Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty

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The Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (widely referred to as the "Secretary of the Admiralty") was the senior civil servant at the Admiralty, the department of state responsible for the administration of the Royal Navy. He was the head of the department's permanent staff. Although not a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all its meetings.

History

The position was replaced by that of Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty in 1877,[1] with which it had run parallel to since 1872, but was re-established by Order in Council in 1882.[2]

Secretaries

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 13.
  2. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 22.
  3. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. [Naval Staff.] p. 120.
  4. ↑ Ibid.
  5. ↑ Ibid.
  6. ↑ Naval Staff. p. 81.

Bibliography

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