The Beatty Papers, Volume II, 1916-1927

The first volume of Lord Beatty's papers published by the Society in 1989 concentrated on his sea career, particularly during the Great War of 1914-1918, and consists, with relatively few exceptions, of selections from his own papers preserved in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.This second volume examines Lord Beatty's time as First Sea Lord, 1919-1927, and includes the long-running controversy over the Battle of Jutland, battles over resources and the fateful issue of the Singapore base. Beatty retired in 1927. As First Sea Lord his most important role was on the national and international political stage. The documents selected for this second volume are from the Beatty Papers (National Maritime Museum); Admiralty, Cabinet and Chiefs of Staff papers from the National Archive; the diaries and papers of various politicians and senior naval officers with whom Beatty worked as First Sea Lord; papers from the archive of Churchill College, Cambridge; and papers in the collection of Stephen Roskill. This volume is an important edition for scholars of the interwar years particularly immediately post First World War.