Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty
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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 C. Inigo Thomas, 1 April, 1907.[2]
- Sir W. Graham Greene, 2 October, 1911.[3]
- Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 7 August, 1917.[4]
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