C I Hamilton
Biographic Data
| ID | 1197610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C I Hamilton |
| GIVEN NAMES | C I |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamilton |
| SIGNATURE | HAMILTON C I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bombing and the geography of Admiralty administration in two world wars
The construction of so many temporary Admiralty offices in St James's Park during the First World War, despite the threat of enemy bombing, shows that British naval administrative efficiency then depended significantly on the close physical proximity of offices, albeit supplemented where necessary by additional liaison mechanisms. Subsequently, however, changing office practices, and advances in communications infrastructure and technology, made …
Three cultures at the Admiralty, c .1800–1945
This story of developing expertise at the Admiralty first briefly traces the rise of the Naval Staff from its beginning in 1883 to proper establishment in 1917, and of the civil service Secretariat over a somewhat longer period. Both came to have similar if complementary functions, including policy-making. The article then turns to naval scientists, who had a longer path to the same end. The First World War brought them a significant presence in …
Strategy and war planning in the British Navy, 1887–1918
The Making of the Modern Admiralty
This is an important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. C. I. Hamilton explores the role of technological change, the global balance of power and, in particular, of finance and the First World War in shaping decision-making and organisational development within the Admiralty. He shows that decision-making was found not so much in the hands of the Board but at first…
British Naval Policy, Policy-Makers and Financial Control, 1860-1945
In the early nineteenth-century Admiralty there was little policy-making, policy-makers were few and the word ‘policy’ was scarcely ever used. At least in peacetime, economy was the default principle of action. Only by a century later had something approximating the modern pattern emerged. The growth from the 1880s of better internal Admiralty financial control was an important causal factor. It sponsored the development of a bureaucratic organiz…
Expanding Naval Powers
The private secretaries, eventually private offices, of the lords of Admiralty and under-secretaries grew in importance, undertaking one function in particular that proved of value during total war - liaison. A basic division grew between the civilian and the military. By 1939-45, the sea lords’ offices are more properly described as personal military staffs. The private office of the first lord, on the other hand, had developed from a purely per…
The Decline of Churchill's 'Garden Suburb' and Rise of his Private Office
In 1940 Churchill set up a group of personal advisors, Brendan Bracken, F. A. Lindemann, and Desmond Morton, to expand his own powers and help co-ordinate the war effort. Though initially it looked like a copy of Lloyd George's First World War ‘Garden Suburb’, it was typically Churchillian in being both unofficial and composed of men whom Churchill had long liked and trusted. On the whole, though, it proved disappointing But the official organiza…
The Character and Organization of the Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War
The Character and Organization of the Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War
By early 1943 the OIC was almost fully developed, and had long been a vital part of the naval war effort. The staff processed a mass of intelligence, including decrypts from Bletchley Park, and passed it on as necessary for operational exploitation, often accompanied by good advice. The work was hectic and highly demanding, made more difficult by the cramped conditions of the offices, in the Admiralty `Citadel'. The OIC had been set up in 1937, b…
John Wilson Croker
J. W. Croker's papers are a valuable and rare source concerning British government patronage of the first half of the nineteenth century. They show us a system that was burdensome for the participants, made more acceptable since it was an extension of gentlemanly civility. The papers also show that patronage, like government generally, was able somewhat to reform itself. True, in his particular sphere as patron – as first secretary to the Admiral…
The Childers Admiralty Reforms and the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in British Government
The Childers Admiralty Reforms and the Nineteenth-Century `Revolution' in British Government
Anglo-French Naval Rivalry, 1840-1870
Anglo-French diplomacy and the transition from sail to screw Anglo-French diplomacy and the transition from the screw-liner to the ironclad - 1854 onwards the militerization of naval warfare in the mid-19th century - tactics and strategy the personnel dockyards and naval architects the admirality and the ministry of marine the nature of the rivalry and its conclusion
Anglo-French Naval Rivalry, 1840-1870
Seamen and Crime at the Cape, c. 1860–1880
The Diplomatic and Naval Effects of the Prince de Joinville's Note sur L'etat des forces navales de la France of 1844
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The royal navy, la royale, and the militarisation of naval warfare, 1840–1870
The Victorian Navy
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Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris
1982). Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris. The International History Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 166-190
Naval power and diplomacy in the nineteenth century
