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==First Lords of the Admiralty==
==First Lords of the Admiralty==
Dates of appointment given:


*The Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., 5 January, 1853<ref name=ham>Hamilton.  p. 317.</ref>
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*The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., 8 March, 1855<ref name=ham/>
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*The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P., 8 March, 1858<ref name=ham/>
! Name !! Date of Appointment !! Prime Minister !! Party !! Portrait
*The Right Honourable The Duke of Somerset, 28 June, 1859<ref name=ham/>
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*The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P., 13 July, 1866<ref name=ham/>
| The Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P. || 5 January, 1855<ref name=ham>Hamilton.  p. 317.</ref> || The Earl of Aberdeen || Peelite ||
*The Right Honourable H. T. Lowry Corry, M.P., 8 March, 1867<ref name=ham/>
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*The Right Honourable H. C. Erskine Childers, M.P., 18 December, 1868<ref name=ham/>
| The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P. || 8 March, 1855<ref name=ham/> || Lord Palmerston || Whig ||
*[[George Joachim Goschen, First Viscount Goschen|The Right Honourable George J. Goschen]], M.P., 9 March, 1871<ref name=ham/>
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*The Right Honourable [[George Ward Hunt|G. Ward Hunt]], M.P., 3 March, 1874<ref name=ham/>
| The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. || 8 March, 1858<ref name=ham/> || The Earl of Derby || Conservative ||
*The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P., 14 August, 1877<ref name=ham/>
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| The Right Honourable The Duke of Somerset || 28 June, 1859<ref name=ham/> || Lord Palmerston<br>Earl Russell || Liberal ||
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| The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. || 13 July, 1866<ref name=ham/> || The Earl of Derby || rowspan=2 | Conservative ||
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| The Right Honourable H. T. Lowry Corry, M.P. || 8 March, 1867<ref name=ham/> || The Earl of Derby<br>Benjamin Disraeli || 
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| The Right Honourable H. C. Erskine Childers, M.P. || 18 December, 1868<ref name=ham/> || rowspan=2 | William E. Gladstone || rowspan=2 | Liberal ||
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| [[George Joachim Goschen, First Viscount Goschen|The Right Honourable George J. Goschen]], M.P. || 9 March, 1871<ref name=ham/> ||
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| The Right Honourable [[George Ward Hunt|G. Ward Hunt]], M.P. || 3 March, 1874<ref name=ham/> || rowspan=2 | Benjamin Disraeli<br>(Earl of Beaconsfield, 1876) || rowspan=2 | Conservative ||
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| The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P. || 14 August, 1877<ref name=ham/> ||
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*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 Rt. Hon. 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/>

Revision as of 09:54, 8 October 2020

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.

History

In its obituary of First Lord G. Ward Hunt in 1877 The Times opined that the office "is, perhaps, one of the least enviable in the Cabinet and most open to criticism."[1]

Duties

First Lords of the Admiralty

Name Date of Appointment Prime Minister Party Portrait
The Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P. 5 January, 1855[8] The Earl of Aberdeen Peelite
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P. 8 March, 1855[8] Lord Palmerston Whig
The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. 8 March, 1858[8] The Earl of Derby Conservative
The Right Honourable The Duke of Somerset 28 June, 1859[8] Lord Palmerston
Earl Russell		 Liberal
The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. 13 July, 1866[8] The Earl of Derby Conservative
The Right Honourable H. T. Lowry Corry, M.P. 8 March, 1867[8] The Earl of Derby
Benjamin Disraeli
The Right Honourable H. C. Erskine Childers, M.P. 18 December, 1868[8] William E. Gladstone Liberal
The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P. 9 March, 1871[8]
The Right Honourable G. Ward Hunt, M.P. 3 March, 1874[8] Benjamin Disraeli
(Earl of Beaconsfield, 1876)		 Conservative
The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P. 14 August, 1877[8]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Death of Mr. Ward Hunt" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 30 July, 1877. Issue 29007, col F, p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Appendix No. 1. Distribution of Duties." Report of the Select Committee on the Board of Admiralty (1861). p. 639.
  3. ↑ Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  4. ↑ Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  5. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/6316..
  6. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  7. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
  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 Hamilton. p. 317.
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 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.


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Board of Admiralty
Political Lords Commissioners
 • First Lord of the Admiralty
 • Civil Lord of the Admiralty
 • Fourth Civil Lord (1918 – 1919)
Naval Lords Commissioners
 • First Naval Lord (– 1904) • First Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)
 • Second Naval Lord (– 1869, 1872 – 1904) • Second Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel (1917 –)
 • Third Naval Lord (– 1869) • Third Lord and Controller (1869 – 1872) • Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy (1882 – 1904) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1904 – 1912) • Third Sea Lord (1912 – 1917) • Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Matériel (1917 – 1918) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1918 –)
 • Junior Naval Lord (– 1904) • Fourth Sea Lord (1907 – 1917) • Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport (1917 –)
 • Fifth Sea Lord (1917) • Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service (1917 – 1918)
 • Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1917 – 1940)
 • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (1917 – 1929)
 • Deputy First Sea Lord (1917 – 1919)
Civil Lords Commissioners
 • Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1882 – 1885, 1912 – 1919)
 • Third Civil Lord (1918 – 1919)
 • Controller (1917 – 1918)
Secretaries to the Board
 • First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1904) • Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1904 –)
 • Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1917 – 1918)
 • Second Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1877, 1880 –)
 • Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1872 – 1882)
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