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Vice-Admiral James Berkeley , 3rd Earl of Berkeley , -LRB- aft .. Vice-Admiral. Vice-Admiral. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. 1679 -- 17 August 1736 -RRB- was the son of Charles Berkeley , 2nd Earl of Berkeley and the Hon. Elizabeth Noel .. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. He was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Dursley prior to succeeding as Earl of Berkeley in 1710 .. courtesy title. courtesy title. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. He was a distinguished Royal Navy officer who served as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George I.. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. First Lord of the Admiralty. First Lord of the Admiralty. King George I. George I of Great Britain. Viscount Dursley received his commission as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 10 March 1699 and was promoted to captain on 2 April 1701 .. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. He was also a Member of Parliament -LRB- MP -RRB- for Gloucester 1701 -- 1702 .. Gloucester. Gloucester ( UK Parliament constituency ). He took part in the battle off Malaga under Admiral Rooke , commanding HMS Boyne .. Malaga. Battle of Velez-Malaga. Admiral Rooke. George Rooke. He was summoned to Parliament by writ of acceleration as Baron Berkeley on 5 March 1705 , and continued to rise in the Navy .. writ of acceleration. writ of acceleration. Baron Berkeley. Baron Berkeley. Dursley commanded HMS St George in 1706 , and narrowly escaped the Scilly naval disaster in which Sir Cloudesley Shovell in HMS Association was lost on 23 October 1707 .. Scilly naval disaster. Scilly naval disaster of 1707. Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Cloudesley Shovell. The St George ran aground on the same ledge as the Association , but was lifted off with the next wave .. It is said that it was Dursley who gave his close friend Shovell the priceless emerald ring which features prominently in some of the legends still told about the disaster .. emerald. emerald. legends still told. Cloudesley Shovell#Legends of the disaster. With the death of Sir Clowdisley Shovell , a promotion of flag-officers was made .. Rear Admiral Robert Fairfax , was to be commissioned as a Vice Admiral of the Blue -LRB- it was signed by the Lord High Admiral and gazetted -RRB- but was then cancelled , and Dursley , who was his junior and because of the political influence of his family , made Vice Admiral of the Blue in his stead with seniority of 10 January 1708 .. Robert Fairfax. Robert Fairfax ( Royal Navy officer ). Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral. of the Blue. Admiral ( Royal Navy )#History. Lord High Admiral. List of Lord High Admirals ( United Kingdom ). Dursley was then promoted to Vice Admiral of the White in late 1708 .. Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral. In April 1709 he recaptured HMS Bristol , which had been taken by the French a short time earlier , but she sank shortly afterwards .. Dursley was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Red in December 1709 .. Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral. With the death of his father on 24 September 1710 , Dursley succeeded to his titles and became the 3rd Earl of Berkeley .. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. That year , he was also made High Steward of Gloucester , Warden of the Forest of Dean , Constable of St. Briavel 's Castle , and Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire , which he held until 1712 , and then from 1714 to his death , and Custos Rotulorum of Surrey , which he held until his death .. Gloucester. Gloucester ( UK Parliament constituency ). Forest of Dean. Forest of Dean. Constable. Constable. Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Custos Rotulorum of Surrey. Custos Rotulorum of Surrey. In 1714 , besides his restoration to his offices in Gloucestershire , he was made a Lord of the Bedchamber .. Lord of the Bedchamber. Lord of the Bedchamber. He married Lady Louisa Lennox -LRB- 24 December 1694 -- 15 January 1716 -RRB- , daughter of Charles Lennox , 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell , on 13 February 1711 .. They had two children , his wife dying in childbirth  :. - Lt. Col. Augustus Berkeley , 4th Earl of Berkeley -LRB- b. 18 February 1715 -RRB-. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. - Lady Elizabeth Berkeley -LRB- b. 15 January 1716 -RRB-. On 16 May 1717 , he was made First Lord of the Admiralty , He also became Vice-Admiral of Great Britain -LRB- a civil position with no executive command -RRB- and a member of the Privy Council .. Vice-Admiral. Vice-Admiral. Great Britain. Kingdom of Great Britain. First Lord of the Admiralty. First Lord of the Admiralty. Vice-Admiral of Great Britain. Vice-Admiral of Great Britain. Privy Council. Privy Council of the United Kingdom. On 31 March 1718 , he was created a Knight of the Garter .. Knight of the Garter. Order of the Garter. He held the supreme post in the Admiralty Board for over a decade , before being dismissed as First Lord of the Admiralty on 2 August 1727 , for opposing Sir Robert Walpole , and also left his office as Lord of the Bedchamber at this time .. First Lord of the Admiralty. First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord of the Bedchamber. Lord of the Bedchamber. Robert Walpole. Robert Walpole. In 1719 he was one of main subscribers in the Royal Academy of Music -LRB- 1719 -RRB- , a corporation that produced baroque opera on stage .. baroque opera. baroque opera. He died on 17 August 1736 at the , near Coincy , France , and was buried on 31 October 1736 at Berkeley , Gloucestershire .. Coincy. Coincy, Moselle. He was succeeded by his son Augustus Berkeley , 4th Earl of Berkeley .. Earl of Berkeley. Earl of Berkeley. Lord Hervey wrote `` he was a man of great family and great quality , rough , proud , hard , and obstinate , with excellent good natural parts , but so uncultivated that he was totally ignorant of every branch of knowledge but his profession .. Lord Hervey. John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey. He was haughty and tyrannical , but honourable , gallant , observant of his word ; equally incapable of flattering a prince , bending to a minister , or lying to anybody he had to deal with . ''