Jump to content

Stanhope Memorandum

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Helpful Pixie Bot (talk | contribs) at 23:00, 5 May 2012 (ISBNs (Build KC)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Stanhope Memorandum was a document written by Edward Stanhope, the Secretary of State for War of the United Kingdom, on 8 December 1888. It set out the overall strategic aims of the British Empire, and the way the British Army was to be employed towards these aims.

It gave the priorities of the Army, in order, as:

  1. the support of the civil power in the United Kingdom
  2. the provision of reinforcements for India
  3. the provision of garrison units for fortresses, colonies and coaling stations
  4. the provision of two corps for home defence
  5. the ability to deploy one of these two corps for service in a European war

References

  • The Stanhope Memorandum of 1888: a Reinterpretation. Ian F. W. Beckett: in Historical Research, Vol. 57 Iss. 136, Pages 240-7. Full text (PDF)
  • "The Stanhope Memorandum", p.311 of The Victorians at war, 1815-1914, by Harold E. Raugh. Published by ABC-CLIO, 2004. ISBN 1-57607-925-2
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stanhope_Memorandum&oldid=490867285"