Admiralty

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Employer	Ann Bridge	During the First World War, while her husband continued with the Foreign Office and she had a small child at home, Mary O'Malley (later AB ) worked at the Admiralty breaking German ciphers. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Employer	Amber Reeves	AR 's first paid employment (at two pounds a week) was work for the Admiralty , despite her three small children, during the First World War. She had a nanny for the children, a faithful...
Family and Intimate relationships	Mary Lady Champion de Crespigny	Mary Clarke , aged sixteen, was married at St Giles, Camberwell, to Claude Champion de Crespigny , an Admiralty official who later became a baronet. Crawford, Elizabeth. “Posts tagged Mariana Starke”. Woman and her Sphere, 26 July 2012. 2 November 2012 Blanch, William Harnett. Ye Parish of Camerwell. A Brief Account of the Parish of Camberwell. E. W. Allen, 1875. 39
Family and Intimate relationships	Dora Russell	DR 's father, Sir Frederick Black , was a senior civil servant who was knighted for his work with the Admiralty . Commire, Anne, and Deborah Klezmer, editors. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications, 1999–2002, 17 vols. 13: 581 His work meant that he and his wife were often abroad...
Family and Intimate relationships	Matilda Charlotte Houstoun	MCH 's brother John Heneage Jesse ended his time at Eton when he became involved in pranks which forced him to escape on board a yacht to Norway. Employed for many years in the...
Textual Features	Edith Mary Moore	EMM dedicated this book to her daughter, Edris. It has no paratext; and makes no mention of the fact that its protagonist, one of our civilian soldier boys, is modelled on the author's son Edward Lovell Moore

Timeline

1753

The History of the Female Shipwright purported to be the autobiography of Mary Lacy , the facts of whose life are borne out by Admiralty records.

Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2024, Numbered catalogues.

63: 20

14 March 1757

Admiral John Byng was executed (by firing-squad on the deck of his own flagship) for his part in the loss of the Mediterranean island of Minorca to the French the previous year: a step towards...

August 1861

Captain Robert Fitzroy , head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Department , began issuing the first routine weather forecasts in Britain.

Burton, Jim. “Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office”. British Journal for the History of Science, Vol.

, 1986, pp. 147-76.

163

Fishman, Jack, and Robert Kalish. The Weather Revolution: Innovations and Imminent Breakthroughs in Accurate Forecasting. Plenum Press, 1994.

3, 4

Shaw, Sir Napier. Forcasting Weather. Constable, 1911.

1862

A War Office and Admiralty committee recommended a system of voluntary treatment for diseased prostitutes, rather than legislating their medical care.