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==Duties==
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| General Direction and Supervision.
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| Political Questions.
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| Navy Estimates and Financial Questions.
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| Appointments to Commands.
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| Appointment of Chaplains and Naval Instructors.
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| Civil Appointments.
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| Promotions.
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| Honours and Distinctions.
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| Foreign Navies and Intelligence.
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| Slave Trade.
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| Harbours of Refuge.
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| Railways.
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| New Works.
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| Mersey Conservancy.
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Revision as of 14:06, 20 April 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. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  3. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392. The distribution of 27 June, 1917, is identical.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Hamilton. p. 317.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 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.