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Jackson (ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BRADWARDINE)

ADMIRAL SIR HENRY BRADWARDINE, a British naval officer; born in Barnsley, 1855. He entered the British Navy in 1868, and by 1896 had risen to the rank of captain.

From 1897 to 1899, he acted as naval attaché in various European capitals.

In 1905 he was appointed Controller of the Navy, which office he held for three years. From 1908 to 1910 he was commander of the Sixth Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, after which he was commander of the Royal Navy War College until 1913. From 1912 to 1914 he was Chief of the War Staff. After the outbreak of the European War he was, during 1915-1916, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, and as such had considerable influence in the preparation of Great Britain's plans for operations against the German fleets. From 1916 till 1919 he was President of the Royal Navy College at Greenwich, after which he was appointed active fleet admiral of the British Navy. Admiral Jackson is known as one of the most progressive of the chief British naval commanders; he was the first to make use of the Hertzian waves for wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy.