David
Irving replies:

YES, but William Kimber
— who was always refererd to by others as “Peter”, heaven knows why — did provide a niche in which a large number of minor authors like myself first found our feet.
I remember that his titles were hardly inspiring however.
One book of admiral’s memoirs was given the title
Sailor at Sea. I still recall fondly the chats I had with him; a father figure, very kind and well meaning and often turning out to be infuriatingly right.