The Papers of Reginald McKenna

Correspondents include: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Poore [Commander-in-Chief, Australian station] on subjects including the new Australian ministry and a coal strike (5); Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg [Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] (3); Vice-Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes [Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth] on subjects including employing Australians in the Royal Navy and training; Rear-Admiral Arthur Farquhar [4th Cruiser Squadron]; Rear-Admiral George Egerton [Commander-in-Chief Cape of Good Hope] on subjects including dock building and the transport of gold from South Africa in wartime; Vice-Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet] on subjects including disturbances at Lemnos (2); Admiral Sir William May [Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet] on subjects including orders to concentrate the Fleet without arousing suspicion, the report of the Naval Enquiry, fleet tactics and practice, speed of dreadnoughts and Home Fleet appointments (7); Vice-Admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton [Commander-in-Chief, China Station, later Sir Hedworth Meux]; Rear-Admiral Sir James Goodrich [Admiral Superintendent of the Gibraltar Dockyard]; Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford [Admiral-President, Naval College, Greenwich]; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour (2); Rear-Admiral Ernest Simons, accepting the appointment of Admiral Superintendent Malta Dockyard; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson, accepting the post of 1st Sea Lord; Rear-Admiral [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee, accepting the post of Rear Admiral 1st Battle Squadron; Rear-Admiral A Galloway; Rear-Admiral Charles Cross (2); Vice-Admiral Alfred Winsloe [4th Sea Lord].