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[[John Edmund Commerell|Sir J. Edmund Commerell]] told the House of Commons in 1888 that when he had served as Junior Naval Lord he had had "enough to do" from half ten in the morning to half five or six in the evening.  He complained that he had been left with too many details which "would have been much better 994 not to have been left to the Naval Lords of the Admiralty."<ref>''Hansard''.  [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1888/mar/12/administrative-system-of-the-admiralty#column_993 HC Deb 12 March 1888 vol 323 c933.]</ref>
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[[John Edmund Commerell|Sir J. Edmund Commerell]] told the House of Commons in 1888 that when he had served as Junior Naval Lord he had had "enough to do" from half ten in the morning to half five or six in the evening.  He complained that he had been left with too many details which "would have been much better not to have been left to the Naval Lords of the Admiralty."<ref>''Hansard''.  [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1888/mar/12/administrative-system-of-the-admiralty#column_993 HC Deb 12 March 1888 vol 323 cc933-934.]</ref>
  
 
==Junior Naval Lords==
 
==Junior Naval Lords==

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The position of Fourth Sea Lord, until 1904 the Junior Sea Lord, was a Lord Commissioner on the Board of Admiralty and the naval officer responsible for supplying the Royal Navy.

History

By Order in Council of 21 December, 1906, the emoluments of the Fourth Sea Lord were raised from £1,000 a year to £1,500 a year, in addition to Naval Half Pay.[1]

By Order in Council of 23 October, 1917, the office of Fourth Sea Lord received the designation Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies and Transport.[2]

Work

Sir J. Edmund Commerell told the House of Commons in 1888 that when he had served as Junior Naval Lord he had had "enough to do" from half ten in the morning to half five or six in the evening. He complained that he had been left with too many details which "would have been much better not to have been left to the Naval Lords of the Admiralty."[3]

Junior Naval Lords

Fourth Sea Lords

Fourth Sea Lords and Chiefs of Supplies and Transport

Footnotes

  1. Order in Council of 21 December, 1906.
  2. Order in Council of 23 October, 1917.
  3. Hansard. HC Deb 12 March 1888 vol 323 cc933-934.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 21 January, 1901. Issue 36357, col B, p. 6.
  5. Inglefield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 473.
  6. Winsloe Service Record. ADM 196/39. f. 1432.
  7. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 83.
  8. Pakenham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 13.
  9. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. [Naval Staff.] p. 125.
  10. Ibid.
  11. Naval Staff. p. 126.
  12. Ibid.

Bibliography

  • Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.