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| Corbett, Julian Stafford. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Feb. 18, 1873. 2nd s. of Charles Joseph [F.R.A.S.], of Imber Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey. B. Nov. 12, 1854. School, Marlborough. Matric. Michs. 1873; (Law Trip., 1st Class, 1876); LL.B. 1877; LL.M. 1880. Hon. Fellow, 1920. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Oct. 12, 1874. Called to the Bar, 1877. Practised till 1882. Gave up the Bar and took to literary work, writing romances; subsequently interested himself in problems of naval strategy. Special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette in the Dongola Expedition, 1896. Ford Lecturer in English History at Oxford, 1903. Lecturer to the Naval War College. Chesney gold medal, 1914. Knighted, 1917. Rendered notable service to the Navy Records Society by his edition of the Spencer Papers (the private papers of Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794-1801). Director of the Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence. Official naval historian of the Great War. Married and had issue. Author, Drake and the Tudor Navy; The Successors of Drake; England in the Mediterranean; England in the Seven Years War; The Campaign of Trafalgar; Some Principles of Naval Strategy; Naval History of the Great War (2 vols.), etc. For an appreciation of his work as a naval historian, see The Times, Sept. 22, 1922, where a list of his writings is given. Died Sept. 21, 1922, while on holiday at Stopham, near Pulborough. Brother of Herbert E. (1876), Edward M. (1889) and Frank E. (1881). (Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Sept. 22, 1922.) | Julian Stafford CORBETT Approx. lifespan: 1854–1922 Tripos: Trin. Law 1876 Adm pens. Trinity College 1873:02:18 2nd s. of Charles Joseph CORBETT FRAS ], of Imber Court Thames Ditton, Surrey b. 1854:11:12 Sch: Marlborough Matric 1873:10MT: (Law Trip., 1st Class 1876 ); LLB 1877 LL.M. 1880 Hon. Fellow 1920 Adm. at Middle Temple 1874:10:12 Called to the Bar: 1877 Practised: till 1882 Gave up the Bar and took to literary work, writing romances; subsequently interested himself in problems of naval strategy. Special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette in the Dongola Expedition 1896 Ford Lecturer in English History at: : Oxford 1903 Lecturer to: : Sch: Naval War College Chesney gold medal 1914 Knighted 1917 Rendered notable service to Navy Records Society by his edition of the Spencer Papers (the private papers of Earl Spencer, First Lord of Admiralty 1794-1801 ) Director of: : Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence Official: naval historian of the Great War[ 1914-18 ] m. and had issue. Author, Drake and Tudor Navy The Successors of Drake; England in the Mediterranean; England in the Seven Years War; The Campaign of Trafalgar; Some Principles of Naval Strategy; Naval History of the Great War[ 1914-18 ] (2 vols.), etc. For an appreciation of his work as a naval historian, see The Times 1922:09:22, where a list of his writings is given. d. 1922:09:21, while on holiday at Stopham, near Pulborough, [ Sussex ] brother of Herbert E. CORBETT (1876), Edward M. (1889) and Frank E. (1881) (Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times 1922:09:22) |