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Apart from being the political head of the Naval Service the post holder was simultaneously the pre-eminent member of the Board of Admiralty. The office of First Lord of the Admiralty existed from 1628 until it was abolished when the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Ministry of Defence and War Office were all merged to form the new Ministry of Defence ...
The president of the Board was known as the First Lord of the Admiralty, who was a member of the Cabinet. After 1806, the First Lord of the Admiralty was always a civilian, while the professional head of the navy came to be (and is still today) known as the First Sea Lord. [16] Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (1628–1964)
The lords commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised the office of Lord High Admiral when it was not vested in a single person. The commissioners were a mixture of politicians without naval experience and professional naval officers, the proportion of naval officers generally increasing over time.
In 1964, the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was also abolished and the functions of the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty were transferred to the new Admiralty Board becoming a sub-committee (Navy) of the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom. The ancient title of Lord High Admiral was resumed, by the sovereign personally. [4]
The Board of Admiralty and the Lord's Commissioners executing the office of the Lord High Admiral [2] The Board of Admiralty; First Commissioner and First Lord of the Admiralty. First Lord of the Admiralty, and member of the English government. Clerk of the Admiralty Messenger of the Admiralty, appointed, 1687 [3]
A. Charles Adam; James Adams (MP) Philip Affleck; John Aislabie; George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle; Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester; Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew
The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 [1] when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission.As that position was not always occupied, the purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requirements of the Royal Navy; at that point administrative control of the navy was still the responsibility of the Navy Board, established in 1546.
The Civil Lord of the Admiralty [1] formally known as the Office of the Civil Lord of Admiralty also referred to as the Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty was a member of the Board of Admiralty who was responsible for managing the Royal Navy's supporting civilian staff, the works and buildings departments and naval lands from 1830 to 1964.