Christopher Lloyd (naval historian)
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Charles Christopher Lloyd (born in India, 2 September 1906 – died 31 March 1986) was a British naval historian, who served as Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1962–1966.
, Christopher Lloyd was educated at Marlborough College
and Lincoln College, Oxford
. In 1938, he married Katherine Brenda Sturge, with whom he had one son and one daughter.
, Quebec
, Canada
and remained there until 1934, when he was appointed to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. In 1945, he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, where he rose to be Professor of History from 1962 until his retirement in 1967.
He served as editor of The Mariner's Mirror
, the Journal of the Society for Nautical Research
from 1970-1979.
Early life and education
The son of E. S. Lloyd CSIOrder of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
, Christopher Lloyd was educated at Marlborough College
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...
and Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
. In 1938, he married Katherine Brenda Sturge, with whom he had one son and one daughter.
Academic career
In 1930, Lloyd received his first academic appointment at Bishop's UniversityBishop's University
Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and remained there until 1934, when he was appointed to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. In 1945, he was appointed lecturer at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, where he rose to be Professor of History from 1962 until his retirement in 1967.
He served as editor of The Mariner's Mirror
Mariner's Mirror
The Mariner's Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1911 and is abstracted and indexed by Scopus.- Editors :Previous editors-in-chief have been:...
, the Journal of the Society for Nautical Research
Society for Nautical Research
The Society for Nautical Research was founded in 1910 to promote the academic field of maritime history in the United Kingdom.The aims of the society are to:* support and encourage research in maritime history and underwater archaeology....
from 1970-1979.
Published works
- Fanny BurneyFanny BurneyFrances Burney , also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. She was born in Lynn Regis, now King’s Lynn, England, on 13 June 1752, to musical historian Dr Charles Burney and Mrs Esther Sleepe Burney...
. London: Longmans, Green, 1936. - Captain MarryatFrederick MarryatCaptain Frederick Marryat was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story...
and the old navy. London; New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1939. - The Englishman and the sea, an anthology, edited by Christopher Lloyd. London: Allen & Unwin, [1946].
- Pacific horizons: the exploration of the Pacific before Captain Cook. London: G. Allen and Unwin Ltd., [1946].
- Lord CochraneLord CochraneLord Cochrane can refer to:*William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald who prior to receiving the earldom was create Baron Cochrane of Dundonald*Earl of Dundonald has a subsidiary of Baron Cochrane of Paisley and Ochiltree...
: seaman - radical - liberator. London: Longmans, Green, 1947. - The diary of Fanny BurneyFanny BurneyFrances Burney , also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. She was born in Lynn Regis, now King’s Lynn, England, on 13 June 1752, to musical historian Dr Charles Burney and Mrs Esther Sleepe Burney...
, selected and edited by Christopher Lloyd. London: R. Ingram, [1948] - The GrevilleCharles Cavendish Fulke GrevilleCharles Cavendish Fulke Greville was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1827...
memoirs, selected and edited by Christopher Lloyd. London: R. Ingram, [1948] - The voyages of Captain James CookJames CookCaptain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
round the world; selected from his journals and edited by Christopher Lloyd. London: Cresset Press, 1949. - The Navy and the slave trade: the suppression of the African slave trade in the nineteenth century. London; New York: Longmans, Green, [1949]; London, Cass, 1968.
- Captain CookJames CookCaptain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
. London: Faber and Faber, [1952] - The Naval miscellany, vol 4. Publications of the Navy Records Society; v. 63. London: Printed for the Navy Records SocietyNavy Records SocietyThe Navy Records Society was established in 1893 as a scholarly society to publish historical documents that illustrated the history of the Royal Navy. Professor Sir John Knox Laughton and Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge were the key leaders who organized the Society, basing it on the model of earlier...
, 1952. - The nation and the navy; a history of naval life and policy. London: Cresset Press, 1954.
- The Keith papers: selected from the papers of Admiral Viscount KeithGeorge KeithGeorge Keith was a Scottish missionary.-Life:Born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to a Presbyterian family, he received an M.A. from the University of Aberdeen...
