Editing First Sea Lord (section)

==In fiction==
In [[John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir|John Buchan's]] novel ''[[The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (1915), the First Sea Lord is named as Lord Alloa, an impostor whom [[Richard Hannay]] recognizes at a meeting as a spy and recent pursuer of his.  Hannay describes Lord Alloa as recognizable from news pictures for his "beard cut like a spade, the firm fighting mouth, the blunt square nose, and the keen blue eyes...the man, they say, that made the New British Navy".{{sfn|Buchan|1999|p=|loc=Ch. 8}} The real First Sea Lord at the time the story is set (early summer 1914) was [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], coincidentally also bearded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/battenberg.htm|title=Prince Louis of Battenberg|publisher=First World War.com|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>