Admiralty (United Kingdom)
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The Admiralty was a department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and from 1801 of the Government of the United Kingdom that was responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. Historically, its titular h
1808 illustration of the Board of Admiralty in Whitehall
First Lord of the Admiralty
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First Lord of the Admiralty, formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the title of the political head of the Naval Service from 1628 to 1964, when the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Minis
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
…predominantly organised into four parts: The Board of Admiralty, which directs and controls the whole machine chaired by a civilian government minister the First Lord of the Admiralty. His chief military adviser was the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff as the Senior Naval Lord to the board. The Admiralty Naval Staff, advised…
Richard Weston
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, by circle of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
William Juxon from NPG
Algernon Percy