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About Lord Walter Kerr
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, 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.
Everything about Lord Walter Kerr →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, First Sea Lord, Second Sea Lord, Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- September 28, 1839
- Died
- May 12, 1927