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- The Press Gang, myth and reality...21:03How officers recruited experienced crewsChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...25:29Why a patron's recruits affected his own careerNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:08:23Was Mr Hollom's stalled career unusual?Q&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:12:25What patronage did and did not doQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:21:57How the Navy managed royal officersQ&A
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...7:12Maurice Suckling, patronage, and professional riskChapter
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...38:09Nelson became a patron to Hardy and CulverhouseNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation0:00Maurice Suckling's naval family supported NelsonChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation4:44Patronage rewarded ability as well as connectionNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation6:42The Navy could sideline unsuitable officersNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation9:50Robert Walpole opened Suckling's first naval doorChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation17:33The lieutenant's exam tied sponsors to competenceNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation20:56Why naval patronage was not simple cronyismNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation41:34Family bereavement made Suckling Nelson's patronChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation46:28Suckling paired Nelson's guardship seniority with sea timeChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation47:52Suckling opened Arctic and HMS Seahorse appointmentsChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation51:27Suckling's last influence outlived his early deathChapter
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence4:12Flagship training built Hornby's global experienceChapter
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence13:07Political exclusion interrupted Hornby's rapid riseNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!10:37The Rowley family as a naval leadership networkNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!18:09Toulon, family patronage, and a captain at nineteenChapter
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:00:41Edward Hawke's talent-collecting patronageNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:33:28Protecting the East India convoy and sponsoring JervisChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!32:24Why family connections do not explain repeated independent commandNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:07:13Common ship plans made dockyard performance comparableNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…9:48Patronage, fourth rates, and Jervis's early trainingChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…47:59Caribbean amphibious command and political backlashChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…55:10Boyne's loss and Jervis's Mediterranean command teamNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:30:49Promotion by service and the Cochrane misunderstandingNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:37:50Retirement, naval patronage, and Martha JervisNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked11:06Naval marriages sustained informal command staffsChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked14:14Why the Lord High Admiral was put into commissionChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked27:22The Controller's power over dockyard constituenciesNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked52:03Russell uses workmanship to police patronageNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked57:10George Byng turns revolutionary loyalty into Admiralty powerNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:03:52George Byng and the professional officer pipelineChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:17:39Hood's family networks and political rewardsChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:23:22Samuel Hood uses patronage to develop officersChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!26:25Rodney enters the Navy under Henry MedleyChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!29:13Why Newfoundland commands and Chandos matteredNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!31:31Why naval patronage still required competenceNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!43:47Samuel Hood enters Rodney's patronage networkChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!1:00:35Newfoundland combines naval pay, cod protection, and politicsChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!1:25:14Connections at home and near-absolute authority at seaNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!2:03:29Rodney turns a Spanish prize into HMS Prince WilliamNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!3:06:32Rodney's patronage reaches Nelson and his own young sonNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live35:02Why naval patronage still required competent officersQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:01:04Edward Russell masters ships, people, and a conflicted systemChapter
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:19:04Russell used patronage to test naval contractorsNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:24:43Honest Admiralty leaders still had to work within patronageQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:26:52Admiralty guards did not sell entry at the doorQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:33:39George Byng turns revolutionary trust into naval advancementNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:40:29Why early Royal Navy promotion had no normal timetableQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:42:06Could familiar patronage habits limit corruption?Notable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:52:38Did the Navy Board change with each government?Q&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live2:05:01Samuel Hood was a fleet commander in an administrator's chairChapter
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live2:24:21Royal Marines appointments helped fund senior naval careersNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience1:03:30Farragut advances the careers of fellow officersNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:24:50How court access strengthened Jacky Fisher's naval authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:15:56Beresford's rivalry with Fisher became factional self-defeatNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:02:07Family networks around Molloy's naval careerNotable Point
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction27:10Captured ships reward Kemal Reis and bind his followingNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:03:39Bacchante's officers and the wartime command bottleneckNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)43:34John Markham connects sea command to Admiralty leadershipNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities47:58St Vincent and merit in officer promotionNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral10:36The closed officer class of a changing navyChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol11:37Family connections and naval advancementNotable Point