His father , a political advisor to PERSON@1 , Prince of LOCATION@1 and King PERSON@2 , served briefly in the ORGANIZATION@1 as First Lord of the Admiralty and PERSON@3 's early childhood was spent at ORGANIZATION@2 , which his father had taken to be near ORGANIZATION@3 docks .

His father , a close friend of PERSON@1 , Prince of LOCATION@1 and King PERSON@2 , had served in the ORGANIZATION@1 as First Lord of the Admiralty , but died when PERSON@3 was ten .
