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The '''Permanent Secretary''' to the [[Board of Admiralty]] was the senior civil servant at the Admiralty, the department of state responsible for the administration of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was the head of the department's permanent staff. Although not a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all its meetings. | The '''Permanent Secretary''' to the [[Board of Admiralty]] (widely referred to as the "Secretary of the Admiralty") was the senior civil servant at the Admiralty, the department of state responsible for the administration of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was the head of the department's permanent staff. Although not a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all its meetings. | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 13 November 2010
The Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (widely referred to as the "Secretary of the Admiralty") was the senior civil servant at the Admiralty, the department of state responsible for the administration of the Royal Navy. He was the head of the department's permanent staff. Although not a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all its meetings.
Duties
Secretaries
- Sir Evan MacGregor, 2 April, 1884.[1]
- Sir Inigo Thomas, 1 April, 1907.[2]
- Sir William Graham Greene, 2 October, 1911.[3]
- Sir Oswyn Murray, 7 July, 1917.[4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
