Nelson: Britannia's God of War by Andrew Lambert

Woolgar, ed., Wellington Studies III ,p. 265
    2 Mackenzie, p. 181
    3 League Pamphlet cited in Marder, The Anatomy of British Sea Power : Naval Policy 1880–1905 ,p. 52.
    4 See Marder, pp. 44–61
    5 Lambert, ‘HMS Foudroyant and Trincomalee ’
    6 Foote, E J. Vindication of his Conduct when Captain of HMS Seahorse etc . 1799 ,London, 1807
    7 For this issue see Lambert, The Foundations of Naval History ; John Knox Laughton , the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession ,pp. 173–193.
    8 Davis, J A. ‘The Neapolitan Revolution: 1799 to 1999; Between History and Myth’; the quote is by Croce, p. 350.
    9 Ibid.
    10 Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Editor of the English Historical Review from 1890 to 1902, Laughton’s predecessor as Professor of Modern History at King’s College, a close personal friend and intellectual supporter. Gardiner’s new ‘Scientific’ German historical professionalism provided an authoritative stamp of approval for Laughton’s self-devised ‘scientific’ historical methodology.
    11 Schurman, Julian S . Corbett 1854 – 1922.
    12 Marder, A.J. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. Vol. I 1904 – 1914 , p. 348.
    13 Gordon, The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command addresses this question, and shows how Nelson’s legacy was frittered away.
    14 William Graham-Greene (Secretary to the Admiralty) to John Laughton 18.12.1904; Lambert, A. ed., Letters and Papers of Professor Sir John Knox Laughton1830 – 191 5. Aldershot, 2002 p. 228.
    15 Beresford, Memoirs ,pp. 513–14
    16 Beresford and Wilson, Nelson and his Times
    17 Beresford, pp. iii–vi.
    18 In 1815 the new HMS Nelson was the biggest battleship afloat, and although she saw no active service, she remained on the list for four decades, latterly as a steam powered ship. Finally the old ship went out to Australia as a school ship, but the greatest name ever to grace a warship was not re-used until the late 1870s. Even then it was improperly applied to a second rate ironclad, which briefly served in Australian waters in the 1880s.
    19 Mackay, R. Fisher of Kilverstone ,pp. 3, 88, 140, 180, 287–9, 365, 385.
    20 The records of these donations can be found in ADM 169/47–926. I am indebted to Dr Quintin Colville for this reference.
    21 Fisher to Arthur Balfour (ex Prime Minister) 23.10.1910; Mackay p. 428
    22 Fisher to Churchill 26.10.1911, 30.12.1911 and 31.7.1914; Churchill, Churchill . Companion Volume II ,Part II pp. 1299, 1366 and Part III p. 1965. He repeated the point to opposition leader Balfour on 31.7.1914; Gilbert, M. Churchill Vol . III ,p. 16.
    23 Fisher to Arnold White 25.2.1913; in Marder, ed. Fear God and Dreadnought : The Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone. Vol . II 1904–1914 ,pp. 483–4.
    24 Bold, Greenwich ,p. 204. Roberts, Eminent Churchillians ,pp. 292–4
    25 Ramsden, J. Man of the Century : Winston Churchill and his Legend since 1945 ,p. 123. It was no surprise to find Bryant’s account of the Napoleonic wars made very obvious links with Churchill’s wartime leadership.
    26 Ramsden, pp. 57–78. Churchill to G M Young 10.9.1939; Gilbert ed. The Churchill War Papers I : The Admiralty, pp. 69–71. Young was one of the historians who drafted much of the book for Churchill.
    27 Speech of 23.2.1940; Gilbert p. 794
    28 ADM 239/262 quoted in Levy, The Royal Navy ’ s Home Fleet in World War II ,p. 26
    29 John Colville 10.8.1940 re destroyers; Speech of 20.8.1940; Broadcast of 11.9.1940. Gilbert II (1994) pp. 644, 691, 802.
    30 Presented at a Club dinner of 3.10.1940; Gilbert II p. 846
    31 Richards, J. Films and British Identity ; From Dickens to Dad ’ s Army ,p. 87
    32 Churchill to Korda 15.6.194 and 1.7.194. Memoirs of Oliver Harvey and Hastings Ismay 2.8.1941; Gilbert III pp. 807, 882 1027–8.
    33 Alexander; Foreword 1942 Mahan, Life of Nelson
    34 Mace, Trafalgar Square
    35 Admiral Leach’s father was captain of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in 1941, when she engaged the German