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The first such First Lord of the Admiralty was Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, who was appointed in 1628. The First Lord was not always a permanent member of the board until the Admiralty Department was established as an official government department in 1709 [ 3 ] with the First Lord as its head; it replaced the earlier Office of the ...
In October 1911, Asquith appointed Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty, [149] and he took up official residence at Admiralty House. [150] He created a naval war staff [ 22 ] and, over the next two and a half years, focused on naval preparation, visiting naval stations and dockyards, seeking to improve morale, and scrutinising German naval ...
Admiral Sir Charles Wager PC (24 February 1666 – 24 May 1743) was an English Royal Navy officer and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. . Despite heroic active service and steadfast administration and diplomatic service, Wager can be criticized for his failure to deal with an acute manning prob
Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Fisher (left) with Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1913. He retired to Kilverstone Hall in Norfolk [118] on 25 January 1911, his 70th birthday. [119] [120] In 1912, Fisher was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, with a view to converting the entire fleet to oil. [121]
[8] [9] [10] In 1903 Fisher had led an "Oil Fuel Committee" for the Admiralty, and as First Sea Lord he ordered more, smaller oil-burning warships for the Navy. [11] As First Lord of the Admiralty, Churchill was convinced by Fisher's view of the Navy's needs, and became a "staunch proponent" of them. [9]
Saunders joined the Board of Admiralty as Senior Naval Lord in the First Rockingham ministry in July 1765 [5] and was advanced to First Lord of the Admiralty in the Chatham ministry in September 1766; after a disagreement with Lord Chatham, he stood down from the Admiralty Board in December 1766. [6]
William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations.
Private Papers of George 2nd Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty 1794–1801. Spencer to St Vincent 29 August 1798 – stating Capt George Grey to be Master & Commander of Mediterranean Fleet; Kew Dolls' House [permanent dead link ] Commissioners of H.M. Dockyards. Portsmouth 22 July 1806 Hon. George Grey (1) Capt, R.N. (Bart, 1814, K ...