Lord of the Admiralty

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The Lord of the Admiralty was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing the Royal Navy and naval administration.

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Label Occurrences
Lord of the Admiralty canonical 12

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
naval administration office
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Navy
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
fieldOfWork defense policy
maritime defense
military administration
naval warfare
governmentBranch executive branch
hasAuthorityOver naval deployments
naval dockyards
naval officers
naval shipbuilding
naval stores
hasDuties administration of naval dockyards
advising the Crown on naval matters
management of naval resources
naval administration
naval policy direction
oversight of naval logistics
oversight of the Royal Navy
supervision of naval officers
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
early 20th century
early modern period
isPartOfHistoryOf British military history
British naval history
Royal Navy
location England
Great Britain
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
officeHolderRole political head of the Royal Navy
senior naval administrator
partOf Admiralty (United Kingdom)
surface form: Admiralty

UK government
surface form: British government
replacedBy First Lord of the Admiralty
seat Old Admiralty Building
surface form: Admiralty building, London
subordinateTo monarch of Great Britain
monarch of the United Kingdom
the Crown
usedLegalInstrument Admiralty instructions
orders in council
royal warrant

Referenced by (12)

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Sir Thomas Littleton positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Sir William Ashburnham positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Sir John Lowther positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Sir George Warrender positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Sir Thomas Frankland positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
George Grenville positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Albemarle, 2nd Earl of Albemarle positionHeld Lord of the Admiralty
Admiral James Gambier position Lord of the Admiralty
subject surface form: James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
2nd Earl of Mornington militaryRank Lord of the Admiralty
subject surface form: William Wellesley-Pole, 2nd Earl of Mornington