ABSTRACT
Admiral the Marquis of Milford Haven, GCB, GCVO, KCMG. Despite his German/Austrian/Russian birth, he became a professional sea-officer in the RN, through a connection by marriage with the British royal family, and was naturalized in 1868. He rose largely on his own merits, though his career was bedeviled by his family connections with both Russia and Germany. At the outbreak of WW1 he was 1SL, but public paranoia about all things German forced his resignation in October 1914, to be succeeded by Lord FISHER.
