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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=John O. Hopkins|appt=21 June, 1881<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 652.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=John O. Hopkins|appt=21 June, 1881<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 652.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 January, 1883<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 88.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=1 January, 1883<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 88.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Talbot Kerr|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Talbot Kerr|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr|appt=3 July, 1885<ref>Kerr Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 734.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=15 November, 1889<ref>Dale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 291.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=15 November, 1889<ref>Dale Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 291.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=16 September, 1892<ref>Hamond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 606?</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=16 September, 1892<ref>Hamond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 606?</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=The Hon. Hedworth Lambton|appt=3 July, 1894<ref>Meux Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 774.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=26 April, 1897<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=26 April, 1897<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Archibald Bourke|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maurice Archibald Bourke|nick=The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke|appt=20 November, 1899<ref>Bourke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 132.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=15 November, 1900<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|nick=Wilmot H. Fawkes|appt=15 November, 1900<ref>Fawkes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Tyrwhitt|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Tyrwhitt|nick=The Hon. Hugh Tyrwhitt|appt=9 October, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 29 September, 1902. Issue '''36885''', col B, p. 8.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=1 October, 1905<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 105.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=1 October, 1905<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 105.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|nick=Charles E. Madden|appt=14 December, 1908<ref>Madden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 83.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|nick=Charles E. Madden|appt=14 December, 1908<ref>Madden Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 83.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>"Changes and Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 8 January, 1912. Issue '''39789''', col B, p. 10.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|nick=David Beatty|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>"Changes and Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 8 January, 1912. Issue '''39789''', col B, p. 10.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=9 January, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 10 January, 1913. Issue '''40105''', col G, p. 11.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=9 January, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 10 January, 1913. Issue '''40105''', col G, p. 11.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|nick=The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood|appt=1 June, 1914<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 28 May, 1914. Issue '''40535''', col B, p. 12.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=13 October, 1914<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=13 October, 1914<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|nick=Charles Bartolomé|appt=5 November, 1914<ref>Martin-de-Bartolomé Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 208.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|nick=Charles Bartolomé|appt=5 November, 1914<ref>Martin-de-Bartolomé Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 208.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|nick=Hugh D. R. Watson|appt=3 May, 19218<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue '''42676''', col D, p. 12.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|nick=Hugh D. R. Watson|appt=3 May, 19218<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue '''42676''', col D, p. 12.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 250.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Hodges Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 250.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=The | + | {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Hubert George Brand|nick=The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand|appt=16 April, 1925<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 16 April, 1925. Issue '''43937''', col E, p. 8.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frank Larken|nick=Frank Larken|appt=29 April, 1925<ref>"Flag Appointment" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 1 May, 1925. Issue '''43950''', col E, p. 16.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frank Larken|nick=Frank Larken|appt=29 April, 1925<ref>"Flag Appointment" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 1 May, 1925. Issue '''43950''', col E, p. 16.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=1 April, 1927<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 31 March, 1927. Issue '''44544''', col E, p. 7.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=1 April, 1927<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 31 March, 1927. Issue '''44544''', col E, p. 7.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 26 June 2014
The Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, before 1912 the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the Royal Navy officer responsible to the First Lord of the Admiralty who assisted the political head of the Navy on senior appointments.
