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*"Earl of Selborne" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 27 February, 1942.  Issue '''49171''', col D, pg. 7.
 
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*Boyce, David George (1990).  ''The Crisis of British Power: The Imperial and Naval Papers of the Second Earl of Selborne, 1895-1910''.  London: The Historians' Press.  ISBN 0950890081.
 
  
 
==Papers==
 
==Papers==

Revision as of 08:05, 25 May 2011

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne, K.G., G.C.M.G., D.C.L., L.L.D., P.C. (17 October 1859 – 26 February, 1942) was a Conservative Unionist politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1900 to 1905.

Life & Career

First Lord of the Admiralty

The German Naval Attaché in London, von Coerper, wrote to Tirpitz that Selborne "is easily influenced by men whom he has recognised as efficient … he is entirely subservient to the influence of Sir John Fisher and subscribes blindly to his proposals."[1]

South Africa and After

Footnotes

  1. Letter of 25 January, 1905. Quoted in Marder. pp. 21-22.

Bibliography

  • "Earl of Selborne" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 27 February, 1942. Issue 49171, col D, pg. 7.
  • Boyce, D. George. Ed. (1990). The Crisis of British Power: The Imperial and Naval Papers of the Second Earl of Selborne, 1895-1910. London: The Historians' Press. ISBN 0950890081.

Papers


Political Offices
Preceded by
George J. Goschen
First Lord of the Admiralty
1900 – 1905
Succeeded by
The Earl Cawdor