Oswin Murray and continuity at the Admiralty

Murray served as the Admiralty's senior civil servant from 1917 to 1936, outlasting many First Sea Lords, Sea Lords, and naval constructors. Nineteen years in one senior post made him an institutional bridge across the end of World War I, interwar retrenchment, and repeated changes of naval leadership. The Making of a Civil Servant began as his autobiography and was completed by his wife Mildred after his death. The book opens a view into the bureaucracy, personalities, and institutional continuity behind interwar naval and foreign policy.