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Seven pairs of 19th century four panel painted wood double doorsin the Georgian style,
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Find your local specialistSeven pairs of 19th century four panel painted wood double doors
all with plain panels to one side, some with ovolo and egg and dart moulded borders to the reverse side, others with foliate beaded borders, each door 225cm x 54cm approximately (14)
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Provenance: By order of the Crown Estate, removed from Hanover Lodge, Regents Park, former home of Admiral and Lady Beatty.
Admiral David Beatty was a leading British naval officer in the first world war. Born in January 1871, he joined the Royal Navy in January 1884. In 1896 he was second in command of the Nile naval brigade and Lord Kitchener personally selected him for his 1898 Khartoum expedition Beatty served in the China war of 1900 during the Boxer uprisings. In 1910, Beatty was promoted to Rear Admiral at the age of 39, so becoming the youngest non-royal to do so since Lord Nelson.
In 1913, he was appointed commander of the First Battle Cruiser Squadron and served in the battles at Heligoland, his fleet aiding Commodore Tywhitt's 'Harwich', sank three German battle cruisers. At Dogger Bank, Beatty's fleet sunk the Blucher but his flagship 'Lion' was badly damaged and he had to be towed back to base. Beatty replaced Admiral John Jellicoe after the heavy losses to the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as commander of the Grand Fleet.
In 1919, Beatty was appointed Admiral of the Fleet, a post he held until 1927. In October 1919, Beatty was appointed First Sea Lord. Parliament also voted him £100,000 in recognition of what he had done for his country. He was also granted a peerage and Earl Beatty, Baron Beatty of the North Brooksby. Admiral David Beatty died in March 1936.
























