Philip Payton
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Philip John Payton is a British historian and Professor of Cornish
and Australian Studies
at the University of Exeter
and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies
based at Tremough
, just outside Penryn, Cornwall
.
area. His father was a merchant seaman, then businessman and academic. Payton spent much of his childhood in Sussex and attended Haywards Heath
Grammar School. Active in Mebyon Kernow
(the Party for Cornwall) as a teenager, he began his writing career in articles on Cornish history and politics in journals such as New Cornwall and Cornish Nation. He obtained his first degree from the University of Bristol
in 1975 and returned to Australia (where he had lived as a child) to read for a doctorate at the University of Adelaide
, choosing as his theme the Cornish
in Australia, completing this in 1978.
as an officer in the Instructor Branch, training at the Britannia Royal Naval College
(Dartmouth) and at sea in HMS Intrepid before being appointed to HMS Fisgard at Torpoint
in Cornwall. Subsequently, he served at HMS Cochrane
, HMS Collingwood
and at the Royal Naval Engineering College
at Manadon
.
In 1989 was appointed Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Until his retirement from the Service, he held the rank of Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve in the Royal Naval Reserve
and has seen active service when attached to the Army in Bosnia and Croatia
in 1993 and more recently aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
in 2003 during the Iraq War.
, for a study of modern Cornwall from a centre-periphery perspective. He joined the University of Exeter as Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies
, then situated at Pool
, near Redruth
, in 1991 but now at the Tremough
Campus
. He was promoted Reader in 1995 and Professor in 2000. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society
and the Royal Society of Arts
.
Amongst his many book and articles are Making Moonta
: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall (2007), A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), and the acclaimed Cornwall - A History, first published in 1996 and updated in 2004, which remains a major modern authoritative history of Cornwall. Other titles include: The Cornish Miner in Australia (1984), The Making of Modern Cornwall (1992), and Cornwall Since the War (1993). He also edits the annual series,Cornish Studies, published by University of Exeter Press, and was editor-in-chief of the Millennium Book for Cornwall Kernow Bys Vyken! - Cornwall Forever! published by Cornwall Heritage Trust and distributed free to every schoolchild in Cornwall in 2000.
His other research interests in Modern Cornish history include Cornish emigration
; ethnicity and territorial politics and centre-periphery relations.
He is currently completing a book on John Betjeman and Cornwall: 'The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist and is editing (with Helen Doe and Alston Kennerley) a Maritime History of Cornwall (both to be published by University of Exeter Press). He is also writing a History of Sussex, to be published in 2012'.
of Gorseth Kernow
in 1981, taking the Bardic name
Car Dyvresow ('Friend of Exiles').
In 2006 Payton's book A.L. Rowse and Cornwall : a paradoxical patriot won the Gorseth's Holyer an Gof trophy for best publication.
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
and Australian Studies
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
at the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies
Institute of Cornish Studies
The Institute of Cornish Studies is a research institute in west Cornwall: it started in 1970/71 as a research centre jointly funded by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council, with three core staff being employees of the University of Exeter...
based at Tremough
Tremough
Tremough Campus is a university campus situated in Penryn, Cornwall. It is the only such university project in Cornwall currently. The name Tremough derives from the Cornish word for "pig farm"....
, just outside Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn, Cornwall
Penryn is a civil parish and town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penryn River about one mile northwest of Falmouth...
.
Birth and education
He was born in 1953 in Sussex. His mother was Cornish, from the HelstonHelston
Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...
area. His father was a merchant seaman, then businessman and academic. Payton spent much of his childhood in Sussex and attended Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath
-Climate:Haywards Heath experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Rail:Haywards Heath railway station is a major station on the Brighton Main Line...
Grammar School. Active in Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow
Mebyon Kernow is a left-of-centre political party in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It primarily campaigns for devolution to Cornwall in the form of a Cornish Assembly, as well as social democracy and environmental protection.MK was formed as a pressure group in 1951, and contained as members activists...
