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 ADMIRAL SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. ArtlRAL SIR JOHN RUSHWORTH JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., was born on December 5th, 1859. He was educated at Rottingdean, and entered the Navy in 1872, becoming in 1880 a Lieutenant (three First Class Certificates). As a young officer he specialised in Gunnery. During the Egyptian War, as Lieutenant of the " Agincourt," he gained the Egyptian Medal and Khedive's Bronze Star. In 1883 he received a special 80 prize at the Royal Naval College. In May, 1886, Lieutenant Jellicoe was awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for having commanded a gig, manned by volunteers, which set out to rescue the crew of a steamer stranded on a sandbank near Gibraltar. A heavy sea was running and the boat capsized, but the crew, being provided with cork jackets, managed to reach the shore in safety. Lieutenant Jellicoe was Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance from 1888 to 1891, on June 3oth of which year he became a Commander, and was serving in the " Victoria " when she foundered off Tripoli after collision with the " Camperdown " on June 2yth, 1893. At the time of the catastrophe Commander Jellicoe was suffering from Mediterranean fever. He was promoted to Captain on January ist, 1897. During the Boxer outbreak in 1900 he was Flag-Captain in the " Centurion," and took part in Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour's Inter- national Expedition to relieve the Pekin Legations. In this Expedition he acted as Chief Staff Officer, was wounded, and afterwards received the C.B. for his services. He was Naval Assistant to the Controller of the Navy from February, 1902, to August, 1903 ; Captain of the " Drake " from August, 1903, to January, 1905 ; and Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes from