Martin Robson is a Permanent Visiting Fellow at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter.

• Introduction 1 British War Aims2 The Importance of Portugal and Latin America Part One: The Ministry of All the Talents 3 The Portuguese Crisis of 1806 4 The Rosslyn Mission to Lisbon 5 The Talents and South America Part Two: The Portland Administration 6 The Strategy of the Portland Government 7 The Portuguese Crisis of 1807 8 British Naval Intervention 9 The Crisis Resolved 10 The blockade of Lisbon 11 The Portland Administration and South America in 1808 12 The Spanish insurrection and British policy Conclusion

Martin Robson is a Permanent Visiting Fellow at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter.

• Introduction 1 British War Aims2 The Importance of Portugal and Latin America Part One: The Ministry of All the Talents 3 The Portuguese Crisis of 1806 4 The Rosslyn Mission to Lisbon 5 The Talents and South America Part Two: The Portland Administration 6 The Strategy of the Portland Government 7 The Portuguese Crisis of 1807 8 British Naval Intervention 9 The Crisis Resolved 10 The blockade of Lisbon 11 The Portland Administration and South America in 1808 12 The Spanish insurrection and British policy Conclusion

Martin Robson is a Permanent Visiting Fellow at the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter.

• Introduction 1 British War Aims2 The Importance of Portugal and Latin America Part One: The Ministry of All the Talents 3 The Portuguese Crisis of 1806 4 The Rosslyn Mission to Lisbon 5 The Talents and South America Part Two: The Portland Administration 6 The Strategy of the Portland Government 7 The Portuguese Crisis of 1807 8 British Naval Intervention 9 The Crisis Resolved 10 The blockade of Lisbon 11 The Portland Administration and South America in 1808 12 The Spanish insurrection and British policy Conclusion