First Lord of the Admiralty

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cabinet position government office ministerial post

The First Lord of the Admiralty was the British Cabinet minister historically responsible for overseeing the Royal Navy and naval policy before the role was absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.

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Label Occurrences
First Lord of the Admiralty canonical 106
Lord of the Admiralty 3
First Lord of the Admiralty in the Baldwin government 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
ministerial post ⓘ
abolishedBy creation of the unified Ministry of Defence ⓘ
abolishedInYear 1964 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
appointedBy monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
domain maritime defence policy ⓘ
naval affairs ⓘ
governingBody Board of Admiralty ⓘ
hasResponsibility Royal Navy ⓘ
administration of the Royal Navy ⓘ
naval policy ⓘ
naval procurement ⓘ
naval strategy oversight ⓘ
historicalFunction chair of the Board of Admiralty ⓘ
political head of the Royal Navy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Sail ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
nominatedBy First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
officeCreated 17th century ⓘ
officeCreatedBy England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown
officeHeldBy A. V. Alexander ⓘ
Albert Victor Alexander ⓘ
Duff Cooper ⓘ
Edward Carson ⓘ
George Goschen ⓘ
James Callaghan ⓘ
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich ⓘ
Lord Barham ⓘ
Lord Fisher ⓘ
Lord Jellicoe ⓘ
Lord North ⓘ
Lord Selborne ⓘ
Reginald McKenna ⓘ
Samuel Pepys ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
partOf Board of Admiralty ⓘ
British Cabinet ⓘ
replacedBy Minister of Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
seat Board of Admiralty ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty, Whitehall
subordinateTo British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom

First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
successorOffice Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
usedInsignia Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

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

Winston Churchill → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Winston → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
Secretary of State for Air → isDistinctFrom → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Board of Admiralty → hasPart → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Board of Admiralty → hasChairperson → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Lord Jellicoe → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of the Admiralty
Lord Selborne → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Secretary of State for Defence → precededByOffice → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
George Goschen → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Lord Barham → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Lord Barham → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of the Admiralty
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham → officeContested → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Duff Cooper → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Albert Victor Alexander → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Second Baldwin government → includesOffice → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Reginald McKenna → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Edward Carson → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Lord High Admiral of England → relatedOffice → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Lord Chelmsford → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Sir Samuel Hoare → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
Committee of Imperial Defence → hasMember → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Sea Lords → subordinateTo → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
A. V. Alexander → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
A. V. Alexander → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord of the Admiralty
Sir George Treby → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Admiral Samuel Hood → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
this entity surface form: First Naval Lord
Sir Charles Middleton → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Sir Charles Middleton → notableRole → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Lord of the Admiralty of Great Britain
Prince Rupert of the Rhine → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Sir George Cornewall Lewis → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Admiral Edward Russell → heldPosition → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
2nd Earl of Selborne → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Edward Hawke → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Edward Hawke was commander of the British fleet → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Hawke
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont → notableOffice → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Arthur Balfour → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty → isSubordinateTo → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Admiralty (United Kingdom) → hasHead → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
1st Baron Barham → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Admiralty, Whitehall → associatedWith → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
John → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
Austen Chamberlain → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
House of Churchill → memberHeldOffice → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Thomas Grenville → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Frederic John Napier Thesiger → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
1st Viscount Norwich → positionHeld → First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
subject surface form: Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich