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Languages : en
Pages : 158
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The trial of ... admiral John Byng, at a court martial. [With] Appendix'.
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Author: The trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng
Author: The Execution of Admiral John Byng as a Microhistory of Eighteenth-Century Britain
Author: Joseph J. KrulderPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000381188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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According to Voltaire's Candide, Admiral John Byng's 1757 execution went forward to 'encourage the others'. Of course, the story is more complicated. This microhistorical account upon a macro-event presents an updated, revisionist, and detailed account of a dark chapter in British naval history. Asking 'what was Britain like the moment Byng returned to Portsmouth after the Battle of Minorca (1756)?' not only returns a glimpse of mid-eighteenth century Britain but provides a deeper understanding of how a wartime admiral, the son of a peer, of some wealth, a once colonial governor, and sitting member of parliament came to be scapegoated and then executed for the failings of others. This manuscript presents a cultural, social, and political dive into Britain at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Part 1 focuses on ballad, newspaper, and prize culture. Part 2 makes a turn towards the social where religion, morality, rioting, and disease play into the Byng saga. Admiral Byng's record during the 1755 Channel Campaign is explored, as is the Mediterranean context of the Seven Years' War, troubles elsewhere in the empire, and then the politics behind Byng's trial and execution.
The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Byng
Author: John ByngPublisher:
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Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Admiral Byng was court-martialled and found guilty of failing to "do his utmost" to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca (1756).
The Proceedings of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled, Upon the Bill, Intituled, An Act to Release from the Obligation of the Oath of Secrecy, the Members of the Court-martial Appointed for the Tryal of Admiral John Byng, Pursuant to the Exception Contained in the Said Oath
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
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Category : Anglo-French War, 1755-1763
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Catalogue of the Library of Congress: Aargau to Lichfield
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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The Catalogue of the Public Library of Victoria
Author: Public Library of VictoriaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 998
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Bookman's Journal with which is Incorporated the Print Collector
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
V. 1-3 include "Bibliographies of modern authors by Henry Danielson."
Parliamentary History of England from the Normand Conquest, in 1066 to the Year 1803
Author: William CobbettSale
Author: Anderson Galleries, IncPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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