Prior to the 1740s, Royal Navy officers and sailors had no established uniforms, although many of the officer class typically wore upper-class clothing with wigs to denote their social status.

Rear-Admiral John Leveson-Gower (11 July 1740 – 15 August 1792) [1] was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of …

Admiral John Gell (c. 1740 – 1806) was from the Gell and Eyre families of Hopton Hall in Derbyshire. He served with the Royal Navy, fighting in India and taking part in the occupation …

Thomas Read was the first naval officer to obtain the rank of commodore in command of a fleet of the Continental Navy.

The joys of fatherhood and its sorrows along with words of wisdom shared with growing children offer portraits of naval officers often missed by military historians. It is a story worth bringing to …

Jul 19, 2017 · That such a skilled seaman would voluntarily join the navy 'apeared strange to both men and officers.' In fact, Arvour was using the navy to secure pay by an indirect route. He …

The Hon. Henry St John (1740-1780), name, date of birth, date of death, marriage, children, genealogy, naval service, ships owned, actions, battles and other major events, honours, …

Evan Wilson’s book A Social History of British Naval Officers offers an innovative take on the British naval officer corps of the late eighteenth century. At its heart are two questions: were …

Captain John Harvey (9 July 1740 – 30 June 1794) was an officer of the British Royal Navy whose death in the aftermath of the battle of the Glorious First of June where he had commanded …

Jan 26, 2011 · The navy was a national symbol capable of crossing regional and social divides. In doing so, it was to make a significant contribution to the process of cultural nation building …