Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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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 |
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...
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14 March 1757: Admiral John Byng was executed (by firing-squad...
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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...
National or international item
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.
19
, 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.
19
1862: A War Office and Admiralty committee recommended...
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1862
A War Office
and Admiralty
committee recommended a system of voluntary treatment for diseased prostitutes, rather than legislating their medical care.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
110
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
110
1863: The Royal Albert Hospital opened in the naval...
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1863
The Royal Albert Hospital
opened in the naval centre of Devonport, to offer voluntary medical treatment to prostitutes during the first eighteen months of its operation.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
111
20 June 1864: The Bill for the Prevention of Contagious...
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20 June 1864
The Bill for the Prevention of Contagious Diseases at Certain Naval and Military Stations (by regulating prostitutes, and detaining women found to be infected) was introduced by Lord Clarence Paget
, Secretary to the Admiralty
September 1869: A report critical of the Admiralty's administration...
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September 1869
A report critical of the Admiralty
's administration of the Contagious Diseases Acts was circulated to the press by four senior surgeons of the Royal Albert Hospital at Devonport.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
114
1870: The Royal Hants Infirmary in Southampton...
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1870
The Royal Hants Infirmary
in Southampton refused to construct a lock ward for the compulsory treatment of prostitutes, in defiance of the wishes of the Admiralty
.
Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.
116
10 March 1943: The House of Commons debated whether Wrens...
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10 March 1943
The House of Commons
debated whether Wrens (members of the Women's Royal Naval Service
) should continue to be restricted to jobs ashore.
Stanley, Jo. “Women’s History Month: Parliamentary debate: Should women work on warships? Army accepts women in principle, for first time”. Women’s History Network Blog, 10 Mar. 2010.
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