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...uadron) to discuss the forthcoming operation before the fleet proceeded to sea that evening.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations, August, 1914 - Narrative of Even ...fidence in your contemplated condict of the Fleet in action.<br><br>2. My Lords will, as desired, give orders for all available Ships and Torpedo Craft to

...le:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Sir Willi ...[[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.

...on the [[Board of Admiralty]], and served as chief naval adviser to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament Under the terms of the [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the First Naval Lord was granted a salary of £1,000 a year, with allowances and a ho

...', until 1904 '''Second Naval Lord''', and between 1904 and 1917 '''Second Sea Lord''', was the member of the [[Board of Admiralty]] responsible for the p ...the First Naval Lord, assisted by the Junior Naval Lord. The other Naval Lords were also given an increase in pay.<ref>Hamilton. pp. 189-190.</ref>

The '''Deputy First Sea Lord''' was an officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...emyss]] was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty as Deputy First Sea Lord on 6 September, 1917. An office memorandum from that date reads:

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...became legendary. He was chosen to organise and take charge of the Navy's first [[Portsmouth Navigation School|Navigation school at Portsmouth]], and there ...hich post he held from 1914 to 1917. That year the position was renamed [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]], and in 1918 he left Whitehall to take command o

.... Yet Lord Beatty's political power was such that he was able to sway the First Lord and the Prime Minister to countenance the publication of deliberate mi ...pired it would seem from inside the Admiralty, appeared in the Press; they first hinted at Lord Jellicoe's failures and Beatty's successes at Jutland, and l

...5 &ndash; 24 June, 1937) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...operating with the [[Grand Fleet]]'s [[First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Battle Squadron]]. [[H.M.S. St. Vincent at the Battle of Jutland|He report

...847 &ndash; 8 February, 1911) was a Conservative Unionist politician and [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] in 1905, responsible for the notable "[[Cawdor Memo ...an Campbell, the eldest son of John Frederick Vaughan, second earl, by his first wife, Sarah Mary, second daughter of Henry Compton-Cavendish, was born on 1

...inate at the Admiralty, Frederic Dreyer, maintained however that the First Sea Lord's health wasn't an issue at all. He wrote later Jellicoe "was physica ...l Sir [[Herbert Leopold Heath|Herbert L. Heath]] assuming office as Second Sea Lord on 27 September.<ref name=Marder223>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to

On 2 October, 1917, Ferdinand was appointed Captain of the Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master at [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard]].{{NLN ...cided at a meeting of the Board of Admiralty on 15 June, when all five Sea Lords voted that he be retired on promotion to Flag Rank under Section III of the

...tenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination while also achieving a first-class certificate in seamanship. ...nted to {{UK-Excellent}} on 30 September, 1902 to qualify in gunnery. His first stint as a gunnery officer was in the {{UK-1Hood}} from 3 January, 1905 to

...on and salaries of the [[Board of Admiralty]] in the closing months of the First World War. The First Lord of the Admiralty,