Post War
After the war he served in the Admiralty as director of the Operations Division of the Naval Staff between 1919 and 1922, being promoted to rear-admiral in 1921. He afterwards served in the Mediterranean, commanding the Fourth Battle Squadron in the Dardanelles and Bosphorus. He became Fourth Sea Lord in 1924, holding the post until 1927, being promoted to vice-admiral in 1926. Kelly commanded the First Battle Squadron from 1927, as second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet. He became the admiral commanding reserves in 1929, was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 3 June 1929, and was promoted to admiral in 1930.
He took command of the Atlantic Fleet, subsequently renamed the Home Fleet, after the Invergordon Mutiny in 1931. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 13 July 1932. He served as the First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp between 1934 and 1936. Kelly ended his career as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth between 1934 and 1936. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet in 1936. He died on 4 November 1936 and was buried at sea on 7 November.
The destroyer HMS Kelly was named after him.
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