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projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia royal navy admiral of the fleet 1855 1929 admiral of the fleet sir henry jackson gcb kcvo frs admiral of the fleet sir henry jackson born 1855 01 21 21 january 1855 barnsley yorkshire died 14 december 1929 1929 12 14 aged 74 hayling island hampshire military career allegiance united kingdom branch royal navy service years 1868 1924 rank admiral of the fleet commands first sea lord royal naval college greenwich 6th cruiser squadron hms vernon hms duncan hms vulcan hms juno conflicts anglo zulu war first world war awards knight grand cross of the order of the bath knight commander of the royal victorian order grand cross of the order of naval merit spain grand cordon of the order of the rising sun japan admiral of the fleet sir henry bradwardine jackson gcb kcvo frs 21 january 1855 14 december 1929 was a british royal navy officer after serving in the anglo zulu war he established an early reputation as a pioneer of ship to ship wireless technology later he became the first person to achieve ship to ship wireless communications and demonstrated continuous communication with another vessel up to three miles away he went on to be third sea lord and controller of the navy then director of the royal naval war college and subsequently chief of the admiralty war staff he was advisor on overseas expeditions planning attacks on germany s colonial possessions at the start of the first world war and was selected as the surprise successor to admiral lord fisher upon the latter s spectacular resignation in may 1915 following the failure of the gallipoli campaign he had a cordial working relationship with first lord of the admiralty and former prime minister arthur balfour but largely concerned himself with administrative matters and his prestige suffered when german destroyers appeared in the channel as a result of which he was replaced in december 1916 early career edit born the son of henry jackson linen manufacturer and bleacher and jane jackson née tee of barnsley was educated in chester and then at stubbington house school near fareham in hampshire 1 henry bradwardine jackson joined the royal navy as a cadet in the training ship hms britannia in 1868 2 he was made a midshipman in the armoured frigate hms hector in the reserve fleet in april 1870 before transferring to the corvette hms cadmus in december 1871 2 promoted to sub lieutenant on 18 october 1874 he was posted to the corvette hms rover on the north america and west indies station in august 1876 2 promoted to again to lieutenant on 27 october 1877 3 he joined the corvette hms active on the cape of good hope station in march 1878 and saw action ashore during the anglo zulu war in 1879 2 he attended the torpedo school hms vernon in 1881 and after qualifying as a torpedo officer joined the directing staff there 2 promoted to commander on 1 january 1890 4 jackson became commanding officer of the torpedo school training ship hms defiance at wearde quay near saltash in january 1895 at the school he established an early reputation as a pioneer of ship to ship wireless technology 5 6 promoted to captain on 30 june 1896 7 he became the first person to achieve ship to ship wireless communications and demonstrated continuous communication with another vessel up to three miles away 5 6 later trials achieved transmission over distances up to 140 miles and investigated the effects of intervening land 8 he became naval attaché in paris in 1897 and went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser hms juno equipped with wireless in july 1899 and commanding officer of the torpedo depot ship hms vulcan also equipped with wireless in the mediterranean fleet in december 1899 2 he worked with marconi to develop a fleet wireless system and this achievement was recognised with his election as a fellow of the royal society in 1901 2 jackson in 1897 when he was carrying out his early experiments on hms defiance jackson s 1897 transmitter jackson s 1897 receiver the east goodwin lightship in 1898 the first lightvessel to be equipped with wireless hms juno the cruiser equipped with wireless and commanded by captain h b jackson during the summer manoeuvres of 1899 he went on to be assistant director of naval ordnance at the admiralty in february 1902 9 commanding officer of the battleship hms duncan in october 1903 and captain of the torpedo school hms vernon in september 1904 2 he was promoted to third sea lord and controller of the