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See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (d. 1827) , See also:English See also:naval historian, author of the Naval See also:History of See also:Great See also:Britain from the See also:Declaration of See also:War by See also:France in 1793 to the See also:Accession of See also:George IV., practised as a See also:proctor in the See also:admiralty See also:court of See also:Jamaica between 18or and 1813. He was in the See also:United States when the war of 1812 See also:broke out, and was detained as a prisoner, but escaped to See also:Halifax. His See also:literary career began by letters to the Naval See also:Chronicle over the See also:signature of " Boxer." In 1816 he published An Inquiry into the Merits of the See also:Principal Naval Actions between Great Britain and the United States. In this pamphlet, which James reprinted in 1817, enlarged and with a new See also:title, his See also:object was to prove that the See also:American frigates were stronger than their See also:British opponents nominally of the same class. In 1819 he began his Naval History, which appeared in five volumes (1822–1824), and was reprinted in six volumes (1826). It is a See also:monument of pains-taking accuracy in all such matters as See also:dates, names, See also:tonnage, armament and movements of See also:ships, though no See also:attempt is ever made to show the connexion between the various movements. James died on the 28th of May 1827 in See also:London, leaving a widow who received a See also:civil See also:list See also:pension of £v0o.
An edition of the Naval History in six volumes, with additions and notes by Capt. F. See also:Chamier, was published in 1837, and a further one in 1886. An edition epitomized by R. O'Byrne appeared in 1888, and an See also:Index by C. G. Toogood was issued by the See also:Navy Records Society in 1895.
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