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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 ...
Blue Plaque marking his birthplace. Born in Weston-super-Mare and one of four children, [1] A. V. Alexander was the son of Albert Alexander, a blacksmith and later engineer who had moved from his native Wiltshire to Bristol during the agricultural depression of the 1860s and 1870s, and Eliza Jane Thatcher, daughter of a policeman.
Sandwich served again as First Lord of the Admiralty in Lord North's administration from 1771 to 1782. He replaced the distinguished Admiral Sir Edward Hawke in the post. [ 15 ] His appointment to the post followed the Falklands Crisis which had nearly seen Britain go to war with Spain over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean after ...
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]
Howe received instructions from Augustus Keppel, the new First Lord of the Admiralty to proceed to Portsmouth and take command of the Channel Fleet which he did in April 1782. [7] Promoted to full admiral on 8 April 1782, [22] he was created Viscount Howe in the Peerage of Great Britain on 20 April 1782. [23] Howe's task was complex.
Coffin returned to Britain, whereupon the sentence came to the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Howe, who insisted that the full punishment required by the 31st Article of War be carried out. [11] Coffin was duly dismissed from the navy, though he lodged an appeal against the decision. [9]