(the Party for Cornwall) as a teenager, he began his writing career in articles on Cornish history and politics in journals such as New Cornwall and Cornish Nation. He obtained his first degree from the University of Bristol
University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
in 1975 and returned to Australia (where he had lived as a child) to read for a doctorate at the University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
, choosing as his theme the Cornish
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
in Australia, completing this in 1978.
Naval career
In 1979 he joined the Royal NavyRoyal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
as an officer in the Instructor Branch, training at the Britannia Royal Naval College
Britannia Royal Naval College
Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...
(Dartmouth) and at sea in HMS Intrepid before being appointed to HMS Fisgard at Torpoint
Torpoint
Torpoint is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar....
in Cornwall. Subsequently, he served at HMS Cochrane
HMS Cochrane
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cochrane, after Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald: was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser launched in 1905. She was stranded in 1918 and broken up....
, HMS Collingwood
HMS Collingwood
Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood....
and at the Royal Naval Engineering College
Royal Naval Engineering College
The Royal Naval Engineering College was a specialist establishment for the training of Royal Navy engineers. It was founded as Keyham College in 1880, new buildings were opened in Manadon in 1940 and the old college site at Keyham closed in 1958...
at Manadon
Manadon
Manadon is an area in Plymouth, England. It has two primary schools, St Boniface's Catholic College , and is home to the Manadon interchange, on the A38 road....
.
In 1989 was appointed Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Until his retirement from the Service, he held the rank of Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve in the Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...
and has seen active service when attached to the Army in Bosnia and Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
in 1993 and more recently aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal (R07)
HMS Ark Royal is a decommissioned light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. She was the third and final vessel of Invincible-class...
in 2003 during the Iraq War.
Academic career
In 1990 he gained a second doctorate, from the University of PlymouthUniversity of Plymouth
Plymouth University is the largest university in the South West of England, with over 30,000 students and is 9th largest in the United Kingdom by total number of students . It has almost 3,000 staff...
, for a study of modern Cornwall from a centre-periphery perspective. He joined the University of Exeter as Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies
Institute of Cornish Studies
The Institute of Cornish Studies is a research institute in west Cornwall: it started in 1970/71 as a research centre jointly funded by Exeter University and Cornwall County Council, with three core staff being employees of the University of Exeter...
, then situated at Pool
Pool, Cornwall
The village of Pool is bypassed by the A30 in West Cornwall, situated on the A3047 between Camborne and Redruth, between Tuckingmill and Illogan Highway.Not to be confused with:* Poole, the town in Dorset....
, near Redruth
Redruth
Redruth is a town and civil parish traditionally in the Penwith Hundred in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It has a population of 12,352. Redruth lies approximately at the junction of the A393 and A3047 roads, on the route of the old London to Land's End trunk road , and is approximately west of...
, in 1991 but now at the Tremough
Tremough
Tremough Campus is a university campus situated in Penryn, Cornwall. It is the only such university project in Cornwall currently. The name Tremough derives from the Cornish word for "pig farm"....
Campus
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus is a campus of the University of Exeter at Tremough, in Penryn, Cornwall. Since 2004 it has housed all the university's operations in Cornwall, previously scattered across a number of different sites. It is set in of countryside, but close to the towns of...
. He was promoted Reader in 1995 and Professor in 2000. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
and the Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
.
Amongst his many book and articles are Making Moonta
Moonta, South Australia
Moonta is a town located on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history....
: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall (2007), A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), and the acclaimed Cornwall - A History, first published in 1996 and updated in 2004, which remains a major modern authoritative history of Cornwall. Other titles include: The Cornish Miner in Australia (1984), The Making of Modern Cornwall (1992), and Cornwall Since the War (1993). He also edits the annual series,Cornish Studies, published by University of Exeter Press, and was editor-in-chief of the Millennium Book for Cornwall Kernow Bys Vyken! - Cornwall Forever! published by Cornwall Heritage Trust and distributed free to every schoolchild in Cornwall in 2000.
His other research interests in Modern Cornish history include Cornish emigration
Cornish emigration
The Cornish diaspora consists of Cornish people and their descendants who emigrated from Cornwall. The diaspora is found in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Brazil....
; ethnicity and territorial politics and centre-periphery relations.
