The British Admirals of the Fleet, 1734‐1995: A Biographical Dictionary

In one of those striking coincidences which Jung thought deeply significant, on the very day this dictionary came through my letter‐box the admiral who contributes its preface created a sensation in the newspapers by telling the truth at a government press conference. He never became an Admiral of the Fleet, since the rank has not been awarded since 1995, on several grounds, principally because the Royal Navy is now too small to justify it. Hence this book is likely to remain a definitive collection. As the author (formerly the senior Curatorial Officer of the Ministry of Defence, who has already...