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Partridge, Michael Stephen was born on January 27, 1956 in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England. Son of Sydney Alexander and Ellen (French) Partridge.
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One of the great figures of 19th-century Britain, Lord Palmerston had an extensive career both as a domestic politician and as an international statesman. This volume is the first comprehensive bibliography of his life, both public and private. It includes published and unpublished material by and about Palmerston, from his own time to the present. The book begins with a brief biographical sketch and chronology of Palmerston's life. Over half of the work covers primary source materials and unpublished materials pertaining to Palmerston's career. The following sections deal with his speeches and published writings, general biography, and the secondary literature on his early life and political career, his years as foreign secretary, home secretary, and prime minister, and his private life. The work also includes sections on iconography, death and funeral notices, theses and dissertations, and full indexes.
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The Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight was in operation from 1903 to 1921 and was the junior section of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. Boys went there at the age of 12, moving on to Dartmouth at 14 or 15. Among the sons of several European royal families sent to the college were the future King George VI and Earl Mountbatten. It was also the institution where the incident occurred on which Terence Rattigan based his play, "The Winslow Boy". Having been selected by a process of interview, examination and medical, cadets were introduced to the life of a Royal Naval officer. They were taught how to behave - how to salute, march and how to prepare for life on board ship. They also studied a wide range of subjects, spent time on the playing fields and scrambled for food in the college refectory. In the early 1990s, encouraged by a number of retired officers who had been at Osborne, the Society for Nautical Research initiated a study by two naval historians. As a result, a large number of interviews wre conducted with a wide spectrum of cadets: their reminiscences are recorded here together with archive photographs. The author describes how the inception of the Fisher-Selborne scheme for officer training led to the foundation of the college. He also examines the college's organization and structure, the selection procedure and the reasons for and process of its closure in 1921. The text evaluates the lasting achievements of the college in the light of history.
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Partridge, Michael Stephen was born on January 27, 1956 in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England. Son of Sydney Alexander and Ellen (French) Partridge.
Bachelor, University Birmingham, England, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1984.
Teaching assistant London School of Economics, 1980—1991. Tutor Tufts in London, 1983—1988. Lecturer City of London Polytechnic, 1984—1990, St. Mary's College, Twickenham, England, 1985—1993.
Senior lecturer Strawberry Hill, London, 1994—2000. Reader in history University Surrey, since 2001.
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Fellow: Royal History Society.
Married Karen Elaine Rook, August 1, 1981.