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
Richard Weston
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, by circle of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
William Juxon from NPG
Algernon Percy
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
First Lord of the Admiralty
…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, Ministry of Defence and War Office were merged to form the Ministry of Defence. The holder was the government's senior adviser on all…
1808 illustration of the Board of Admiralty in Whitehall