Secretary of the Admiralty

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British civil service position government office naval administrative office

The Secretary of the Admiralty was a senior British naval administrative office responsible for managing the correspondence, records, and day-to-day business of the Royal Navy’s governing body.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Secretary to the Admiralty 2
Admiralty Secretariat 1
Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British civil service position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
naval administrative office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Navy ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
domain British maritime defense administration ⓘ
Royal Navy governance ⓘ
employer Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty

Board of Admiralty ⓘ
fieldOfWork military bureaucracy ⓘ
naval administration ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
hasDuties circulating orders and minutes ⓘ
coordinating external Admiralty communications ⓘ
coordinating internal Admiralty communications ⓘ
drafting official Admiralty letters and instructions ⓘ
ensuring execution of Admiralty decisions in administrative matters ⓘ
handling day-to-day business of the Admiralty ⓘ
liaising between Sea Lords and Admiralty departments ⓘ
maintaining Admiralty records ⓘ
managing Admiralty correspondence ⓘ
overseeing Admiralty registry and filing systems ⓘ
preparing papers for the Board of Admiralty ⓘ
recording decisions of the Board of Admiralty ⓘ
supervising Admiralty clerical staff ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition senior Admiralty official ⓘ
subordinate to Board of Admiralty ⓘ
subordinate to First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
historicalFunction central administrative hub for Admiralty paperwork ⓘ
key link between policy-making Sea Lords and Admiralty departments ⓘ
supporting governance of the Royal Navy ⓘ
officeHeldBy civil servant ⓘ
naval administrator ⓘ
officeType non-political office ⓘ
permanent civil service post ⓘ
partOf Board of Admiralty ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty

Board of Admiralty ⓘ
responsibleFor administrative continuity of Admiralty business ⓘ
administrative support to the Board of Admiralty ⓘ
coordination of Admiralty departmental paperwork ⓘ
distribution of Admiralty orders to naval authorities ⓘ
record-keeping for the Royal Navy’s governing body ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
workLocation Admiralty, Whitehall ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Referenced by (6)

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

Board of Admiralty → hasPart → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
Board of Admiralty → hasPart → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiralty Secretariat
Samuel Pepys → positionHeld → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
Clerk of the Acts → replacedBy → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary to the Admiralty
Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board → replacedBy → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary to the Admiralty
Treasurer of the Navy → replacedBy → Secretary of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretariat of the Admiralty