum</i></a> in October 1897 and the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Magnificent_(1894)" title="HMS Magnificent (1894)">HMS <i>Magnificent</i></a> in January 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Promoted to lieutenant on 29 August 1898,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he joined the <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> school <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vernon_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Vernon (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Vernon</i></a> in September 1899 and qualified as a torpedo specialist in December 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as a torpedo officer in the cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1892)" title="HMS Grafton (1892)">HMS <i>Grafton</i></a> on the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Station" title="Pacific Station">Pacific Station</a> before transferring to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_King_Edward_VII" title="HMS King Edward VII">HMS <i>King Edward VII</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)">Atlantic Fleet</a> in January 1905 and then to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_(1902)" title="HMS Queen (1902)">HMS <i>Queen</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean Fleet</a> in March 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pound joined the staff at the Ordnance Department of the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom)" title="Admiralty (United Kingdom)">Admiralty</a> in January 1909 and then, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">commander</a> on 30 June 1909,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he transferred to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Superb_(1907)" title="HMS Superb (1907)">HMS <i>Superb</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> in May 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined the staff of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_War_College" title="Royal Naval War College">Royal Naval War College</a> in early 1913 and then transferred to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_St_Vincent_(1908)" title="HMS St Vincent (1908)">HMS <i>St Vincent</i></a> in the Home Fleet in April 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Renown-7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Renown-7.jpg/220px-Renown-7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Renown-7.jpg/330px-Renown-7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Renown-7.jpg/440px-Renown-7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5662" data-file-height="4561" /></a><figcaption>The battlecruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)" title="HMS Repulse (1916)">HMS <i>Repulse</i></a>, which Pound commanded in the early 1920s</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pound served throughout the First World War. After being promoted to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">captain</a> on 31 December 1914, he became an Additional Naval Assistant to the <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> before being given command of the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Colossus_(1910)" title="HMS Colossus (1910)">HMS <i>Colossus</i></a> in May 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led her at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a> with notable success, contributing to the sinking of the German cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Wiesbaden" title="SMS Wiesbaden"><i>Wiesbaden</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the Admiralty in July 1917 to become assistant director of plans and then director of the operations division (home) and was closely involved in the planning for the <a href="/wiki/Zeebrugge_Raid" title="Zeebrugge Raid">Zeebrugge Raid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also planned the use of radio remote controlled vessels that were developed by the <a href="/wiki/British_unmanned_aerial_vehicles_of_World_War_I#The_Royal_Navy's_D.C.B._Section" title="British unmanned aerial vehicles of World War I">Navy's D.C.B. Section</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adm253_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adm253-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar_career">Interwar career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pound was appointed a Companion of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1919_Birthday_Honours" title="1919 Birthday Honours">1919 Birthday Honours</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and given command of the <a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">battlecruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)" title="HMS Repulse (1916)">HMS <i>Repulse</i></a> in October 1920 before becoming director of the planning division at the Admiralty in June 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a Naval <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Aide-de-Camp">Aide-de-Camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">the King</a> on 1 January 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/Roger_Keyes,_1st_Baron_Keyes" title="Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes">Roger Keyes</a>' appointment as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in May 1925, Pound became his <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Chief of Staff Mediterranean Fleet">chief of staff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pound was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a> on 1 March 1926<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in April 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to be Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser_Squadron_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battlecruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)">Battle Cruiser Squadron</a> in May 1929 and, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">vice admiral</a> on 15 May 1930,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became <a href="/wiki/Second_Sea_Lord" title="Second Sea Lord">Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel</a> in August 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the King's Birthday Honours 1930, Pound advanced to rank of Knight Commander of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Order of the Bath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 January 1933 Pound was promoted to full <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom)">Mediterranean Fleet</a>. In March 1936, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-heath216_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath216-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 May 1937 Pound was appointed as a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1939 New Year Honours, Pound advanced to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Sea_Lord">First Sea Lord</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First Sea Lord"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg/220px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg/330px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg/440px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A16722.