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Admiral Sir (William Archibald) Howard Kelly (1873–1952) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station. ==Naval career== Kelly joined the Royal Navy in 1886.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He was posted as a lieutenant to the protected cruiser HMS ''Spartiate'' in late March 1902, went to Somaliland in 1902 and became naval attaché in Paris in 1911.〔 He served in the First World War as commanding officer of HMS ''Gloucester'', taking part in the pursuit of ''Goeben'' and ''Breslau'' (his brother John Kelly was commanding officer of ''Gloucester''s sister ship ''Dublin'' during the same engagement). From 1917 he was commander of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron.〔 In 1918 he was given command of the British Adriatic Force.〔 After the war he was appointed head of British Naval Mission to Greece.〔 He became Commander of the 1st Battle Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet in 1923 and commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1925.〔 He went on to be Admiralty representative to the League of Nations in 1927 and commander of the 1st Battle Squadron and second-in-command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1929.〔 His last appointment was intended to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1931.〔 He was on board the minesweeper when it ran aground in November 1931 - all aboard were rescued.〔(Loss on China Station ) Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 118, 14 November 1931, Page 13〕 Then, following the 28 January Incident, he used his influence to seek a ceasefire between the Chinese and Japanese forces.〔(Naval Review ) Vol. 64, No. 3, July 1976〕 He retired in 1936.〔 He was recalled in 1940, during the Second World War, to be British Naval Representative in Turkey; he retired again in 1944.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Kelly (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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