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{{RIGHTHON}} '''Ernest George Pretyman''', P.C. (13 November, 1859 – 26 November, 1931) was a Unionist politician who held the office of [[Civil Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1900 to 1903, and again from 1916 to 1919, and as [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]] from 1903 to 1905.
 
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Said Norman MacLeod, one time Private Secretary to the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, "Pretyman was not the most congenial of my chiefs, but he was certainly the ablest and it was sheer bad luck that he never reached Cabinet rank."<ref>MacLeod.  Letter to Marder, 26 March, 1966.  p. 5.</ref>
  
 
Pretyman was made Chairman of the [[Admiralty Reconstruction Committee]] by Sir Eric Geddes.
 
Pretyman was made Chairman of the [[Admiralty Reconstruction Committee]] by Sir Eric Geddes.
 
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*"Mr. E. G. Pretyman" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 27 November, 1931.  Issue '''45991''', col E, pg. 14.
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 20 November 2021

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Ernest George Pretyman, P.C. (13 November, 1859 – 26 November, 1931) was a Unionist politician who held the office of Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1900 to 1903, and again from 1916 to 1919, and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty from 1903 to 1905.

Life & Career

Said Norman MacLeod, one time Private Secretary to the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, "Pretyman was not the most congenial of my chiefs, but he was certainly the ablest and it was sheer bad luck that he never reached Cabinet rank."[1]

Pretyman was made Chairman of the Admiralty Reconstruction Committee by Sir Eric Geddes.

Bibliography

  • "Mr. E. G. Pretyman" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 27 November, 1931. Issue 45991, col E, p. 14.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
The Hon. Austen Chamberlain
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
1900 – 1903
Succeeded by
The Hon. Arthur H. Lee

Preceded by
The Hon. Hugh O. Arnold-Forster
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty
1903 – 1905
Succeeded by
The Rt. Hon. Edmund Robertson

Preceded by
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lytton
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
1916 – 1919
Succeeded by
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lytton


Footnotes

  1. MacLeod. Letter to Marder, 26 March, 1966. p. 5.