Sir John Knox Laughton

LAUGHTON, Sir John Knox, Kt., cr. 1907 ; M.A. ; Professor Modern History, King's Coll. London, from 1885 ; Sec. of the Navy Records Society, 1893-1912 ; b. Liverpool, 23 April 1830 ; m. 1st, 1866, Isabella, d. of John Carr, of Dunfermline ; 2nd, 1886, Maria Josefa, d. of Eugenio de Alberti, of Cadiz.; Educ. : Royal Institution School, Liverpool ; Caius Coll. Camb. Naval Instructor, R.N., 1853 ; served in Baltic during the Russian War, 1854-55 (medal) ; in China during second war, 1856-59 (medal and 3 clasps ; Fatshan, Canton, Taku Forts, 1858) ; afterwards in Mediterranean and Channel ; Mathematical and Naval Instructor, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1866-73; also at Greenwich, and lecturer on Meteorology, 1873-1885 ; lecturer on Naval History, 1876- 1889; president, Royal Meteorological Society, 1882-84 ; Honorary Fellow, Caius College, Cambridge, 1895; Hon. D.Litt., Oxford, 1904 ; Hon. Litt.D., Cambridge, 1913. Publications : Physical Geography in its Relation to the Prevailing Winds and Currents, 1870 ; A Treatise on Nautical Surveying, 1872 ; Studies in Naval History, 1887 ; Nelson (English Men of Action), 1895; Nelson and his Companions in Arms, 1896 ; Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L., 1898; Sea Fights and Adventures, .1901 ; Numerous articles in the Dictionary of National Biography. Edited : Letters and Despatches of Lord Nelson, 1886 ; Memoirs relating to the Lord Torrington (Camden Society), 1889 ; Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Navy Records Society), 1S94 ; From Howard to Nelson- Twelve Sailors, 1899 ; Recollections of Commander J. A. Gardner (N.R.S.), 1906 ; The Barham Papers, 3 vols. (N.R.S.), 1907-10. A frequent contributor to the Edinburgh Review. Address : King's College, W C 9 Pepys Road, Wimbledon. [Died 14 Sept. 1915.