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==History==
 
==History==
Captain [[George Fowler King-Hall|George F. King-Hall]], about to pay off ''Narcissus'' at Portsmouth, was visited by Captain [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|Wilmot H. Fawkes]] (Private Secretary, 1897-1899, 1900-1902), and noted in his diary: "Yesterday evening Fawkes came on board and remained a long time, talking over every one and the many appointments becoming vacant - the unsuitableness of some men, by reason of their wives. He asked my opinion on many of the men and on asking me who I thought was the best man for ''Britannia'', I was strongly tempted to say 'I am the man!.'"<ref>Diary entry for 29 May, 1899.</ref>
 
 
 
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!"<ref>Fisher.  ''Memories''.  p. 170.</ref>
 
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!"<ref>Fisher.  ''Memories''.  p. 170.</ref>
  
==Private Secretaries==
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In 1902 the Private Secretary's salary was increased from £500 to £1,000 per annum.<ref>''Navy Estimates for the Year 1902-1903''.  p. 154.</ref>
Dates of appointment given:
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*Captain [[Thomas Brandreth]], 9 March, 1867.<ref>Sainty.  p. 66.</ref>
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*Captain Frederick B. P. Seymour, 22 December, 1868.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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*Captain Chandos S. Scudamore-Stanhope, 16 July, 1870.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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*Captain [[George Tryon]], 24 April, 1871.<ref>Tryon Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/37.  f. 58.</ref>
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*Captain [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|Michael Culme-Seymour]], 6 March, 1874.<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/16.  f. 621?</ref>
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*Captain William Codrington, 10 April, 1876.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 April, 1876.  Issue '''28597''', col F, pg. 5.</ref>
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*Captain [[John Ommanney Hopkins|John O. Hopkins]], 21 June, 1881.<ref>Hopkins Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 652.</ref>
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*Captain [[Lewis Anthony Beaumont|Lewis A. Beaumont]], 1 January, 1883.<ref>Beaumont Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 88.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Lord Walter Talbot Kerr|The Right Honourable Lord Walter Kerr]], 3 July, 1885.<ref>Kerr Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 734.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Alfred Taylor Dale|Alfred T. Dale]], 15 November, 1889.<ref>Dale Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 291.</ref>
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*Captain [[Richard Horace Hamond|Richard H. Hamond]], 16 September, 1892.<ref>Hamond Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 606?</ref>
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*Captain [[Hedworth Meux|The Honourable Hedworth Lambton]], 3 July, 1894.<ref>Meux Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/39.  f. 774.</ref>
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*Captain [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|Wilmot H. Fawkes]], 26 April, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 April, 1897.  Issue '''35173''', col A, pg. 8.</ref>
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*Captain [[Maurice Archibald Bourke|The Honourable Maurice A. Bourke]], 20 November, 1899.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 18 November, 1899.  Issue '''35990''', col D, pg. 8.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes|Wilmot H. Fawkes]], 15 November, 1900.<ref>Fawkes Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/36.  f. 449.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hugh Tyrwhitt|The Honourable Hugh Tyrwhitt]], 9 October, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 29 September, 1902.  Issue '''36885''', col B, pg. 8.</ref>
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*Captain [[Hugh Evan-Thomas]], 1 October, 1905.<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 105.</ref>
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*Captain [[Charles Edward Madden, First Baronet|Charles E. Madden]], 14 December, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 4 November, 1908.  Issue '''38795''', col F, pg. 18.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|Ernest C. T. Troubridge]], 25 January, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 12 January, 1910.  Issue '''39167''', col B, pg. 6.</ref>
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==Naval Secretaries==
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==Secretaries==
Dates of appointment given:
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*Rear-Admiral [[David Richard Beatty, First Earl Beatty|David Beatty]], 8 January, 1912.<ref>"Changes and Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 8 January, 1912.  Issue '''39789''', col B, pg. 10.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]], 9 January, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 10 January, 1913.  Issue '''40105''', col G, pg. 11.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=9 March, 1867<ref>Sainty. ''Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870''. p. 66.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|The Honourable Horace L. A. Hood]], 1 June, 1914.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 28 May, 1914.  Issue '''40535''', col B, pg. 12.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, First Baron Alcester|nick=Frederick B. P. Seymour|appt=22 December, 1868<ref>Sainty. ''Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870''. p. 66.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]], 13 October, 1914.<ref>Oliver Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 319.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope|nick=Chandos S. S. Stanhope|appt=16 July, 1870<ref>Sainty. ''Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870''. p. 66.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*{{Com1RN}} [[Charles Martin-de-Bartolomé|Charles Bartolomé]], 5 November, 1914.<ref>Martin-de-Bartolomé Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 208.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Tryon|nick=George Tryon|appt=24 April, 1871<ref>Tryon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1308.}}</ref>|end=8 October, 1873<ref>Tryon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/13/401.}}</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Allan Frederic Everett|Allan F. Everett]], 16 December, 1916.<ref>Everett Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 23.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=6 March, 1874<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16/324.}}</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty|end=9 April, 1876<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16/324.}}</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck]], 26 October, 1918.<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 23 March, 1921.  Issue '''42676''', col D, pg. 12.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Codrington|nick=William Codrington|appt=10 April, 1876<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 April, 1876.  Issue '''28597''', col F, p. 5.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|Hugh D. R. Watson]], 3 May, 1921.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Elphinstone Erskine|nick=James E. Erskine|appt=5 June, 1880<ref>Erskine Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1194.}}</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Michael Henry Hodges|Michael H. Hodges]], 26 June, 1923.<ref>Hodges Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/43.  f. 250.</ref>
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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}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Hubert George Brand|The Honourable Sir Hubert G. Brand]], 16 April, 1925.<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 April, 1925.  Issue '''43937''', col E, pg. 8.</ref>
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{{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}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Frank Larken]], 29 April, 1925.<ref>"Flag Appointment" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 1 May, 1925.  Issue '''43950''', col E, pg. 16.</ref>
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{{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}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Eric John Arthur Fullerton|Eric J. A. Fullerton]], 1 April, 1927.<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 31 March, 1927.  Issue '''44544''', col E, pg. 7.</ref>