, edited by W. G. Perrin and Christopher Lloyd. [London]: Printed for the Navy Records SocietyNavy Records SocietyThe Navy Records Society was established in 1893 as a scholarly society to publish historical documents that illustrated the history of the Royal Navy. Professor Sir John Knox Laughton and Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge were the key leaders who organized the Society, basing it on the model of earlier...
, 1927-1955. Lloyd edited v. 2. [1796-1802] and v. 3. 1803-1815 (1955). - Sir Francis Drake. London: Faber and Faber, [1957]; 1979.
- A memoir of James TrevenenJames TrevenenJames Trevenen was an officer in the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy.Born in Cornwall "of a very respectable family", he was educated at the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth and went to sea in 1776 as a midshipman on the Resolution under Captain James Cook, where he assisted Cook as a...
, edited by Christopher Lloyd and R. C. Anderson. [London] : Navy Records Society, 1959. - The capture of QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. London: Batsford, [1959]. - The brethren of the coast: the British and French buccaneers in the South Seas, by P. K. Kemp and Christopher Lloyd. London: Heinemann, [1960].
- Ships & seamen, from the Vikings to the present day: a history in text and pictures, by Christopher Lloyd in collaboration with J. Douglas-Henry. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961.
- Lives of the most notorious pirates; by Charles JohnsonCharles Johnson (pirate biographer)Captain Charles Johnson is the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, though his identity remains a mystery. No record of a captain by this name exists. Some scholars have suggested that "Charles Johnson" was actually Daniel...
, edited with an introduction by Christopher Lloyd from the text of Arthur L. Hayward. London: The Folio Society, 1962. - St. Vincent & CamperdownBattle of CamperdownThe Battle of Camperdown was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797 between a Royal Navy fleet under Admiral Adam Duncan and a Dutch Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter...
. London: B.T. Batsford, [1963]. - Medicine and the Navy, 1200-1900 by J. J. Keevil. Edinburgh; London : E. & S. Livingstone, 1957-63. Vols. 3-4 by C. Lloyd and J. L. S. Coulter.
- The health of seamen: selections from the works of Dr. James LindJames LindJames Lind FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish physician. He was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. By conducting the first ever clinical trial, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy...
, Sir Gilbert BlaneGilbert BlaneSir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet FRSE FRS MRCP was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy....
and Dr. Thomas TrotterThomas TrotterThomas Trotter is a British concert organist. He is Birmingham City Organist and organist of St. Margaret's, Westminster and visiting Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music, London....
, edited by Christopher Lloyd. London: Navy Records Society, 1965. - William DampierWilliam DampierWilliam Dampier was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer...
. London: Faber, 1966. - Pepys and his seamen": Samuel PepysSamuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...
commemoration 31 May, 1967: in the Parish Church of St. Olave, Hart Street, City of London. 1967. - The British seaman 1200-1860: a social survey. London: Collins, 1968
- Greenwich: palace, hospital, college, written by Christopher C. Lloyd; revised by Bryan RanftBryan RanftBryan Ranft was an historian of the Royal Navy, who served as Professor of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1967-1977.-Early life and education:...
. London: Royal Naval College, 1969. - Mr. Barrow of the Admiralty: a life of Sir John Barrow, 1764-1848. London: Collins, 1970.
- Sea fights under sail. London: Collins, 1970.
- Nelson and sea power. London: English Universities Press, 1973.
- The Nile CampaignBattle of the NileThe Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798...
: Nelson and Napoleon in EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. Newton Abbot: David and Charles; New York: Barnes and Noble, 1973. - The search for the NigerNiger RiverThe Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea...
. London: Collins, 1973. - Atlas of maritime history. London: Hamlyn for Country Life, 1975.
- English corsairs on the Barbary coastBarbary CoastThe Barbary Coast, or Barbary, was the term used by Europeans from the 16th until the 19th century to refer to much of the collective land of the Berber people. Today, the terms Maghreb and "Tamazgha" correspond roughly to "Barbary"...
. London: Collins, 1981.
Source
- Who Was Who, 1981-1990