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A North Sea Diary
A North Sea Diary
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The present work is the only connected and comprehensive account of American graphic art, from the early products, of such a strong historical interest, to the most recent efforts at original expression. The object of this edition is to present a brief but clear review of the whole field of American graphic art.This book provides the firsthand account of Commander Stephen King-Hall onboard the HMS Southampton and 11th Submarine Flotilla as he fought during World War I between 1914 and 1918, with the Grand Fleet.
William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall of Headley (21 January 1893 – 1 June 1966) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and playwright.
The son of Admiral Sir George Fowler King-Hall and Olga Felicia Ker; theirs was an artistic Naval family, King-Hall's sisters Magdalen and Lou also being writers. He married Kathleen Amelia Spencer (d 14 August 1950), daughter of Francis Spencer, on 15 April 1919 and they had three children, Ann, Frances Susan and Jane.
He was educated at Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, with the Grand Fleet, serving on HMS Southampton and 11th Submarine Flotilla. He gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy in 1928, before resigning in 1929. He wrote several plays between 1924 and 1940. He joined the Royal Institute of International Affairs in 1929, having previously been awarded their Gold Medal for his 1920 thesis on submarine warfare. He entered the House of Commons in 1939 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ormskirk standing as the National Labour candidate. He later changed his affiliation and continued to stand as an Independent, subsequently losing the seat to future Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1945 general election. During the Second World War, he served in the Ministry of Aircraft Production under Beaverbrook as Director of the Factory Defence Section. In 1944 he founded and chaired the Hansard Society to promote parliamentary democracy. He presented a programme for children on current affairs on both BBC radio and television. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1954 and was created Baron King-Hall, of Headley in the County of Hampshire (Life Peer) on 15 January 1966. He died on 1 June 1966.
His 1958 book Defence in the Nuclear Age advocated a British policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament and national defence involving some reliance on conventional military force. This was to be supplemented by "a defence system of non-violence against violence" - what is often called "defence by civil resistance" or "social defence".
His numerous other books included a 1962 study, Power Politics in the Nuclear Age. He also published a novel Moment of No Return (Men of Destiny in the USA) in 1960 This criticised all sides for the creation of the Cold War and further promoted his aim of nuclear disarmament.
There have been several accounts and appraisals of his work advocating unilateral nuclear disarmament and defence by civil resistance.
He lived at Hartfield House, Headley until his death.
William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall of Headley (21 January 1893 – 1 June 1966) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and playwright.
The son of Admiral Sir George Fowler King-Hall and Olga Felicia Ker; theirs was an artistic Naval family, King-Hall's sisters Magdalen and Lou also being writers. He married Kathleen Amelia Spencer (d 14 August 1950), daughter of Francis Spencer, on 15 April 1919 and they had three children, Ann, Frances Susan and Jane.
He was educated at Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, with the Grand Fleet, serving on HMS Southampton and 11th Submarine Flotilla. He gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy in 1928, before resigning in 1929. He wrote several plays between 1924 and 1940. He joined the Royal Institute of International Affairs in 1929, having previously been awarded their Gold Medal for his 1920 thesis on submarine warfare. He entered the House of Commons in 1939 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ormskirk standing as the National Labour candidate. He later changed his affiliation and continued to stand as an Independent, subsequently losing the seat to future Prime Minister Harold Wilson in the 1945 general election. During the Second World War, he served in the Ministry of Aircraft Production under Beaverbrook as Director of the Factory Defence Section. In 1944 he founded and chaired the Hansard Society to promote parliamentary democracy. He presented a programme for children on current affairs on both BBC radio and television. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1954 and was created Baron King-Hall, of Headley in the County of Hampshire (Life Peer) on 15 January 1966. He died on 1 June 1966.
His 1958 book Defence in the Nuclear Age advocated a British policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament and national defence involving some reliance on conventional military force. This was to be supplemented by "a defence system of non-violence against violence" - what is often called "defence by civil resistance" or "social defence".
His numerous other books included a 1962 study, Power Politics in the Nuclear Age. He also published a novel Moment of No Return (Men of Destiny in the USA) in 1960 This criticised all sides for the creation of the Cold War and further promoted his aim of nuclear disarmament.
There have been several accounts and appraisals of his work advocating unilateral nuclear disarmament and defence by civil resistance.
He lived at Hartfield House, Headley until his death.
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