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Exploring the role that courts martial played in the professional lives of flag officers in the late Georgian Royal Navy, this book examines the genesis, proceedings and outcomes of nine trials faced by British admirals in the American and French wars.
Despite only one admiral being found guilty as charged, the implications of facing trial were highly significant on all of these officers' careers and their surrounding political climates. For some officers, courts martial provided them a means of preserving their honour and professional reputations in the face of perceived mistreatment or criticism.
This study sets the experiences of these nine admirals in the context of the naval courts martial system and considers their charging and conviction rate with other naval personnel in the period to understand how the naval justice system worked at the top of society. Drawing on a range of sources, from Admiralty records in the National Archives to official and personal papers, publications of the Naval Records Society and press literature, it sheds new light on prominent individuals' careers and key moments in 18th century naval history.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Framework and Procedures
2. Discipline, Criminality and Honour
3. The Keppel-Palliser Affair
4. The Palliser-Keppel Affair
5. A Tale of Two Acquittals
6. The Limits of Discretion: Vice Admiral William Cornwallis and Lord Spencer
7. A Hostage to Enmity: Earl St Vincent and Vice Admiral Sir William Parker
8. Vice Admiral Sir John Duckworth's Excess Baggage
9. Discretion and Misjudgement: Vice Admiral Sir Robert Calder
10. Trouble in Basque Roads: Rear Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey and Admiral Lord Gambier
11. More Trouble in Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier and Captain Lord Cochrane
12. Vice Admiral Charles Stirling's Misadventures in the West Indies
13. Politics, Honour and Justice in Flag Officers' Courts Martial
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
