Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War

Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War provides detailed reference information on over 2,000 commissioned officers of the Royal Navy: all of those whose career as a commissioned officer included the Seven Years War (1756-1763). In addition, those officers commissioned during and after 1748 and who died before 1756 are included. Sourced primarily from some 15,000 original source documents held in the National Archives, the individual entries include the officers pre-commission postings and commissions to ships as well as other naval and civil appointments. Genealogical information such as dates of birth, death, and marriage, and the names and dates of the officer’s immediate family are also included for most of the entries. As the first published reference work since 1849 to include this level of detail for all the Royal Navy officers of the period Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years provides unparalleled access to information previously unpublished.

"A most unusual but, nevertheless, very interesting and useful historical work, this book obviously required vast amounts of research. It contains brief details on more than 2,000 commissioned officers of the Royal Navy who served in the rather frenetic Seven Years War. There are, of course, succinct career details but also interesting information as to births, deaths marriages and families. It is a book to be read in “dribs and drabs” but a fascinating one nevertheless. At nearly 600 pages, there is a lot to it but it provides an invaluable reference." Baird Maritime

"This is a must-have for any researchers of the Royal Navy of the Seven Years War and those of us who study the RN in later conflicts can hope that more reference works will follow." The NYMAS Review