Possible Clues:

• Commander coming from lair, mad eccentric
• Commander, awfully mad over broken rail
• Fleet fellow
• Commander of a fleet and a butterfly
• Military rank
• Paul and Linda McCartney "Uncle Albert/___ Halsey"
• Endless respect for a novice running The Fleet
• Leader at sea, reversing car across verge
• Sailor who commands respect mostly with the French from the south
• Top man, in the main