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==History==
 
==History==
Under the [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the Civil Lord, although a member of the Board, was designated "an assistant" to the Parliamentary Secretary, who was not a member.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|pp. 254-256}}
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Under the [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the Civil Lord, although a member of the Board, was designated "an assistant" to the Parliamentary Secretary, who was not a member.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|pp. 254-256}} This curious arrangement was to persist for nearly a century until the final abolition of the Board.
  
 
==Duties==
 
==Duties==

Revision as of 14:32, 19 June 2015

History

Under the Order in Council of 14 January, 1869, the Civil Lord, although a member of the Board, was designated "an assistant" to the Parliamentary Secretary, who was not a member.[1] This curious arrangement was to persist for nearly a century until the final abolition of the Board.

Duties

Civil Lords, 1885–1919

Dates of appointment given:

Third Civil Lords

Office lapsed, 16 January, 1919.[15]

Footnotes

  1. The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. III. pp. 254-256.
  2. "Precis of the Division & General Mode of Conducting the Business of the Admiralty at Whitehall." Dated 21 June, 1844. The National Archives. ADM 1/5543..
  3. H.C. 84, 1869. p. 3.
  4. H.C. 84, 1869. p. 2.
  5. "Distribution of Business." The National Archives. ADM 1/6313.
  6. "Distribution of Business." The National Archives. ADM 1/6313.
  7. "The Board of Admiralty. Distribution of Business." Copy in Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  8. "The Board of Admiralty. Distribution of Business." Copy in Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  9. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 125.
  10. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 125.
  11. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 125.
  12. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 126.
  13. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 127.
  14. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 126.
  15. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 127.

Bibliography

  • The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. III. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1873.
  • Admiralty. Return "of the Distribution of Business under the Lords of the Admiralty under the Old and New Arrangement for conducting the business of the Department." H.C. 84, 1869. Copy in Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/2.
  • 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 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 –)
 • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)
 • 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)