navy in february 1905 and having been appointed a naval aide de camp to the king on 12 september 1905 10 he was promoted to rear admiral on 18 october 1906 11 appointed a knight commander of the royal victorian order on 9 november 1906 12 he became commander of the 6th cruiser squadron in the mediterranean fleet hoisting his flag in the armoured cruiser hms bacchante in october 1908 13 he was awarded the grand cross of the spanish order of naval merit on the occasion of the visit of his flagship to valencia in may 1909 14 jackson was promoted to vice admiral on 15 march 1911 15 on appointment as director of the royal naval war college 13 he became chief of the admiralty war staff in february 1913 and having been promoted to full admiral on 10 february 1914 16 he became advisor on overseas expeditions planning attacks on germany s colonial possessions at the start of world war i 13 first sea lord edit the royal naval college greenwich where jackson served as president jackson was selected as the surprise successor to admiral lord fisher upon the latter s spectacular resignation in may 1915 following the failure of the gallipoli campaign 13 he had a cordial working relationship with first lord of the admiralty and former prime minister arthur balfour but largely concerned himself with administrative matters and his prestige suffered when german destroyers appeared in the channel 13 consequently sir john jellicoe was appointed to replace jackson in december 1916 13 jackson was appointed a knight grand cross of the order of the bath on 4 december 1916 17 later life edit jackson became president of the royal naval college greenwich in december 1916 13 and was appointed first and principal naval aide de camp on 2 april 1917 18 he was also awarded the grand cordon of the japanese order of the rising sun on 2 november 1917 19 he was promoted to admiral of the fleet on 31 july 1919 20 and retired from the royal naval college in august 1919 21 he was appointed the first chairman of the radio research board of the department of scientific and industrial research in 1920 21 and also won the hughes medal from the royal society for his pioneer work in the scientific investigations of radiotelegraphy and its application to navigation in 1926 22 in the 1920s jackson assisted winston churchill by checking some of the facts in his books on the great war the world crisis 23 he died at his home at hayling island in hampshire on 14 december 1929 21 family edit in 1890 jackson married alice burbury daughter of samuel hawksley burbury frs they had no children 2 references edit the times 16 december 1929 p 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 heathcote p 126 no 24517 the london gazette 30 october 1877 p 5920 no 26007 the london gazette 31 december 1889 p 7553 1 2 captain henry jackson s radio experiments saltash district amateur radio club retrieved 1 december 2012 1 2 r f pocock gerald reginald mansel garratt 1972 the origins of maritime radio the story of introduction of wireless telegraphy in the royal navy between 1896 and 1900 h m stationery office isbn 978 0 11 290113 6 no 26757 the london gazette 10 july 1896 p 3978 jackson h b 1902 on some phenomena affecting the transmission of electric waves over the surface of the sea and earth proceedings of the royal society of london 70 459 466 254 272 doi 10 1098 rspl 1902 0028 s2cid 140658993 naval military intelligence the times no 36666 london 16 january 1902 p 7 no 27839 the london gazette 26 september 1905 p 6472 no 27960 the london gazette 23 october 1906 p 7111 no 27965 the london gazette 9 november 1906 p 7552 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 heathcote p 127 no 28338 the london gazette 11 february 1910 p 1027 no 28476 the london gazette 17 march 1911 p 2233 no 28801 the london gazette 13 february 1914 p 1176 no 29848 the london gazette 5 december 1916 p 11839 no 30008 the london gazette 3 april 1917 p 3206 no 30363 the london gazette supplement 30 october 1917 p 11322 no 31489 the london gazette 5 august 1919 p 9961 1 2 3 heathcote p 128 science highwire press 1926 p 552 manchester william 1983 the last lion winston spencer churchill volume 1 visions of glory 1874 1932 1 ed london michael joseph p 767 isbn 0 7181 2275 5 sources edit heathcote tony 2002 the british admirals of the fleet 1734 1995 pen sword ltd isbn 0 85052 835 6 further reading edit murfett malcolm 1995 the first sea lords from fisher to mountbatten westport isbn 0 275 94231 7 external links 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