The Selborne-Fisher scheme, or Selborne scheme, was an effort by John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Second Sea Lord, approved by William Palmer, 2nd Earl of...
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each cadet and his chance of future early promotion. Fisher had described his Selborne-Fisher scheme as "unstoppable by prejudice, Parliament, Satan or...
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training of military and engineering students was reformed by the Selborne-Fisher scheme, and engineering and executive officer candidates began to enter...
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main house became a military hospital. Acting upon the Selborne-Fisher scheme (or New Scheme) for officer education, the Admiralty decided that the first...
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an ordinary stoker. He hoped to achieve a commission through the Selborne-Fisher scheme. He achieved extremely high marks in both the theoretical and practical...
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accommodation for an additional 50 students was built in 1895–1897. The Selborne-Fisher scheme of 1903 meant that engineering and deck officers received the same...
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an apt posting for a man whom First Lord of the Admiralty the Earl of Selborne described as "the cleverest sailor I have met yet". The outgoing Director...
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that they are not of much value. — Fisher to Lord Selborne (First Lord of the Admiralty), 20 October 1904 Fisher's views were very controversial within...
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of Trade. Salisbury remains Lord Privy Seal. Lord Cawdor succeeds Lord Selborne at the Admiralty. Ailwyn Fellowes succeeds Lord Onslow at the Board of...
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Belknap Press. ISBN 0-674-01748-X. Bell, Christopher M. (2011). "Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution Reconsidered: Winston Churchill at the Admiralty, 1911–1914"...
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