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*The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P., 14 August, 1877.<ref name=ham/>
*The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P., 14 August, 1877.<ref name=ham/>
*The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook, 12 May, 1880.<ref name=ham/>
*The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook, 12 May, 1880.<ref name=ham/>
*[[George Francis Hamilton|The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton]], M.P., 1 July, 1885.<ref name=ham/>
*[[George Francis Hamilton|The Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton]], M.P., 1 July, 1885.<ref name=ham/>
*The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, 16 February, 1886.<ref name=staff>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  p. 118.</ref>
*The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, 16 February, 1886.<ref name=staff>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  p. 118.</ref>
*The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P., 6 August, 1886.<ref name=staff/>
*The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P., 6 August, 1886.<ref name=staff/>
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*[[Eric Campbell Geddes|The Right Honourable Sir Eric C. Geddes]], M.P., 6 September, 1917.<ref name=staff/>
*[[Eric Campbell Geddes|The Right Honourable Sir Eric C. Geddes]], M.P., 6 September, 1917.<ref name=staff/>
*[[Walter Hume Long, First Viscount Long|The Right Honourable Walter H. Long]], M.P., 16 January, 1919.<ref name=staff/>
*[[Walter Hume Long, First Viscount Long|The Right Honourable Walter H. Long]], M.P., 16 January, 1919.<ref name=staff/>
* [[Arthur Hamilton Lee, First Viscount Lee of Fareham]], 1921 &ndash; 1922
* [[Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery]], 1922 &ndash; 1924
* [[Frederic John Napier Thesiger, First Viscount Chelmsford]], 1924
* [[William Bridgeman, First Viscount Bridgeman]], 1924 &ndash; 1929
* [[Albert Victor Alexander, First Earl Alexander of Hillsborough]], 1929 &ndash 1931
* [[Joseph Austen Chamberlain]], 1931
* [[Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, First Viscount Monsell]] held this from 1931 &ndash; 1936.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 19:18, 26 June 2014

The First Lord of the Admiralty was the minister responsible to Crown and Parliament for the administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, encompassing the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and other services. By custom and design he was the pre-eminent Lord Commissioner on the Board of Admiralty.

Duties

First Lords of the Admiralty, 1853 – 1919

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. "Appendix No. 1. Distribution of Duties." Report of the Select Committee on the Board of Admiralty (1861). p. 639.
  2. Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  3. Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  4. The National Archives. ADM 1/6316..
  5. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  6. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 Hamilton. p. 317.
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 118.

Bibliography

  • Hamilton, C. I. (2011). The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521765183. (on Amazon.co.uk).
  • Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy No. 8 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.