Lord High Admiral of England

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Crown office great officer of state naval office

The Lord High Admiral of England was the historic senior official in charge of the Royal Navy and naval affairs of the English (later British) Crown.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crown office → great officer of state → naval office →
appliesTo	British Navy → English Navy →
country	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
domain	maritime law → naval warfare →
earliestKnownHolder	Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter →
hasDeputyOffice	Lieutenant of the Admiralty → Vice-Admiral of England →
hasDuties	administration of naval affairs → control of naval appointments → direction of naval operations → jurisdiction over maritime causes → overall command of the navy →
hasPower	to establish naval courts → to grant letters of marque → to issue naval commissions →
historicalPeriod	18th century → 19th century → Early modern period → Middle Ages →
jurisdiction	Royal Navy →
languageOfTitle	English →
legalAuthority	Admiralty jurisdiction →
notableHolder	Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham → George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham → James, Duke of York (later James II) → John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick → Prince George of Denmark → Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) → Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) →
officeCreated	14th century →
officeOftenHeldBy	high-ranking nobles → members of the royal family →
oversaw	Board of Admiralty (in some periods) →
partOf	Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom →
relatedOffice	First Lord of the Admiralty →
seat	England →
style	High Admiral of England → Lord High Admiral →
subordinateTo	the Crown →
succeededBy	Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty →
symbol	Admiralty anchor →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham → John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ("Lord Admiral of England") → Prince George of Denmark →	positionHeld
Clerk of the Acts ("Lord High Admiral") → Navy Board ("Lord High Admiral") → Treasurer of the Navy ("Lord High Admiral") →	subordinateTo
Great Officer of State ("Lord High Admiral") → Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom ("Lord High Admiral") →	hasPart
Lord High Admiral of England ("Lord High Admiral") → Lord High Admiral of England ("High Admiral of England") →	style
The Most Noble ("Lord High Admiral") →	appliesToOffice
Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board ("Lord High Admiral") →	appointedBy
Lord High Admiral of England ("Vice-Admiral of England") →	hasDeputyOffice
House of Howard →	heldOffice
Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board →	hierarchicalSuperior
James VII of Scotland →	militaryRank
James II of England →	title