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An Answer to Mr. Pitt's Attack upom Earl St. Vincent, and the Admiralty, in his Motion for an Enquiry into the State of the Naval Defence of the Country on the 15th of March, 1804. London: Ebers, 1804. A pamphlet, one of many at the time; political-naval conflict.

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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Anson, Walter Vernon. The Life of John Jervis, Admiral Lord St. Vincent. London: Murray, 1913, xv, 368 pp. Associated with "Discipline."

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , discipline, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet

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Arthur, Charles Burton. The Remaking of the English Navy by Admiral St. Vincent: The Great Unclaimed Naval Revolution (1795-1805). Lanham: University Press of America, 1986, xi, 265 pp. Idiosyncratic, exaggerated, hagiography; other historians have different views.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Arthur, Charles Burton. "The Revolution in British Naval Strategy, 1800-1801." Ph.D. diss, Harvard, 1966. (X1966).

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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, strategy, strategic, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief

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Ashworth, William J. "'System of Terror': Samuel Bentham, Accountability and Dockyard Reform during the Napoleonic Wars." Social History, 23 (1998): 63-79. Bentham & St. Vincent.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, economics, economic policy, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Ballantyne, Iain & Eastland, Jonathan. HMS Victory. Famous Warships of the Royal Navy Series, # 3. Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2005, 256 pp. Flagship of Nelson, but also Howe, Keppel, Hood & Jervis; plus 6 other iterations, the first that of Hawkins in the Armada campaign.

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age of sail, armada, Spanish, invasion , HMS Victory, ship of the line, flagship of Nelson, current floating museum, Save The Victory Fund , Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, ship, boat, vessel, memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial

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Berckman, Evelyn. Nelson's Dear Lord: A Portrait of St. Vincent. New York: Macmillan, 1962, 274 pp.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Nelson, Horatio, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bethune, Drinkwater. A Narrative of the Battle of St. Vincent. London: Conway, 1797, 1969, xii, 97 pp. Facsimile.

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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Nelson, Horatio, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography

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Bonner-Smith, David, ed. The Letters of Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of St. Vincent Whilst First Lord of the Admiralty, 1801-1804. 2 vols. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vols. 55 & 61. London: NRS, 1922-1927, xvi, 984 pp.

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19th century, nineteenth, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Navy Records Society publication

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Brenton, Edward Pelham. Life and Correspondence of John, Earl of St. Vincent, Admiral of the Fleet. 2 vols. London: Colburn, 1838. Laughton: "untrustworthy."

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, biography, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Navy, Britain, England, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Brougham, Henry Peter. Historical Sketches of Lord St. Vincent and Nelson. By Baron Brougham & Vaux; writings later published, 11 vols., 1855-1861.

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, biography, Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent, First Lord, commander, Mediterranean fleet , Nelson, Horatio

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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