(1980). Naval power and diplomacy in the nineteenth century. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 74-88
Naval Hagiography and the Victorian Hero
The word hero cannot be defined simply. According to time and speaker, it can imply anything from the bravery of a moment to the courage and statesmanship of a lifetime. We do not enjoy the distinction in English which La Bruyère drew in French: to him un héros was a young, dauntless and venturesome man, one like Alexander; but against him had to be set the truly great man, the grand homme , the one with judgement, foresight, experience and consi…
Navies and Foreign Policy
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Sir James Graham, The Baltic Campaign and War-Planning at the Admiralty in 1854
The majority of men who held the post of first lord of the Admiralty in the middle nineteenth century were usually of mediocre standard, and in the 1840s, significantly or not, were generally ex-governor generals of India. Sir James Graham was an exception; he had a first class mind and only narrowly missed being prime minister. He was also never governor general, although he must have been offered the post more frequently than any other man of h…
John Wilson Croker
J. W. Croker's papers are a valuable and rare source concerning British government patronage of the first half of the nineteenth century. They show us a system that was burdensome for the participants, made more acceptable since it was an extension of gentlemanly civility. The papers also show that patronage, like government generally, was able somewhat to reform itself. True, in his particular sphere as patron – as first secretary to the Admiral…
Naval Hagiography and the Victorian Hero
The word hero cannot be defined simply. According to time and speaker, it can imply anything from the bravery of a moment to the courage and statesmanship of a lifetime. We do not enjoy the distinction in English which La Bruyère drew in French: to him un héros was a young, dauntless and venturesome man, one like Alexander; but against him had to be set the truly great man, the grand homme , the one with judgement, foresight, experience and consi…
Navies and Foreign Policy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Victorian Navy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris
1982). Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris. The International History Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 166-190
British Naval Policy, Policy-Makers and Financial Control, 1860-1945
In the early nineteenth-century Admiralty there was little policy-making, policy-makers were few and the word ‘policy’ was scarcely ever used. At least in peacetime, economy was the default principle of action. Only by a century later had something approximating the modern pattern emerged. The growth from the 1880s of better internal Admiralty financial control was an important causal factor. It sponsored the development of a bureaucratic organiz…
Expanding Naval Powers
The private secretaries, eventually private offices, of the lords of Admiralty and under-secretaries grew in importance, undertaking one function in particular that proved of value during total war - liaison. A basic division grew between the civilian and the military. By 1939-45, the sea lords’ offices are more properly described as personal military staffs. The private office of the first lord, on the other hand, had developed from a purely per…
The Decline of Churchill's 'Garden Suburb' and Rise of his Private Office
In 1940 Churchill set up a group of personal advisors, Brendan Bracken, F. A. Lindemann, and Desmond Morton, to expand his own powers and help co-ordinate the war effort. Though initially it looked like a copy of Lloyd George's First World War ‘Garden Suburb’, it was typically Churchillian in being both unofficial and composed of men whom Churchill had long liked and trusted. On the whole, though, it proved disappointing But the official organiza…
The Childers Admiralty Reforms and the Nineteenth-Century `Revolution' in British Government
The Diplomatic and Naval Effects of the Prince de Joinville's Note sur L'etat des forces navales de la France of 1844
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Sir James Graham, The Baltic Campaign and War-Planning at the Admiralty in 1854
The majority of men who held the post of first lord of the Admiralty in the middle nineteenth century were usually of mediocre standard, and in the 1840s, significantly or not, were generally ex-governor generals of India. Sir James Graham was an exception; he had a first class mind and only narrowly missed being prime minister. He was also never governor general, although he must have been offered the post more frequently than any other man of h…
Sir James Graham, The Baltic Campaign and War-Planning at the Admiralty in 1854
The majority of men who held the post of first lord of the Admiralty in the middle nineteenth century were usually of mediocre standard, and in the 1840s, significantly or not, were generally ex-governor generals of India. Sir James Graham was an exception; he had a first class mind and only narrowly missed being prime minister. He was also never governor general, although he must have been offered the post more frequently than any other man of h…
Navies and Foreign Policy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Naval power and diplomacy in the nineteenth century
(1980). Naval power and diplomacy in the nineteenth century. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 74-88
Naval Hagiography and the Victorian Hero