Contents
History
Fisher described the Naval Secretary's position as "an ideal arrangement. He has the power, he pulls the strings, he has no position, he causes no jealousy, he talks to all the Lords as their servant, and he manipulates them all and oils the machine for his special master, the First Lord, to perpetrate a job when necessary!"[1]
In 1902 the Private Secretary's salary was increased from £500 to £1,000 per annum.[2]
Secretaries
- Captain Thomas Brandreth, 9 March, 1867[3]
- Captain Frederick B. P. Seymour, 22 December, 1868[4]
- Captain Chandos S. S. Stanhope, 16 July, 1870[5]
- Captain George Tryon, 24 April, 1871[6]
- Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, 6 March, 1874[7]
- Captain William Codrington, 10 April, 1876[8]
- Captain John O. Hopkins, 21 June, 1881[9]
- Captain Lewis A. Beaumont, 1 January, 1883[10]
- Rear-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr, 3 July, 1885[11]
- Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale, 15 November, 1889[12]
- Captain Richard H. Hamond, 16 September, 1892[13]
- Captain The Hon. Hedworth Lambton, 3 July, 1894[14]
- Captain Wilmot H. Fawkes, 26 April, 1897[15]
- Captain The Hon. Maurice A. Bourke, 20 November, 1899[16]
- Rear-Admiral Wilmot H. Fawkes, 15 November, 1900[17]
- Captain The Hon. Hugh Tyrwhitt, 9 October, 1902[18]
- Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas, 1 October, 1905[19]
- Captain Charles E. Madden, 14 December, 1908[20]
- Rear-Admiral Ernest C. T. Troubridge, 25 January, 1910[21]
- Rear-Admiral David Beatty, 8 January, 1912[22]
- Rear-Admiral Dudley R. S. de Chair, 9 January, 1913[23]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, 1 June, 1914[24]
- Rear-Admiral Henry F. Oliver, 13 October, 1914[25]
- Commodore, First Class Charles Bartolomé, 5 November, 1914[26]
- Rear-Admiral Allan F. Everett, 16 December, 1916[27]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 26 October, 1918[28]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh D. R. Watson, 3 May, 19218[29]
- Vice-Admiral Michael H. Hodges, 26 June, 1923[30]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand, 16 April, 1925[31]
- Rear-Admiral Frank Larken, 29 April, 1925[32]
- Rear-Admiral Eric J. A. Fullerton, 1 April, 1927[33]
- Rear-Admiral George K. Chetwode, 1 October, 1929[34]
- Rear-Admiral Sidney J. Meyrick, 11 January, 1932[35]
- Rear-Admiral Guy C. C. Royle, 17 September, 1934[36]
- Rear-Admiral William J. Whitworth, 7 June, 1937[37]
- Rear-Admiral Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 1 May, 1939[38]
Footnotes
- ↑ Fisher. Memories. p. 170.
- ↑ Navy Estimates for the Year 1902-1903. p. 154.
- ↑ Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870, p. 66.
- ↑ Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870, p. 66.
- ↑ Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870, p. 66.
- ↑ Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 58.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 621?
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 April, 1876. Issue 28597, col F, p. 5.
- ↑ Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 652.
- ↑ Beaumont Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 88.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 734.
- ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 291.
- ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 606?
- ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 774.
- ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 449.
- ↑ Bourke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 132.
- ↑ Fawkes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 449.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 29 September, 1902. Issue 36885, col B, p. 8.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 83.
- ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
- ↑ "Changes and Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 January, 1912. Issue 39789, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 10 January, 1913. Issue 40105, col G, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 28 May, 1914. Issue 40535, col B, p. 12.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
- ↑ Martin-de-Bartolomé Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 208.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 250.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 April, 1925. Issue 43937, col E, p. 8.
- ↑ "Flag Appointment" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 1 May, 1925. Issue 43950, col E, p. 16.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 31 March, 1927. Issue 44544, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 16 September, 1929. Issue 45309, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 30 October, 1931. Issue 45967, col E, p. 22.
- ↑ "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 September, 1934. Issue 46861, col C, p. 17.
- ↑ "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 June, 1937. Issue 47704, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 1 May, 1939. Issue 48293, col C, p. 8.
Bibliography
- Hamilton, C. I. (2003). "Expanding Naval Powers: Admiralty Private Secretaries and Private Offices, 1800-1945". War in History 10 (2): pp. 125–156.
- 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.
- Sainty, J. C. (1975). Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870. London: The Athlone Press. ISBN 0-485-17144-9.
