Orders in Council of 17 January, 1912

The Orders in Council of 17 January, 1912 were pieces of British legislation concerning the salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty and the appointment of an Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

Salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the 10th day of May 1872 the salary of the First Lord of the Admiralty was fixed at the sum of four thousand five hundred pounds a year, with a house:

And whereas it may from time to time be desirable to appropriate to other purposes the First Lord's official residence:

And whereas we consider that during such times an allowance should be made to the First Lord in lieu of a house:

We beg leave humbly to recommend that Your Majesty in Council may be graciously pleased by Your Order in Council to sanction the payment to the First Lord of a salary of four thousand five hundred pounds a year with a house or with an allowance of five hundred pounds a year in lieu of a house.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal.

Appointment of an Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty

WHEREAS by His late Majesty's Order in Council of the 10th day of August 1904 the constitution and business of the Board of Admiralty were settled and defined:

And whereas it has become desirable that an additional Civil Lord should, if Your Majesty should from time to time think fit, be appointed possessing special business and administrative qualifications with the salary of £3,000 a year or such other sum as the Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury may from time to time determine, subject, however, to the condition that the appointment shall not be held by a member of either House of Parliament:

We beg leave humbly to propose to Your Majesty:—

(1) That an additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty may, if Your Majesty should from time to time think fit, be appointed:

(2) That such additional Civil Lord shall possess special business and administrative qualifications and shall, if and when appointed, receive the salary of £3,000 a year or such other sum as the Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury may from time to time determine:

(3) That the appointment shall not be held by a member of either House of Parliament:

(4) That the additional Civil Lord shall have such duties as shall from time to time be assigned to him by the First Lord:

We beg leave to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased by Your Order in Council to sanction the foregoing.

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in these proposals.

Bibliography

• The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. X. London: For His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1914.