Naval Annual 1907 Lord Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey Signed Royal Navy Rare

Description: The Naval Annual, 1907Brassey, T. A. (Editor) Published by J. Griffin and Co, Portsmouth, 1907 Hardcover. Condition: Good. vi, [2], 427, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Some cover and edge wear. Spine and other parts of the cloth faded and stained. Some wear to spine. Some endpaper, edge and page soiling noted. The Naval Annual was a book that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. Though often compared with Jane's Fighting Ships, the two British annuals were, in fact quite different. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. Among the contributors were: Lord Brassey, P. A. Hislam, John Leyland, Chas. N. Robinson, S. W. Barnaby and James R. Thursfield. Among the topics covered are: The British Navy, Foreign Navies, Comparative Strength, British Shipbuilding Programmes, British Naval Manoeuvres in 1906, The French and Italian manoeuvres, North Sea, Gibraltar Bay, Naval Policy, Naval Reorganization, Laws of the Navy, Blue Water School, Ship Plans, Armour, Ordnance, Gunnery, Naval Works, Shipbuilding, Naval Estimates Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl BrasseyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to search Thomas BrasseyThomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey TD, DL, JP, MInstNA, AMICE (7 March 1863 – 12 November 1919), styled Viscount Hythe between 1911 and 1918, was a British peer, who was for many years editor or joint editor of Brassey's Naval Annual. Brassey was the only son of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, by his first wife Anna, daughter of John Allnutt. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.[1] Brassey was an honorary Lieutenant in the London Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers from 1888 to 1892.[2] He acted as Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Spencer during the time the latter was First Lord of the Admiralty (1892–95), and in 1894 was Assistant Secretary of the Royal Commission on Opium[3] that his father chaired. He fought in the Second Boer War as Captain of 69 (Sussex) Company of the Imperial Yeomanry, and was acting Civil Commissioner for the British government at Pretoria following its surrender by the Boers in 1901.[2] He later joined the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry, becoming Lieutenant-Colonel in command in 1910, retiring in May 1914. He was awarded the TD in 1909.[2] After the outbreak of the First World War he raised a second battalion to this regiment[3] for home service, which he commanded until 1916, remaining on the Territorial Force Reserve.[2] He was also attached to the Royal Engineers Transport Staff and his service entitled him to two campaign medals, but the location of the qualifying service is not given.[4][5] He was editor of The Naval Annual from 1892 to 1899 and then either alone or jointly with John Leyland editor from 1902 to 1914, and finally in 1919.[6] He stood unsuccessfully for election to Parliament as Liberal candidate for Epsom in 1892, and for Christchurch in 1895 and 1900.[3] In the latter year's general election, he fought against Kenneth Robert Balfour, and after a close and disputed result, the two men gave their names to adjoining roads in the constituency.[7] He made a further unsuccessful attempt to stand for election at Devonport in 1902.[3] He was Mayor of Bexhill-on-Sea in 1909 and served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Sussex.[1] He was active in promoting a renewed Imperial Federation League.[citation needed] Brassey was managing director of lead mining and smelting companies in mainland Italy and Sardinia, such as the mine in Ingurtosu, an hamlet belonging to Arbus, Sardinia. He was Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.[3] Lord Brassey married Lady Idina Mary Nevill, daughter of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny, on 28 February 1889. They had no children. He succeeded to his father's title in 1918, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords. He died childless in November the following year, aged 56 after being hit by a taxi,[9] when the titles became extinct. He was buried in Catsfield, Sussex. The Countess Brassey died in February 1951, aged 85 The Naval Annual was a periodical that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications.[1] During its life it underwent a number of title changes. The Annual was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. Though often compared with Jane's Fighting Ships, the two British annuals were, in fact quite different. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval (plus, from 1920 through 1935, merchant marine) matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. The first five or six Brassey volumes used a second printing color (a light blue green) to highlight armored portions of naval vessels' hulls. Through 1949, the series was also known for its extensive tabular presentations of individual ship details. But unlike Jane's, the Brassey series was not designed for use in identifying ships at sea. Starting with the 1950 volume, content broadened to cover air force and army topics in addition to naval material, with a continued emphasis on British forces. Long runs of the Brassey volumes are relatively uncommon in American libraries. Editors of Brassey's Annuals 1886–1992Naval Annual1886–1891 Lord Brassey1892–1899 T. A. Brassey1900–1901 John Leyland1902–1905 T. A. Brassey1906 John Leyland and T. A. Brassey1907–1913 T. A. Brassey (Viscount Hythe from 1911)1914 Viscount Hythe and J. Leyland [NOTE: title became Brassey's Naval Annual ]1915–1916 John Leyland (NOTE: these two volumes excluded many details of Royal Navy vessels so as not to aid the enemy]1917–1918 Not published1919 2nd Earl Brassey and J. LeylandNaval and Shipping Annual(For this 15-year period, the ANNUAL covered naval and merchant shipping, plus occasional articles on maritime aviation.) 1920–1928 Sir Alexander Richardson and Archibald Hurd1929 C. N. Robinson1930–1935 C. N. Robinson and H. M. RossBrassey's Naval Annual1936 C. N. Robinson1937–1949 H. G. Thursfield (the 1948 volume differed from all before and after--it was devoted to printing Hitler's naval conference proceedings)Brassey's Annual – The Armed Forces Yearbook1950–1963 H. G. Thursfield1964–1973 J. L. MoultonRoyal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook1974–1975 editorial board: S. W. B. Menaul, R. G. S. Bidwell, R. H. F. Cox1976 editorial board: S. W. B. Menaul, A. E. Younger, R. H. F. Cox1977–1979 editorial board: A. E. Younger, E. F. Gueritz, R. H. F. Cox1980–1982 editorial board: E. F. Gueritz, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw1983–1984 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw1985 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall. Editor: B. H. Reid1986–88 ???1989 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Group Captain G. Gilbert AFC RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal[3]1990 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Helen MacDonald, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal[4]1991 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal[5]1992 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal[6]

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