George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS, FRGS (4 April 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a British politician, diplomat and businessman. At the time of this visit he was First Lord of the Admiralty and Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy. At his death in 2007, Lord Jellicoe was the longest-serving member of the House of Lords, and arguably the longest-serving parliamentarian in the world, having succeeded his father on 20 November 1935 and come of age and sat first in parliament on 25 July 1939.