naval officer
James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley.
British Royal Navy officer and First Lord of the Admiralty (1679-1736)
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About James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley was an English Royal Navy officer and peer who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1717 to 1727. The son of Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley, he was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Dursley prior to succeeding as Earl of Berkeley in 1710.
Everything about James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley →- Occupation
- naval officer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1701-02 Parliament, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1679
- Died
- August 17, 1736