The word hero cannot be defined simply. According to time and speaker, it can imply anything from the bravery of a moment to the courage and statesmanship of a lifetime. We do not enjoy the distinction in English which La Bruyère drew in French: to him un héros was a young, dauntless and venturesome man, one like Alexander; but against him had to be set the truly great man, the grand homme , the one with judgement, foresight, experience and consi…
The Victorian Navy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris
1982). Anglo-French Seapower and the Declaration of Paris. The International History Review: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 166-190
The royal navy, la royale, and the militarisation of naval warfare, 1840–1870
Seamen and Crime at the Cape, c. 1860–1880
The Diplomatic and Naval Effects of the Prince de Joinville's Note sur L'etat des forces navales de la France of 1844
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Anglo-French Naval Rivalry, 1840-1870
Anglo-French Naval Rivalry, 1840-1870
Anglo-French diplomacy and the transition from sail to screw Anglo-French diplomacy and the transition from the screw-liner to the ironclad - 1854 onwards the militerization of naval warfare in the mid-19th century - tactics and strategy the personnel dockyards and naval architects the admirality and the ministry of marine the nature of the rivalry and its conclusion
The Childers Admiralty Reforms and the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in British Government
The Childers Admiralty Reforms and the Nineteenth-Century `Revolution' in British Government
The Character and Organization of the Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War
The Character and Organization of the Admiralty Operational Intelligence Centre during the Second World War
By early 1943 the OIC was almost fully developed, and had long been a vital part of the naval war effort. The staff processed a mass of intelligence, including decrypts from Bletchley Park, and passed it on as necessary for operational exploitation, often accompanied by good advice. The work was hectic and highly demanding, made more difficult by the cramped conditions of the offices, in the Admiralty `Citadel'. The OIC had been set up in 1937, b…
John Wilson Croker
J. W. Croker's papers are a valuable and rare source concerning British government patronage of the first half of the nineteenth century. They show us a system that was burdensome for the participants, made more acceptable since it was an extension of gentlemanly civility. The papers also show that patronage, like government generally, was able somewhat to reform itself. True, in his particular sphere as patron – as first secretary to the Admiral…
The Decline of Churchill's 'Garden Suburb' and Rise of his Private Office
In 1940 Churchill set up a group of personal advisors, Brendan Bracken, F. A. Lindemann, and Desmond Morton, to expand his own powers and help co-ordinate the war effort. Though initially it looked like a copy of Lloyd George's First World War ‘Garden Suburb’, it was typically Churchillian in being both unofficial and composed of men whom Churchill had long liked and trusted. On the whole, though, it proved disappointing But the official organiza…
Expanding Naval Powers
The private secretaries, eventually private offices, of the lords of Admiralty and under-secretaries grew in importance, undertaking one function in particular that proved of value during total war - liaison. A basic division grew between the civilian and the military. By 1939-45, the sea lords’ offices are more properly described as personal military staffs. The private office of the first lord, on the other hand, had developed from a purely per…
British Naval Policy, Policy-Makers and Financial Control, 1860-1945
In the early nineteenth-century Admiralty there was little policy-making, policy-makers were few and the word ‘policy’ was scarcely ever used. At least in peacetime, economy was the default principle of action. Only by a century later had something approximating the modern pattern emerged. The growth from the 1880s of better internal Admiralty financial control was an important causal factor. It sponsored the development of a bureaucratic organiz…
The Making of the Modern Admiralty
This is an important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland. C. I. Hamilton explores the role of technological change, the global balance of power and, in particular, of finance and the First World War in shaping decision-making and organisational development within the Admiralty. He shows that decision-making was found not so much in the hands of the Board but at first…
Strategy and war planning in the British Navy, 1887–1918
Three cultures at the Admiralty, c .1800–1945
This story of developing expertise at the Admiralty first briefly traces the rise of the Naval Staff from its beginning in 1883 to proper establishment in 1917, and of the civil service Secretariat over a somewhat longer period. Both came to have similar if complementary functions, including policy-making. The article then turns to naval scientists, who had a longer path to the same end. The First World War brought them a significant presence in …
Bombing and the geography of Admiralty administration in two world wars
The construction of so many temporary Admiralty offices in St James's Park during the First World War, despite the threat of enemy bombing, shows that British naval administrative efficiency then depended significantly on the close physical proximity of offices, albeit supplemented where necessary by additional liaison mechanisms. Subsequently, however, changing office practices, and advances in communications infrastructure and technology, made …
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