Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the Battle Cruiser Flee
Beatty in 1916
Captain David Beatty
Admiral Seymour returning to Tientsin with wounded men
HMS Lion, flagship of the battlecruiser squadron
Ethel Newcomb Beatty, Countess Beatty was a socialite and a member of the aristocracy. The daughter of American millionaire Marshall Field, she enjoyed a lavish lifestyle.
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
…access to aristocratic houses where his recent heroic reputation from the campaign made him an honoured guest. Out hunting one day he chanced to meet Ethel Tree, daughter of Chicago department store founder Marshall Field. Beatty was immediately taken with her, for her good looks and her ability to hunt. The…
Ethel in 1915
Dingley Hall
Lady Beatty and her two younger sons, David and Peter