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! 7 July, 1885.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}} The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.</ref> | |||
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| 1.—General Direction and Supervision. | |||
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| 2.—Political Questions. | |||
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| 3.—Board Questions. | |||
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| 4.—Promotions and Removals from the Service of Naval and Marine Officers. | |||
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| 5.—Honours and Rewards. | |||
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| 6.—Royal Yachts, including Appointment of all Officers. | |||
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| 7.—Civil Appointments and Promotions, except as provided under Controller and Civil Lord. | |||
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| 8.—Mersey Conservancy. | |||
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| 9.—Nomination to Naval Cadetships and to Assistant Clerkships, R.N. | |||
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| 10.—Appointments of—<br>Flag Officers.<br>Captains.<br>Officers Commanding Ships.<br>Commanders to Coast Guard.<br>Chaplains.<br>Naval Instructors.<br>Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals and holding Civil Appointments. | |||
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| 11.—Staff Appointments of the Royal Marines. | |||
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Revision as of 12:26, 20 April 2014
The First Lord of the Admiralty was responsible for the general direction and supervision of all business relating to the Royal Navy. He also dealt personally with all matters relating to promotions and removals from the service of naval and marine officers; honors and rewards [royal yachts and admiralty yacht]; appointment of Admirals and officers in command [including Engineers, Rear-Admirals, Surgeons-General and Deputy Surgeons-General, and staff appointments of the Royal Marines; Chaplain of the Fleet, appointment and entry of] naval chaplains and instructors; civil appointments and promotions (higher posts) [nomination to naval cadetships and to assistant clerkships, R.N.].
Duties
| 7 July, 1885.[1] |
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| 1.—General Direction and Supervision. |
| 2.—Political Questions. |
| 3.—Board Questions. |
| 4.—Promotions and Removals from the Service of Naval and Marine Officers. |
| 5.—Honours and Rewards. |
| 6.—Royal Yachts, including Appointment of all Officers. |
| 7.—Civil Appointments and Promotions, except as provided under Controller and Civil Lord. |
| 8.—Mersey Conservancy. |
| 9.—Nomination to Naval Cadetships and to Assistant Clerkships, R.N. |
| 10.—Appointments of— Flag Officers. Captains. Officers Commanding Ships. Commanders to Coast Guard. Chaplains. Naval Instructors. Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals and holding Civil Appointments. |
| 11.—Staff Appointments of the Royal Marines. |
| August, 1912.[2] |
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| General Direction and Supervision of all business relating to the Navy. Political and Board Questions. |
| Promotions and Removals from the Service of Naval and Marine Officers. Honours and Rewards. |
| Royal yachts, and Admiralty Yacht, including Appointment of all Officers. |
| Appointment of Flag Officers and Officers in Command, including Engineer Rear-Admirals, Surgeons-General, and Staff Appointments of Royal Marines. |
| Chaplain of the Fleet, appointment of, and entry of Naval Chaplains and Instructors. |
| Civil Appointments and Promotions (higher posts). |
| Naval Cadetships and Nominations to Assistant Clerkships, R.N. |
First Lords of the Admiralty, 1853 – 1919
Dates of appointment given:
- The Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., 5 January, 1853.[3]
- The Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., 8 March, 1855.[3]
- The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P., 8 March, 1858.[3]
- The Right Honourable The Duke of Somerset, 28 June, 1859.[3]
- The Right Honourable Sir John Pakington, M.P., 13 July, 1866.[3]
- The Right Honourable H. T. Lowry Corry, M.P., 8 March, 1867.[3]
- The Right Honourable H. C. Erskine Childers, M.P., 18 December, 1868.[3]
- The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P., 9 March, 1871.[3]
- The Right Honourable G. Ward Hunt, M.P., 3 March, 1874.[3]
- The Right Honourable W. H. Smith, M.P., 14 August, 1877.[3]
- The Right Honourable The Earl of Northbrook, 12 May, 1880.[3]
- The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P., 1 July, 1885.[3]
- The Right Honourable The Marquess of Ripon, 16 February, 1886.[4]
- The Right Honourable Lord George Hamilton, M.P., 6 August, 1886.[4]
- The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer, 23 August, 1892.[4]
- The Right Honourable George J. Goschen, M.P., 4 July, 1895.[4]
- The Right Honourable The Earl of Selborne, 20 November, 1900.[4]
- The Right Honourable The Earl Cawdor, 27 March, 1905.[4]
- The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth, 21 December, 1905.[4]
- The Right Honourable Reginald McKenna, M.P., 16 April, 1908.[4]
- The Right Honourable Winston L. S. Churchill, M.P., 24 October, 1911.[4]
- The Right Honourable Arthur J. Balfour, M.P., 27 May, 1915.[4]
- The Right Honourable Sir Edward Carson, M.P., Q.C. 11 December, 1916.[4]
- The Right Honourable Sir Eric C. Geddes, M.P., 6 September, 1917.[4]
- The Right Honourable Walter H. Long, M.P., 16 January, 1919.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Hamilton. p. 317.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 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.