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="601" /></a><figcaption>Pound on board the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a> sailing to the United States</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/220px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/330px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg/440px-Prince_of_Wales-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>Admiral Pound (standing, far right) at the Atlantic Conference in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>Pound became First Sea Lord in June 1939<sup id="cite_ref-heath217_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath217-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> on 31 July 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His health was doubtful even then, but other experienced admirals were in even poorer health.<sup id="cite_ref-Kennedy_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kennedy-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became <a href="/wiki/List_of_First_and_Principal_Naval_Aides-de-Camp" title="List of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp">First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">the King</a> in October 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are sharply divided opinions of Pound as First Sea Lord during the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. His admirals and captains at sea accused him of "back seat driving" and he had some clashes with <a href="/wiki/Charles_Forbes_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer)">Charles Forbes</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Tovey" class="mw-redirect" title="John Tovey">John Tovey</a>, commanders of the Home Fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-heath217_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath217-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kennedy_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kennedy-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, with whom he worked from September 1939, worked with him closely on naval strategies such that he was referred to as "Churchill's anchor".<sup id="cite_ref-heath217_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath217-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been described as a "cunning old badger" who had used guile to frustrate Churchill's <a href="/wiki/Operation_Catherine" title="Operation Catherine">Operation Catherine</a>, a scheme to send a battle fleet into the Baltic, early in the war.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critically, Pound was at the helm of the Royal Navy on the day of the <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse" title="Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse">sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse</a> on 10 December 1941 off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Kuantan" title="Kuantan">Kuantan</a>, Malaysia by the Japanese Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perhaps Pound's greatest achievement was his defeat of the German <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> and the winning of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a> but he has been blamed for the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">Channel Dash</a> when the Navy allowed the German battlecruisers <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau" title="German battleship Gneisenau"><i>Gneisenau</i></a> to slip into the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> undetected in February 1942, and criticised for ordering the dispersal of <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> <a href="/wiki/Convoy_PQ_17" title="Convoy PQ 17">Convoy PQ 17</a> in July 1942, in which 35 merchant ships were left without protection, leading to 24 of the 35 merchant ships being sunk with the loss of 153 men.<sup id="cite_ref-heath218_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath218-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By March 1942 he was no longer Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff and accepted the need for a deputy first sea lord, with Admiral <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy-Purvis" title="Charles Kennedy-Purvis">Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis</a> installed as such in July 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pound refused a <a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">peerage</a> but was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit" title="Order of Merit">Order of Merit</a> on 3 September 1943, four years after the outbreak of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stanley_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanley-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resignation_and_death">Resignation and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Resignation and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pound suffered from hip degeneration, which kept him from sleeping, causing him to doze off at meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-heath218_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath218-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1943 Pound's wife died; by this time it was clear that his health was declining. He had sustained one stroke and the second, during the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Conference,_1943" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec Conference, 1943">Quebec Conference</a> the following month, was paralytic, indicative of a fast developing <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumour" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain tumour">brain tumour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pound then resigned formally on 20 September 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-heath218_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath218-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died from the tumour at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Masonic_Hospital" title="Royal Masonic Hospital">Royal Masonic Hospital</a> in London on 21 October (<a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_Day" title="Trafalgar Day">Trafalgar Day</a>) 1943 and, after a funeral service in <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>, followed by cremation at <a href="/wiki/Golders_Green_Crematorium" title="Golders Green Crematorium">Golders Green Crematorium</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CWGCDOHR_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWGCDOHR-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his