First Sea Lord

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flag officer post naval office senior military appointment

The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and its most senior serving officer, responsible for the overall command and strategic direction of the service.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
First Sea Lord canonical 42
First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff 5
First Naval Lord 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flag officer post ⓘ
naval office ⓘ
senior military appointment ⓘ
advises Government of the United Kingdom on naval matters ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Sea Lord ⓘ
surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom

Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
associatedWith Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Board of Admiralty ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Board
country United Kingdom ⓘ
domain defence policy ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
hasRole overall command of the Royal Navy ⓘ
strategic direction of the Royal Navy ⓘ
historicalNote title changed from First Naval Lord to First Sea Lord in 1904 ⓘ
inception 1827 ⓘ
isOneOf service chiefs of staff of the United Kingdom ⓘ
jurisdiction Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and associated naval forces
memberOf Board of Admiralty ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty Board

Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Navy Board ⓘ
nominator Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
officeHolderOf most senior serving officer of the Royal Navy ⓘ
professional head of the Royal Navy ⓘ
officeType four-star admiral post ⓘ
partOf Royal Navy ⓘ
precededBy First Sea Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Naval Lord
rankGroup senior leadership of the British Armed Forces ⓘ
reportsTo Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff
responsibleFor capability development of the Royal Navy ⓘ
equipment and procurement advice for the Royal Navy ⓘ
fighting effectiveness of the Royal Navy ⓘ
personnel management of the Royal Navy ⓘ
planning and execution of naval operations ⓘ
policy direction of the Royal Navy ⓘ
readiness of Royal Navy forces ⓘ
training policy of the Royal Navy ⓘ
seat Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence, London
shortName 1SL ⓘ
termLength not fixed ⓘ
typicalRank Admiral ⓘ
usedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

Royal Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Navy → headedBy → First Sea Lord ⓘ
George Cockburn → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Lord Jellicoe → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff → hasPositionInHierarchy → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: equivalent to First Sea Lord
Lord Fisher → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
First Sea Lord → precededBy → First Sea Lord self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Naval Lord
First Sea Lord → alsoKnownAs → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Committee of Imperial Defence → hasMember → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Sea Lords → includes → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Second Sea Lord → reportsTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → typicalAppointment → First Sea Lord ⓘ
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → composedOf → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Rushworth → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Lord Louis Mountbatten → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Andrew Cunningham → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Defence Council of the United Kingdom → includesMember → First Sea Lord ⓘ
David Beatty → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosslyn Wemyss
Admiralty (United Kingdom) → hasOffice → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Royal Navy Fleet Commander → reportsTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: John Arbuthnot Fisher
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet → subordinateTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet → reportsTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet → subordinateTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
CID → hasMember → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: Committee of Imperial Defence
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) → worksWith → First Sea Lord ⓘ
John Arbuthnot Fisher → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Jacky Fisher → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Naval Board of the Defence Council → hasChairperson → First Sea Lord ⓘ
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Third Sea Lord → reportsTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Fourth Sea Lord → subordinateTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Arthur Maitland Wilson → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Arthur Maitland Wilson → militaryRank → First Sea Lord ⓘ
John → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Prince Louis of Battenberg → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Andrew Browne Cunningham → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Chief of the Defence Staff → isSuccessorTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
1st Earl Beatty → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet → reportsTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Baron Beatty → titleHolderNotablePosition → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet → subordinateTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Royal Navy admiral → canHoldPosition → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Admiral Sir Charles Madden → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Madden
Admiral Sir Henry Leach → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Navy Inspector of the Bundeswehr → equivalentOffice → First Sea Lord ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Sea Lord (United Kingdom) (functional equivalence)
Rosslyn → positionHeld → First Sea Lord ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosslyn Wemyss
Deputy First Sea Lord → subordinateTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ
Deputy First Sea Lord → secondInCommandTo → First Sea Lord ⓘ