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Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, commander R.N. (1775–1814)

Chapter 1: RECOLLECTIONS OF James Anthony Gardner COMMANDER R.N. (1775–1814)
By James Anthony Gardner
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A collection of candid, anecdotal recollections by a naval officer that privileges social portraiture over formal history, depicting shipboard life through sketches of comrades, messroom culture, and everyday incidents. The narrative emphasizes coarse language, habitual heavy drinking, practical joking, hazing, and occasional quarrels that sometimes led to courts-martial, while also offering temperate judgments of superiors and peers. Rather than focusing on battles, it records mundane routines, personal temperaments, and attitudes toward discipline, and reflects on gradual changes in manners and conduct within the service.

PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
Vol. XXXI.
RECOLLECTIONS
OF
James Anthony Gardner

RECOLLECTIONS
OF
James Anthony Gardner
COMMANDER R.N.
(1775–1814)

EDITED BY
SIR R. VESEY HAMILTON, G.C.B.
ADMIRAL
AND
JOHN KNOX LAUGHTON, M.A., D.Litt.
HON. FELLOW OF CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON
PRINTED FOR THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
MDCCCCVI
THE COUNCIL
OF THE
NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY
1906–1907
PATRON
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., K.T., K.P.
PRESIDENT
EARL SPENCER, K.G.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Bridge, Admiral Sir Cyprian A. G., G.C.B.
Desart, The Earl of, K.C.B.
Firth, Professor C. H., LL.D.
Yorke, Sir Henry, K.C.B.
COUNCILLORS
Atkinson, C. T.
Clarke, Col. Sir George S., K.C.M.G.
Corbett, Julian S.
Custance, Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald N., K.C.M.G.
Dartmouth, The Earl of.
Drury, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles C., K.C.S.I.
Field, Captain A. M., R.N., F.R.S.
Ginsburg, B. W., LL.D.
Godley, Sir Arthur, K.C.B.
Gordon, The Hon. George.
Gray, Albert, K.C.
Liverpool, The Earl of.
Loraine, Rear-Admiral Sir Lambton, Bart.
Lyall, Sir Alfred C., G.C.I.E.
Markham, Admiral Sir Albert H., K.C.B.
Newbolt, Henry.
Prothero, G. W., Litt.D., LL.D.
Seymour, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward H., G.C.B.
Slade, Captain Edmond J. W., R.N., M.V.O.
Tarleton, Lieutenant A. H., R.N., M.V.O.
Thursfield, J. R.
Watts, Sir Philip, D.Sc., K.C.B., F.R.S.
White, Commander J. Bell, R.N.R.
White, Sir William H., K.C.B., F.R.S.
SECRETARY
Professor J. K. Laughton, D.Litt., King’s College, London, W.C.
TREASURER
W. Graham Greene, C.B., Admiralty, S.W.

The Council of the Navy Records Society wish it to be distinctly understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Society’s publications. For these the responsibility rests entirely with the Editors of the several works.