The Milne Papers Volume 3, 1862-1864: The Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, Bt., K.C.B. (Navy Records Society Publications, 170) - Hardcover

Beeler, John

 
9781032473086: The Milne Papers Volume 3, 1862-1864: The Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, Bt., K.C.B. (Navy Records Society Publications, 170)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032473088 ISBN 13: 9781032473086
Publisher: The Navy Records Society, 2023

Synopsis

Volume 3 of the Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milner 1806-1896.


Milne remained notably shy of publicity. In the words of one biographer he was known as 'that able and hard-headed Scotchman'. However he was the pre-eminent naval administrator in the Victorian period, perhaps of the years 1815-1900. Not once during 60 years of naval service did Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, Bt., K.C.B. hear British guns fired in anger, yet, on the basis of talents and abilities ideally suited to the century of the Pax Britannica, he numbers among the greatest officers of the post Napoleonic-era Royal Navy.

He served as a Junior Lord for almost twelve straight years during the late 1840s and 1850s. His earlier years in the Navy were spent at sea but in 1846 he was appointed a Naval Lord of the Admiralty. There he was to remain for the next eleven and a half years, serving, successively, the Ministries of Lord John Russell, (Whig, 1846-52), Lord Derby (Conservative, 1852), Lord Aberdeen (Whig/Peelite coalition, 1852-55), Lord Palmerston (Whig, 1855-58), and Lord Derby again (1858-59).

He was gazetted with the civil K.C.B. in recognition of his lengthy service at Whitehall, in particular his labours during the Russian (Crimean) War. He possessed in abundance both patience and discretion. He stated however that 'When I joined the Admiralty in December 1847, it was under the distinct understanding with Lord Russell, then Prime Minister, and Lord Auckland, the First Lord of the Admiralty, that I was to be entirely free from all political matters'.

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John Beeler is Professor of History at the University of Alabama, USA.

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Publisher
The Navy Records Society
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032473088
ISBN 13 
9781032473086
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
620
Editor
Beeler John