He is currently completing a book on John Betjeman and Cornwall: 'The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist and is editing (with Helen Doe and Alston Kennerley) a Maritime History of Cornwall (both to be published by University of Exeter Press). He is also writing a History of Sussex, to be published in 2012'.
Bard of the Cornish Gorseth
Payton was made a BardBard
In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...
of Gorseth Kernow
Gorseth Kernow
Gorseth Kernow is a non-political Cornish organisation, which exists to maintain the national Celtic spirit of Cornwall in the United Kingdom.-History:...
in 1981, taking the Bardic name
Bardic name
A bardic name is a pseudonym, used in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany, by poets and other artists, especially those involved in the eisteddfod movement....
Car Dyvresow ('Friend of Exiles').
In 2006 Payton's book A.L. Rowse and Cornwall : a paradoxical patriot won the Gorseth's Holyer an Gof trophy for best publication.
Publications
Incomplete list- Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall, Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 2007 ISBN 978 0 85989 795 2 paperback 978 0 85989 796 9
- A.L. Rowse and Cornwall : a paradoxical patriot, Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2005 ISBN 0859897443 paperback ISBN 978-085989-798-3.
- Cornish carols from Australia / a new edition of "The Christmas Welcome, compiled - with an introduction - by Philip Payton , Trewirgie : Dyllansow Truran, 1984 ISBN 0907566928
- The Cornish eclipse 1649-1751, (1999) Notes An illustrated lecture, commissioned by Artys war anow Kernow (Verbal Arts Cornwall) for the Daphne du Maurier Festival of Arts & Literature
- The Cornish farmer in Australia or, Australian adventure : Cornish colonists and the expansion of Adelaide and the South Australian agricultural frontier , Redruth : Dyllansow Truran, c1987 ISBN 1850220298
- The Cornish miner in Australia : (cousin Jack down under), Redruth) : Dyllansow Truran, 1984. ISBN 0907566510
- The Cornish overseas, Fowey : Alexander Associates, 1999. ISBN 1899526951. Revised edition Rev. and updated edition, Fowey : Cornwall Editions, 2005 ISBN 1904880045
- Cornwall; Fowey : Alexander Associates, 1996 ISBN 1899526609. Revised edition Cornwall : a history , Fowey : Cornwall Editions Ltd, 2004 ISBN 1904880002 (Available online on Google Books).
- Cornwall for ever! = Kernow bys vyken!, edited by Philip Payton: Cornwall Heritage Trust, 2000.
- Cornwall Since the War : The Contemporary History of a European Region Edited by Philip Payton, Redruth : Institute of Cornish Studies, Dyllansow Truran, 1993 ISBN 1850220735
- Cornwall's history : an introduction, Redruth : Tor Mark Press, 2002 ISBN 0850253926.
- Making Moonta: The Invention of ‘Australia’s Little Cornwall, Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 2007 ISBN 978-085989-796-9 paperback ISBN 978-085989-795-2
- The making of modern Cornwall : historical experience and the persistence of "difference"., Redruth : Dyllansow Truran, c1992 ISBN 1850220646
- "Maritime history and the emigration trade: the case of mid-nineteenth-century Cornwall" in History in Focus, 2005: The sea (Full text of article online (Accessed 19 March 2008)).
- New directions in Celtic studies / edited by Amy Hale and Philip Payton, Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2000 ISBN 0859896226
- Pictorial history of Australia's Little Cornwall, Adelaide : Rigby, 1978 ISBN 0727006045
- "Re-Inventing Celtic Australia: Notions of Celtic Identity From the Colonial Period to the Era of Multi-Culturalism" in Australian Studies Journal,Volume 12, Number 2, Winter 1997.
- The story of HMS Fisgard, Redruth : Dyllansow Truran, 1983 ISBN 0907566561
- Tregantle and ScraesdonScraesdon FortScraesdon Fort, near the village of Antony, is one of several of the forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and, in particular, Plymouth docks from enemy naval attack...
: their forts and railway , Redruth : Dyllansow Truran, 1987 ISBN 1850220387 - A vision of Cornwall , [foreword by Sir John Trelawny] , Alexander Associates, 2002 ISBN 189952602