ashes were buried at sea in <a href="/wiki/The_Solent" title="The Solent">The Solent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath218_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath218-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church,_Godshill,_Isle_of_Wight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg/170px-Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg/255px-Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg/340px-Dudley_Pound_memorial_in_All_Saints%27_Church%2C_Godshill%2C_Isle_of_Wight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption>Dudley Pound memorial in <a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Godshill" title="All Saints' Church, Godshill">All Saints' Church, Godshill</a>, Isle of Wight</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1908 Pound married Betty Whitehead; they had two sons and a daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-heath215_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath215-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2024 movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Ungentlemanly_Warfare" title="The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare">The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare</a></i> a character named Admiral Pound is portrayed as being in favour of negotiating surrender with the Germans while being opposed to the Special Operations mission depicted.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mvfxv67JR5UC&q=%22richard+saltonstall+rogers%22&pg=PA36"><i>The Eton Register, Part III: 1862–1868</i></a>. 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33946"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 2 June 1933. p. 3801.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+33946&rft.pages=3801&rft.date=1933-06-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F33946%2Fsupplement%2F3801&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette34125" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34125/page/458">"No. 34125"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 18 January 1935. p. 458.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+34125&rft.pages=458&rft.date=1935-01-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F34125%2Fpage%2F458&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette34420" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34420/page/4733">"No. 34420"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 23 July 1937. p. 4733.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+34420&rft.pages=4733&rft.date=1937-07-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F34420%2Fpage%2F4733&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette34585" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34585/supplement/3">"No. 34585"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i> (Supplement). 30 December 1938. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+34585&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1938-12-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F34585%2Fsupplement%2F3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-heath217-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-heath217_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-heath217_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-heath217_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Heathcote, p. 217</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette34651" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34651/page/5393">"No. 34651"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 4 August 1939. p. 5393.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+34651&rft.pages=5393&rft.date=1939-08-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F34651%2Fpage%2F5393&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kennedy-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kennedy_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kennedy_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kennedy, p. 107</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette35309" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35309/page/5962">"No. 35309"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 14 October 1941. p. 5962.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+35309&rft.pages=5962&rft.date=1941-10-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F35309%2Fpage%2F5962&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James Levy, "Lost Leader: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes and the Second World War", <i>Mariner's Mirror</i> (2002) 88#2 pp 186–195</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stanley, p. 90</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frank Owen, <i>The Fall of Singapore</i>, Penguin Books, 2001, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-139133-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-139133-2">0-14-139133-2</a>, p. 65</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-heath218-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-heath218_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-heath218_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-heath218_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-heath218_29-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Heathcote, p. 218</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTucker2011" class="citation book cs1">Tucker, Spencer (30 November 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=N0nrSWUHx6sC&q=sir+dudley+pound+obit+stroke+quebec+conference+1943&pg=PA603"><i>World War II at Sea: An Encyclopedia, Volume 1</i></a>. JHU Press. p. 603. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1598844573" title="Special:BookSources/978-1598844573"><bdi>978-1598844573</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=World+War+II+at+Sea%3A+An+Encyclopedia%2C+Volume+1&rft.pages=603&rft.pub=JHU+Press&rft.date=2011-11-30&rft.isbn=978-1598844573&rft.aulast=Tucker&rft.aufirst=Spencer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DN0nrSWUHx6sC%26q%3Dsir%2Bdudley%2Bpound%2Bobit%2Bstroke%2Bquebec%2Bconference%2B1943%26pg%3DPA603&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette36158" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36158/page/3935">"No. 36158"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 3 September 1943. p. 3935.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+36158&rft.pages=3935&rft.date=1943-09-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F36158%2Fpage%2F3935&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stanley-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-stanley_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stanley, p. 91</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-115/books-arts-curiosities-if-we-lose-at-sea-we-lose/">"Books, Arts & Curiosities – "If We Lose at Sea, We Lose…" – Churchill's Anchor: The Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound OM, GCB, GCVO"</a>. 