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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/> ||  
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| The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook || 12 May, 1880<ref name=ham/> || William E. Gladstone || Liberal ||
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| [[George Francis Hamilton|The Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton]], M.P. || 1 July, 1885<ref name=ham/> || The Marquess of Salisbury || Unionist ||
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| The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon || 16 February, 1886<ref name=staff>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  p. 118.</ref> || William E. Gladstone || Liberal ||
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| The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P. || 6 August, 1886<ref name=staff/> || The Marquess of Salisbury || Unionist ||
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| [[John Poyntz Spencer, Fifth Earl Spencer|The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer]] || 23 August, 1892<ref name=staff/> || William E. Gladstone<br>The Earl of Rosebery || Liberal ||
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| The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P. || 4 July, 1895<ref name=staff/> || The Marquess of Salisbury || rowspan=3 | Unionist ||
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| [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne]] || 20 November, 1900<ref name=staff/> || The Marquess of Salisbury<br>Arthur Balfour ||
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| [[Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, Third Earl Cawdor|The Right Honourable The Earl Cawdor]] || 27 March, 1905<ref name=staff/> || Arthur Balfour ||
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| [[Edward Marjoribanks, Second Baron Tweedmouth|The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth]] || 21 December, 1905<ref name=staff/> || Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman || rowspan=3 | Liberal ||
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| [[Reginald McKenna|The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna]], M.P. || 16 April, 1908<ref name=staff/> || Herbert H. Asquith ||
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| [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|The Right Honourable Winston L. S. Churchill]], M.P. || 24 October, 1911<ref name=staff/> || Herbert H. Asquith ||
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| [[Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour|The Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour]], M.P. || 27 May, 1915<ref name=staff/> || Herbert H. Asquith || rowspan=5 | Coalition ||
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| [[Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson|The Right Honourable Sir Edward Carson]], M.P., Q.C. || 11 December, 1916<ref name=staff/> || rowspan=4 | David Lloyd George ||
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| [[Eric Campbell Geddes|The Right Honourable Sir Eric C. Geddes]], M.P. || 6 September, 1917<ref name=staff/> ||
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| [[Walter Hume Long, First Viscount Long|The Right Honourable Walter H. Long]], M.P. || 16 January, 1919<ref name=staff/> ||
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| [[Arthur Hamilton Lee, First Viscount Lee of Fareham|The Right Honourable Lord Lee of Fareham]] || 18 February, 1921<ref name=staff/> ||
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| [[Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery|The Right Honourable Leo C. M. S. Amery]], M.P. || 31 October, 1922<ref name=staff/> || Andrew Bonar Law || Conservative ||
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| [[Frederic John Napier Thesiger, First Viscount Chelmsford|The Right Honourable Viscount Chelmsford]] || 28 January, 1924<ref name=staff/> || Ramsay MacDonald || Labour ||
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| [[William Bridgeman, First Viscount Bridgeman|The Right Honourable William C. Bridgeman]] || 7 November, 1924 || Conservative || Stanley Baldwin ||
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| [[Albert Victor Alexander, First Earl Alexander of Hillsborough|The Right Honourable Albert V. Alexander]], M.P. || 10 June, 1929<ref name=staff/> || Ramsay MacDonald || Labour ||
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*The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook, 12 May, 1880<ref name=ham/>
*[[Joseph Austen Chamberlain]], 1931
*[[George Francis Hamilton|The Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton]], M.P., 1 July, 1885<ref name=ham/>
*[[Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, First Viscount Monsell]], 1931 &ndash; 1936.
*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/>
*[[John Poyntz Spencer, Fifth Earl Spencer|The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer]], 23 August, 1892<ref name=staff/>
*The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P., 4 July, 1895<ref name=staff/>
*[[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne]], 20 November, 1900<ref name=staff/>
*[[Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, Third Earl Cawdor|The Right Honourable The Earl Cawdor]], 27 March, 1905<ref name=staff/>
*[[Edward Marjoribanks, Second Baron Tweedmouth|The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth]], 21 December, 1905<ref name=staff/>
*[[Reginald McKenna|The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna]], M.P., 16 April, 1908<ref name=staff/>
*[[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|The Right Honourable Winston L. S. Churchill]], M.P., 24 October, 1911<ref name=staff/>
*[[Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour|The Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour]], M.P., 27 May, 1915<ref name=staff/>
*[[Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson|The Right Honourable Sir Edward Carson]], M.P., Q.C. 11 December, 1916<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/>
* [[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]], 1931 &ndash; 1936.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 09:10, 17 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[11] The Earl of Aberdeen Peelite
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P. 8 March, 1855[11] Lord Palmerston Whig
The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. 8 March, 1858[11] The Earl of Derby Conservative
The Right Honourable The Duke of Somerset 28 June, 1859[11] Lord Palmerston
Earl Russell		 Liberal
The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P. 13 July, 1866[11] The Earl of Derby Conservative
The Right Honourable H. T. Lowry Corry, M.P. 8 March, 1867[11] The Earl of Derby
Benjamin Disraeli
The Right Honourable H. C. Erskine Childers, M.P. 18 December, 1868[11] William E. Gladstone Liberal
The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P. 9 March, 1871[11]
The Right Honourable G. Ward Hunt, M.P. 3 March, 1874[11] Benjamin Disraeli
(Earl of Beaconsfield, 1876)		 Conservative
The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P. 14 August, 1877[11]
The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook 12 May, 1880[11] William E. Gladstone Liberal
The Rt. Hon. Lord George Hamilton, M.P. 1 July, 1885[11] The Marquess of Salisbury Unionist
The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon 16 February, 1886[12] William E. Gladstone Liberal
The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P. 6 August, 1886[12] The Marquess of Salisbury Unionist
The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer 23 August, 1892[12] William E. Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery		 Liberal
The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P. 4 July, 1895[12] The Marquess of Salisbury Unionist
The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne 20 November, 1900[12] The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
The Right Honourable The Earl Cawdor 27 March, 1905[12] Arthur Balfour
The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth 21 December, 1905[12] Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal
The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna, M.P. 16 April, 1908[12] Herbert H. Asquith
The Right Honourable Winston L. S. Churchill, M.P. 24 October, 1911[12] Herbert H. Asquith
The Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour, M.P. 27 May, 1915[12] Herbert H. Asquith Coalition
The Right Honourable Sir Edward Carson, M.P., Q.C. 11 December, 1916[12] David Lloyd George
The Right Honourable Sir Eric C. Geddes, M.P. 6 September, 1917[12]
The Right Honourable Walter H. Long, M.P. 16 January, 1919[12]
The Right Honourable Lord Lee of Fareham 18 February, 1921[12]
The Right Honourable Leo C. M. S. Amery, M.P. 31 October, 1922[12] Andrew Bonar Law Conservative
The Right Honourable Viscount Chelmsford 28 January, 1924[12] Ramsay MacDonald Labour
The Right Honourable William C. Bridgeman 7 November, 1924 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
The Right Honourable Albert V. Alexander, M.P. 10 June, 1929[12] Ramsay MacDonald Labour

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.
  8. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  9. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  10. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 Hamilton. p. 317.
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 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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