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Aberdeen and Tremain, Isabel, Countess of. Edward Majoribanks, Lord Tweedmouth, Knight, 1849-1909: Notes and Recollections. London: Constable, 1909, vi, 158 pp. First Lord.
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-German, Germany, Prussia , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , personality, prominent leader, noted person
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Adams, Ralph James Quincy. Balfour: The Last Grandee. London: Murray, 2007, 479 pp. First Lord; major new biography; sympathetic.
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20th C. (1900-1999); First Lord; Imperial Defence; Middle East; personality; World War I;
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20th century, twentieth, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person , Middle East, Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Addison, Paul. Churchill: The Unexpected Hero. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2005, 2006, xii, 308 pp. Full & balanced coverage of a 90-year career; Churchill, twice First Lord & Prime Minister; "former naval person"; "Special Relationship" only special one way, U.S. dominated, & Churchill at fault.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; Royal Navy; Special Relationship; World War I; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, Special Relationship, Anglo-American relation, England, Britain, America, United States, US, USA, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war
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Alderson, Bernard. Arthur James Balfour: The Man and His Work. London: Grant Richards, 1903, xii, 367 pp. First Lord; "the manifold activities he has been engaged in."
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Admiralty; First Lord; Middle East; personality; Royal Navy; World War I;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Middle East, Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war, personality, prominent leader, noted person
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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 C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; Jervis, John; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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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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An Apology for English Ship-Builders: Showing that It Is Not Necessary the Country Should Look to the Navy for Naval Architects. London: Effingham Wilson, 1833, 48 pp. Response to First Lord about Surveyor of Navy, June 1832.
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19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; architecture; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; Royal Navy; shipbuilding;
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19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, architecture, shipbuilding, design, construction, structure, naval architect , critique of Royal Navy, criticism, analysis, critical analysis, controversy, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders
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"Ancora Imparo." "Sir James Graham's Reforms in Administration and Command at the Admiralty." Fighting Forces, 3 (1927): 404-20. First Lord.
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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 , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Anderson, Roger Charles, ed. The Journal of Edward Mountagu, First Earl of Sandwich, Admiral and General at Sea, 1659-1665. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol. 64. London: NRS, 1929, 329 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Admiralty; First Lord; Navy Records Society publication; neutrality; officer;
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Navy Records Society publication, neutrality, neutral, treaty , officer, quarterdeck, leader
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Andrew, Christopher M. "Churchill and Intelligence." Intell & Nat Sec, 3 (July 1988): 181-93. Unprecedented faith in intelligence.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; intelligence; World War I; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty
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Anson, George. A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: Oxford UP, 1748, 1974, xxv, 402 pp. Comps: Richard Walter & Benjamin Robbin; ed: Glyndwr Williams; best-seller of 18th century; famous voyage, 1739-1748.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; Anson, George; circumnavigation; First Lord; Royal Navy; voyage;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Anson, George, First Lord, circumnavigator, circumnavigate , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , age of sail, Royal Navy, Britain, England, voyage
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Anson, Walter Vernon. The Life of Admiral Lord Anson: Father of the British Navy, 1697-1762. London: Murray, 1912, xx, 204 pp. Dedicated to Admiral Arthur Knyvet Wilson; Anson, major reforms at Admiralty.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; Anson, George; circumnavigation; First Lord; Royal Navy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, circumnavigation, circumnavigate, around the world, round the world , Anson, George, First Lord, circumnavigator, circumnavigate , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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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 C. (1700-1799); 19th C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; age of sail; Anglo-French; Anglo-Spanish; discipline; First Lord; Jervis, John; Mediterranean Sea; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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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; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; Jervis, John; leadership; Royal Navy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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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 C. (1800-1899); Admiralty; critique of Royal Navy; First Lord; Jervis, John; leadership; strategy; War of French Revolution and Napoleon;
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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, Leon. Winston Churchill. British History Makers Series. Slough: Cherrytree, 2004, 32 pp. Juvenile literature; First Lord, twice.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Admiralty; Churchill, Winston; First Lord; juvenile literature; leadership;
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20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , juvenile literature, children's, junior, Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister
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Austin, Douglas. Churchill and Malta: A Special Relationship. Stroud: Spellmount, 2006, 2007, xii, 180 pp. Foreword: Martin Gilbert.
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Admiralty; Churchill, Winston; dockyard; First Lord; Mediterranean Sea; World War II;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , Churchill, Winston, First Lord, Prime Minister, War Minister , First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , world war 2, second world war
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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Attempts at Administrative Reform, 1625-1640." EnHR, 72 (1957): 229-59.
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty
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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. "Buckingham as Administrative Reformer?" EnHR, 105 (1990): 355-62.
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty
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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. The Crown's Servants: Government and Civil Service under Charles II, 1660-1685. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002, xvi, 303 pp. Trilogy on civil servants: Crown, King & State.
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Aylmer, Gerald Edward. The King's Servants: The Civil Service of Charles I, 1625-1642. London: Routledge, 1961, 1974, xviii, 521 pp.
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17th century, seventeenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, First Lord, civilian head of Admiralty , Royal Navy, Britain, England
| 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 |