7 May 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Books%2C+Arts+%26+Curiosities+%E2%80%93+%22If+We+Lose+at+Sea%2C+We+Lose%E2%80%A6%22+%E2%80%93+Churchill%27s+Anchor%3A+The+Biography+of+Admiral+of+the+Fleet+Sir+Dudley+Pound+OM%2C+GCB%2C+GCVO&rft.date=2015-05-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwinstonchurchill.org%2Fpublications%2Ffinest-hour%2Ffinest-hour-115%2Fbooks-arts-curiosities-if-we-lose-at-sea-we-lose%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CWGCDOHR-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CWGCDOHR_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2431004/POUND%20%Sir%20ALFRED%20DUDLEY%PICKMAN%20ROGERS">"Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sir+Alfred+Dudley+Pickman+Rogers+Pound&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cwgc.org%2Fsearch-for-war-dead%2Fcasualty%2F2431004%2FPOUND%2520%25Sir%2520ALFRED%2520DUDLEY%25PICKMAN%2520ROGERS&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span> CWGC Casualty Record. He is named on the CWGC Cremation Memorial there.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/fullcredits">"The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare"</a>. IMDB<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+Essex+County%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=J.+W.+Lewis+%26+Co.%2C+Philadelphia%2C+Pennsylvania&rft.date=1887&rft.aulast=Hurd&rft.aufirst=Duane+Hamilton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDEwWAAAAYAAJ%26q%3D%2522richard%2Bsaltonstall%2Brogers%2522%26pg%3DRA4-PA232-IA2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKennedy1975" class="citation book cs1">Kennedy, Ludovic (1975). <i>Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck</i>. Fontana Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0006340140" title="Special:BookSources/978-0006340140"><bdi>978-0006340140</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pursuit%3A+The+Sinking+of+the+Bismarck&rft.pub=Fontana+Press&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=978-0006340140&rft.aulast=Kennedy&rft.aufirst=Ludovic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Nailor, Peter. "Great Chiefs of Staff – Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, OM, GCB GCVO", <i>RUSI Journal: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies</i> (1988) 133#1 pp 67–70.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStanley2006" class="citation book cs1">Stanley, Martin (2006). <i>The Order of Merit</i>. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., London. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1860648489" title="Special:BookSources/978-1860648489"><bdi>978-1860648489</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Order+of+Merit&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris+%26+Co.+Ltd.%2C+London&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1860648489&rft.aulast=Stanley&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrodhurst2000" class="citation book cs1">Brodhurst, Robin (2000). <i>Churchill's Anchor: A Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound</i>. Pen & Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0850527650" title="Special:BookSources/978-0850527650"><bdi>978-0850527650</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Churchill%27s+Anchor%3A+A+Biography+of+Admiral+of+the+Fleet+Sir+Dudley+Pound&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0850527650&rft.aulast=Brodhurst&rft.aufirst=Robin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurfett1995" class="citation book cs1">Murfett, Malcolm (1995). <i>The First Sea Lords from Fisher to Mountbatten</i>. Westport. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-275-94231-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-275-94231-7"><bdi>0-275-94231-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+First+Sea+Lords+from+Fisher+to+Mountbatten&rft.pub=Westport&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-275-94231-7&rft.aulast=Murfett&rft.aufirst=Malcolm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADudley+Pound" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Pound&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Dreadnought Project: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Alfred_Dudley_Pickman_Rogers_Pound">Dudley Pound</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://purl.org/pressemappe20/folder/pe/023732">Newspaper clippings about Dudley Pound</a> in the <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Press_Archives" title="20th Century Press Archives">20th Century Press Archives</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_National_Library_of_Economics" title="German National Library of Economics">ZBW</a></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Keppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peircy_Brett" title="Peircy Brett">Sir Peircy Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Holburne" title="Francis Holburne">Sir Francis Holburne</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/75px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/113px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/150px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">First Naval Lords (1771–1904)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Hervey,_3rd_Earl_of_Bristol" title="Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol">Augustus Hervey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Palliser" title="Hugh Palliser">Sir Hugh Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Man" title="Robert Man">Robert Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Darby" title="George Darby">George Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Harland,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet">Sir Robert Harland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Pigot_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1722)" title="Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722)">Sir Hugh Pigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leveson-Gower_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Leveson-Gower (Royal Navy officer)">John Leveson-Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood" title="Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood">Lord Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Middleton,_1st_Baron_Barham" title="Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham">Sir Charles Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Troubridge,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Troubridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Markham_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Markham (Royal Navy officer)">John Markham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Bickerton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Richard Bickerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Domett" title="William Domett">William Domett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sydney_Yorke" title="Joseph Sydney Yorke">Sir