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Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, (28 September 1839 – 12 May 1927) was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in the Crimean War and then the Indian Mutiny, he supervised the handover of Ulcinj to Montenegro to allow Montenegro an outlet to the sea in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Berlin. He became Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron and then Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. He went on to be Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet, then Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron and finally became First Naval Lord. In that capacity he presided over a period of continued re-armament in the face of German naval expansion but was unceasingly harassed by Admiral Sir John Fisher. ==Early career== Born the fourth son of John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Cecil Chetwynd Talbot (daughter of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot), Kerr was educated at Radley College and joined the first-rate HMS ''Prince Regent'' as a naval cadet in August 1853.〔Heathcote, p. 143〕 He saw action during the Crimean War serving in the first-rate HMS ''Neptune'' in March 1854 and then in the third-rate HMS ''Cornwallis'' in May 1855.〔 Promoted to midshipman in August 1855, he joined the frigate HMS ''Shannon'' on the East Indies and China Station in August 1856.〔 He saw action during the Indian mutiny when the ship's crew landed as a naval brigade in December 1857.〔 Kerr was wounded near Cawnpore but still took part in the capture of Lucknow in February 1858.〔 After being mentioned in despatches on 31 March 1858 and promoted to mate on 28 September 1858, he transferred to the royal yacht HMY ''Victoria and Albert'' in June 1859.〔 Promoted to lieutenant on 5 September 1859, Kerr was appointed to the steam frigate HMS ''Emerald'' in the Channel Squadron in July 1860 and to the second-rate HMS ''Princess Royal'', flagship on the East Indies and China Station in February 1864.〔 Promoted to commander on 3 April 1868, he was posted to the ironclad battleship HMS ''Hercules'' in the Channel Squadron in November 1868 and was awarded the Royal Humane Society's silver medal for jumping overboard to rescue a man who had fallen from the rigging into the River Tagus.〔 Kerr became Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron and Captain of the battleship HMS ''Lord Warden'' in September 1871 and, having been promoted to captain on 30 November 1872 and while remaining Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron, he became Captain of the frigate HMS ''Agincourt'' in October 1874 and then Captain of the frigate HMS ''Minotaur'' in August 1875.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Loney RN )〕 He became Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and Captain of the frigate HMS ''Inconstant'' in February 1880 and then, while remaining Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, he became Captain of the ironclad battleship HMS ''Alexandra'' in March 1880.〔 Kerr supervised the handover of Ulcinj to Montenegro to allow Montenegro an outlet to the sea in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Berlin in September 1880.〔Heathcote, p. 144〕 He became Captain of the Medway Steam Reserve in December 1881 and naval private secretary to Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty in July 1885.〔 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「Lord Walter Kerr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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