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{{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>|end=15 September, 1892<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}}  f. 161.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[George Knightley Chetwode|George K. Chetwode]], 1 October, 1929.<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 16 September, 1929.  Issue '''45309''', col C, pg. 7.</ref>
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{{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}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Sidney Julius Meyrick|Sidney J. Meyrick]], 11 January, 1932.<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 30 October, 1931.  Issue '''45967''', col E, pg. 22.</ref>
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{{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>|end=25 April, 1897<ref>Meux Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 364.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Guy Charles Cecil Royle|Guy C. C. Royle]], 17 September, 1934.<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 17 September, 1934.  Issue '''46861''', col C, pg. 17.</ref>
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{{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>|end=20 November, 1899<ref>Fawkes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
*Rear-Admiral William J. Whitworth, 7 June, 1937.<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 7 June, 1937.  Issue '''47704''', col E, pg. 10.</ref>
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{{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>|end=16 September, 1900<ref>Bourke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 132.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty|note=died in this appointment}}
*Rear-Admiral Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 1 May, 1939.<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 1 May, 1939.  Issue '''48293''', col C, pg. 8.</ref>
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{{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>|end=8 November, 1902<ref>Fawkes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 449.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty}}
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{{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}}
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{{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|end=14 December, 1908<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{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|end=25 January, 1910<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 83.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge|nick=Ernest C. T. Troubridge|appt=25 January, 1910<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>|as=Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty|end=8 January, 1912<ref>Troubridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 78.</ref>}}
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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>|end=9 January, 1913<ref>Beatty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{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>|end=1 June, 1914<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>}}
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{{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><ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 114.</ref>|end=13 October, 1914<ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 114.</ref>}}
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{{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>|end=5 November, 1914<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>}}
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{{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>|end=16 December, 1916<ref>Bartolomé Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=16 December, 1916<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 23.</ref>|end=26 October, 1918<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 23.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Rudolf Walter Bentinck|nick=Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck|appt=26 October, 1918<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 23 March, 1921.  Issue '''42676''', col D, p. 12.</ref>|end=3 May, 1921<ref>Bentinck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 47.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugh Dudley Richards Watson|nick=Hugh D. R. Watson|appt=3 May, 1921<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 23 March, 1921.  Issue '''42676''', col D, p. 12.</ref><ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 272.</ref>|end=26 June, 1923<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 272.</ref>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frank Larken|nick=Frank Larken|appt=29 April, 1925<ref>Larken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|}}  f. 193.</ref><ref>"Flag Appointment" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 1 May, 1925.  Issue '''43950''', col E, p. 16.</ref>|end=1 April, 1927<ref>Larken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|}}  f. 193.</ref>}}
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{{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>|end=1 October, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 518.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=1 October, 1929<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 16 September, 1929.  Issue '''45309''', col C, p. 7.</ref><ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>|end=15 January, 1932<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=11 January, 1932<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 30 October, 1931.  Issue '''45967''', col E, p. 22.</ref>|end=17 September, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Guy Charles Cecil Royle|nick=Guy C. C. Royle|appt=17 September, 1934<ref>Royle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 170.</ref><ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 17 September, 1934.  Issue '''46861''', col C, p. 17.</ref>|end=7 June, 1937<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 224.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Jock Whitworth|nick=William J. Whitworth|appt=7 June, 1937<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 7 June, 1937.  Issue '''47704''', col E, p. 10.</ref><ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 224.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter|nick=Stuart S. Bonham-Carter|appt=1 May, 1939<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 1 May, 1939.  Issue '''48293''', col C, p. 8.</ref>|end=27 September, 1939<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=1939|end=1941}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=1941|end=1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=|end=1944}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt|nick=Cecil H. J. Harcourt|appt=1944|end=1945}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Claud Barrington Barry|nick=Claud B. Barry|appt=1945|end=1946}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Maurice James Mansergh|nick=Maurice J. Mansergh|appt=1946|end=1948}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett|appt=1948|end=1950}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Wellclose Davis|nick=William W. Davis|appt=1950|end=1952}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard George Onslow|nick=Richard G. Onslow|appt=1952|end=1954}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John David Luce|nick=John D. Luce|appt=1954|end=1956|succBy=[[Robert Alastair Ewing]]}}
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*Hamilton, C. I. (2003).  "Expanding Naval Powers: Admiralty Private Secretaries and Private Offices, 1800-1945".  ''War in History'' '''10''' (2): pp. 125–156.
 
*Hamilton, C. I. (2003).  "Expanding Naval Powers: Admiralty Private Secretaries and Private Offices, 1800-1945".  ''War in History'' '''10''' (2): pp. 125–156.
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*Sainty, J. C. (1975).  ''Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870''.  London: The Athlone Press.  ISBN 0-485-17144-9.
 
*Sainty, J. C. (1975).  ''Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870''.  London: The Athlone Press.  ISBN 0-485-17144-9.
 
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Revision as of 05:01, 9 July 2019

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.

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

Footnotes

  1. Fisher. Memories. p. 170.
  2. Navy Estimates for the Year 1902-1903. p. 154.
  3. Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870. p. 66.
  4. Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870. p. 66.
  5. Sainty. Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870. p. 66.
  6. Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1308.
  7. Tryon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/401.
  8. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16/324.
  9. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16/324.
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