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  • ...members of and secretaries to the [[Board of Admiralty]] and defined some of their duties.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|pp. 122-123}} ...day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and the tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
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  • ...Member of Parliament, and was a vociferous critic of the Navy in the House of Commons and in print. He was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 15 March, 1890.{{Gaz|26224|5986|17 November, 1891}}
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  • ...ly, 1877) was a British Conservative politician who served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1874 until his death in 1877. ...cial Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Derby, and in 1868 as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Disraeli.
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  • ...or more of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.''</div> ...; ">—The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Naval Service (1879).</div>
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  • ==Report of Proceedings== ''Subject''.—Action of 31st May and 1st June 1916.
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  • ...al Navy, Retired (24 January, 1866 &ndash; 4 October, 1925) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. At the examination for naval cadetships, Henniker placed eighth out of thirty-seven successful candidates.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (
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  • ...February, 1927. Located in the EVAN-THOMAS PAPERS, Add. MSS. 52504 at the British Library. Reproduced in ''The Beatty Papers'' '''Volume II''', pp. 475-477. ...of being relieved by Beatty as First Sea Lord, left him the copy as being of immediate interest. Beatty immediately revoked the passing for publication
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  • ...d service in history has ever had a tradition so long and glorious as that of the Royal Navy.''</div> ...>—Warships of the World—Victory Edition<ref>Kafka; Pepperburg. ''Warships of the World—Victory Edition''. p. 535.</ref></div>
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  • ...7) was a British politician who served as a Liberal served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1871 to 1874 and from 1895 to 1900 as a Liberal Unioni ...ons, he found time throughout an exceedingly busy life to indulge his love of literature and his taste for music.
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  • ...xander Milne, First Baronet|Sir Alexander Milne, Bart.]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. Logbook of LEANDER, North America, 1817-19.
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  • ...p (1910)|''Orion'' Class]] in the [[Royal Navy]]. Her class was the first of the so-called [[super-dreadnought]] battleships armed with the heavier cali ...s provisionally accepted. In February, 1910 the contract for the majority of the steel to be used in the ''Thunderer'' was awarded to Messrs. H. J. Skel
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  • A list of the personal papers of [[Reginald McKenna]] in the possession of Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge. ...espondence of the Right Honourable Reginald McKenna". Printed list to part of McKenna's correspondence, prepared by the Admiralty in 1912. 1 file. Mar 19
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  • ...onsible for the personnel of the British [[Royal Navy]]. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the men. ...p. 11-12.</ref> By [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the position of Second Naval Lord officially ceased to exist and his duties were nominally
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  • ....B., Royal Navy (22 December, 1881 &ndash; 17 August, 1973) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...st in applying the experimental [[Torpedo Control|torpedo control]] method of [[Deflection Plotting|deflection plotting]].{{ARTS1912|p. 27. (G. Branch No
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  • A list of the papers of Captain [[Tristan Dannreuther]] in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, London. ...an Dannreuther (including some hand-written loose pages and a printed list of Royal Union service Institution lectures for 1947).
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  • ....D. (McGill) R.N. (30 August, 1864 &ndash; 17 August, 1958) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. De Chair was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}}, dated 19 May, 1885.{{Gaz|25514|4516|25 September, 1885}}
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  • ...s Sir William Fanshawe Martin, latterly a Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]].<ref>Rasor. p. 170.</ref> ...ence of Admiralty business, is likely not only to possess merit, but merit of the highest order.
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  • [[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © Na ...he history of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was actively involved in the service of the Navy for over sixty years, starting his career during the Crimean War a
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