Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty

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The Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty was a junior British government ministerial post responsible for assisting in the political and administrative oversight of the Royal Navy before the creation of the Ministry of Defence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom government position
junior ministerial office
abolishedAsResultOf creation of the Ministry of Defence
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom
appointedBy Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

monarch of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
domain naval administration
public administration
employer Board of Admiralty
UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
fieldOfWork defence policy
military administration
naval affairs
hasAssociatedBuilding Old Admiralty Building
hasDuty assisting in administrative oversight of the Royal Navy
assisting in political oversight of the Royal Navy
supporting the Civil Lord of the Admiralty
supporting the First Lord of the Admiralty
hasLanguage English
hierarchicalLevel junior to Civil Lord of the Admiralty
junior to First Lord of the Admiralty
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
isPartOfHistoryOf Royal Navy
Defence Council of the United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom defence administration
isSubordinateTo British Cabinet
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Civil Lord of the Admiralty
First Lord of the Admiralty
Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
legalForm public office
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England
surface form: London
officeHeldByHeadOf Royal Navy political administration
officeType Parliamentary Secretary
oversightOf Royal Navy
partOf Board of Admiralty
UK government
surface form: British government
positionHeldIn British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
replacedBy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
junior ministerial posts in the Ministry of Defence
responsibleFor answering parliamentary questions on naval matters
liaison between Admiralty and Parliament
supporting naval estimates in the House of Commons
scope naval affairs of the United Kingdom
seat Admiralty (United Kingdom)
surface form: Admiralty

Whitehall
usedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom

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George Goschen positionHeld Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
subject surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Admiralty (United Kingdom) hasOffice Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
James Craig positionHeld Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
Leo Amery positionHeld Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
this entity surface form: Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
George Hamilton positionHeld Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty