Cecil, James Edward Hubert Gascoyne (1861-1947, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, politician)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1861 - 1947
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Cabinet papers on naval policy and naval statistics, 1917-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 7/1
Scope and Contents
Includes: memorandum by Winston Churchill on naval war policy, particularly the ineffectiveness of the distant blockade and the Navy's defensive approach, while submarines were attacking commercial shipping, and the advantages of inshore offensives from an overseas base close to Germany, such as the Frisian Islands, Borkum or Sylt; comparative tables for the Anglo-American and German fleets, supplied by Churchill.
Dates:
1917-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Public: Admiralty, 1906 - 1915
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 3
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence, mainly with other members of the Board of Admiralty, flag officers and the Cabinet, on naval business, particularly the naval estimates and the feud between Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord; papers and correspondence relating to the inquiry on Admiral Beresford; intelligence reports by Sir [Arthur] Trevor Dawson and other papers on the German battleship programme; Admiralty correspondence relating to the 1910...
Dates:
1906 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Filtered By
- Subject: Maritime warfare X
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- Subject
- First World War (1914-1918) 1
- Naval personnel 1