Gerard de Lisle, who inherited Garendon Hall from his father in 1963, was High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Rutland (1989) and is a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire. He is a past President of the Leicestershire Agricultural Society. This book is the second in a trilogy detailing the Naval career and artistic life of his great Uncle, Rudolph de Lisle RN (1853-1885) and follows The Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War, 1879-1881: Rudolph de Lisle's Diaries & Watercolours (Pen and Sword Maritime, 2008). The third volume covering Rudolph's entry, training, and early career in the Royal Navy is scheduled. His past publications include: Two Huguenot Brothers: Letters of Andrew and James Coltée Ducarel, 1732–1773, of whom he is a co-lateral descendant; Operations of the Quorn Hunt 1869-1870: The Diary of Frank Gillard; and The Italian Diary of Charles March Phillipps 1823, his ancestor. He founded The Garendon Press in 2019.