Joseph Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Moore_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Graham Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Johnstone_Hope" title="William Johnstone Hope">Sir William Johnstone Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hardy,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dundas_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Dundas (Royal Navy officer)">The Hon. George Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Parker,_1st_Baronet,_of_Shenstone" title="Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone">Sir William Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Whitley_Deans_Dundas" title="James Whitley Deans Dundas">Sir James Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_FitzHardinge" title="Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge">The Hon. Maurice Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Parker_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1784)" title="Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1784)">Hyde Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_FitzHardinge" title="Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge">The Hon. Maurice Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Saunders_Dundas" title="Richard Saunders Dundas">The Hon. Sir Richard Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Martin,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet">William Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Saunders_Dundas" title="Richard Saunders Dundas">The Hon. Sir Richard Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Grey" title="Frederick Grey">The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Milne,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet">Sir Alexander Milne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Dacres" title="Sydney Dacres">Sir Sydney Dacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Milne,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet">Sir Alexander Milne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Yelverton" title="Hastings Yelverton">Sir Hastings Yelverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wellesley" title="George Wellesley">Sir George Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astley_Cooper_Key" title="Astley Cooper Key">Sir Astley Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hood,_1st_Baron_Hood_of_Avalon" title="Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon">Sir Arthur Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_John_Hay_(Royal_Navy_admiral_of_the_fleet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord John Hay (Royal Navy admiral of the fleet)">Lord John Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hood,_1st_Baron_Hood_of_Avalon" title="Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon">Sir Arthur Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vesey_Hamilton" title="Richard Vesey Hamilton">Sir Richard Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hoskins" title="Anthony Hoskins">Sir Anthony Hoskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Richards" title="Frederick Richards">Sir Frederick Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Walter_Kerr" title="Lord Walter Kerr">Lord Walter Kerr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">First Sea Lords (1904–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher" title="John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher">Sir John Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Wilson,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Arthur Wilson, 3rd Baronet">Sir Arthur Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Bridgeman_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Francis Bridgeman (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Francis Bridgeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Louis_of_Battenberg" title="Prince Louis of Battenberg">Prince Louis of Battenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher" title="John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher">The Lord Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jackson_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Henry Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jellicoe,_1st_Earl_Jellicoe" title="John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe">Sir John Jellicoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosslyn_Wemyss,_1st_Baron_Wester_Wemyss" title="Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss">Sir Rosslyn Wemyss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Beatty,_1st_Earl_Beatty" title="David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty">The Earl Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Madden,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Madden, Bt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Field_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Frederick Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernle_Chatfield,_1st_Baron_Chatfield" title="Ernle Chatfield, 1st Baron Chatfield">The Lord Chatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Backhouse" title="Roger Backhouse">Sir Roger Backhouse</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sir Dudley Pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hyndhope" title="Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope">The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cunningham_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer)">Sir John Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fraser,_1st_Baron_Fraser_of_North_Cape" title="Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape">The Lord Fraser of North Cape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhoderick_McGrigor" title="Rhoderick McGrigor">Sir Rhoderick McGrigor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten" title="Lord Mountbatten">The Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lambe" title="Charles Lambe">Sir Charles Lambe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspar_John" title="Caspar John">Sir Caspar John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Luce" title="David Luce">Sir David Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varyl_Begg" title="Varyl Begg">Sir Varyl Begg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Le_Fanu" title="Michael Le Fanu">Sir Michael Le Fanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hill-Norton" title="Peter Hill-Norton">Sir Peter Hill-Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Pollock_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Michael Pollock (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Michael Pollock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ashmore" title="Edward Ashmore">Sir Edward Ashmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Lewin" title="Terence Lewin">Sir Terence Lewin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Leach" title="Henry Leach">Sir Henry Leach</a></li> <li><a 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