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...w|Preceded by<br>'''Sir James Drummond as Fourth Naval Lord'''|'''[[Fourth Sea Lord|Junior Naval Lord]]'''<br>1868|Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Walter Tarlet ...James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|Richard J. Meade]]'''|'''[[Second Sea Lord|Second Naval Lord]]'''<br>13 May, 1880{{UKNavalStaff|p. 119}}|Succeede

The Lords of the Admiralty were pleased to commend [[Devonport Royal Dockyard]] for t ...D. Dick]] in the 4th Division of the [[Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fourth Battle Squadron]] in company with the Commander-in-Chief, [[John Rushworth

...uadron) to discuss the forthcoming operation before the fleet proceeded to sea that evening.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations, August, 1914 - Narrative of Even ...fidence in your contemplated condict of the Fleet in action.<br><br>2. My Lords will, as desired, give orders for all available Ships and Torpedo Craft to

...entirely independent of all external arrangements, and unit efficiency at sea, far more even than on land, is the prime and final factor, without which t ...e officers who arrive, or are likely to arrive, by the excellence of their sea service, at stations of high responsibility, for dealing with the more exte

...mander-in-Chief of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]], and [[First Sea Lord]]. In 1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First L ...ord. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. f. 167.</ref> He was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 5 May of that year.{{Gaz|275

...[[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917. ...is wife, Millicent Ann Mary, daughter of Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, the fourth daughter of the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) by Mrs. Dorothy Jo

...Squadron for Particular Service under Rear-Admiral [[Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|Earl Clanwilliam]].{{NLJan81|p. 218}}{{NLJun81|p. 218}} ...s head Clerk. That was one if not the principal reason, why I was sent to sea so soon after J.F.'s advent."<ref>{{TNA|CAB 1/31.}} f. 79.</ref> On 2 Jan

...ir Thomas M. C.) Symonds [q.v.] , and in the Channel, Mediterranean, Black Sea, and in the Crimea in front of Sevastopol, remained attached to her for nea In May 1871 he was nominated a C.B.; and in 1874, as he still wanted some sea time to qualify him for his flag, he was appointed to the {{UK-1Monarch}} i

...First Sea Lord was also denominated '''Chief of Naval Staff'''. The First Sea Lord was the senior naval officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]], and served ...1904]], the title of the First Naval Lord was formally changed to '''First Sea Lord'''. Business-wise:

...', until 1904 '''Second Naval Lord''', and between 1904 and 1917 '''Second Sea Lord''', was the member of the [[Board of Admiralty]] responsible for the p ...the First Naval Lord, assisted by the Junior Naval Lord. The other Naval Lords were also given an increase in pay.<ref>Hamilton. pp. 189-190.</ref>

The position of '''Fourth Sea Lord''', until 1904 the '''Junior Sea Lord''' or '''Junior Naval Lord''', was a member of the [[Board of Admiralt ...872]], which succeeded it he, along with the First Naval Lord and [[Second Sea Lord|Second Naval Lord]], was "to be responsible to the First Lord of the A

...ership was merged with Third Sea Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of the Third Sea Lord==

...nd 1869 the Board consisted of the First Lord of the Admiralty, four Naval Lords, a Civil Lord, a First or Parliamentary Secretary and a Second or Permanent ...to Parliament for all the business of the Admiralty." The number of Naval Lords was reduced from to three, and the office of [[Controller (Royal Navy)|Cont

...Squadron for Particular Service under Rear-Admiral [[Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|Earl Clanwilliam]].{{NLJan81|p. 218}} May was promoted ...n October, 1904 to consider the characteristics of the new type; a greater sea-going capacity was given to the torpedo-boat destroyer class; the use of oi

...took command of the Home (later Reserve Fleet), and was appointed [[Second Sea Lord]] at the Admiralty. His final service was as Commander-in-Chief of th ...quadron]]. He joined her at Plymouth on 6 September, having collected his sea chest and changed into uniform at Rosekelly's, the Shipping Agents in Cornw

...influence on Royal Navy war planning in the last years of peace as the Sea Lords. ...n 16 April, 1877, with a Second Class Certificate and obtained six months' sea time.

...at the Battle of Jutland came under attack from supporters of the [[First Sea Lord]], David Beatty. Among the critics were [[Winston Leonard Spencer-Chu ...osen to look after Prince Albert Victor. Also chosen was a future [[First Sea Lord]] and [[Admiral of the Fleet]], [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron

...was given fleet command, but the relationship between him and the [[First Sea Lord]], [[John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|Sir John Fisher]], desc ...was lent to to the frigate ''Tribune'', 31, Captain [[Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|Lord Gilford]]. On 2 January, 1866, he was promoted to

...'''. p. 418.</ref> Marder was apparently unaware that it was the [[First Sea Lord]] who was responsible for the Naval Ordnance Department at the time. ...lled "the old sheep farmer" by Battenberg and Fisher, successive First Sea Lords.<ref>Marder. '''I'''. p. 418.</ref> In 1911 Fisher informed [[Winston Le

...to publish the details of the unfair manœuvring resorted to by the First Sea Lord to mislead the public as to the share he took in the [[Battle of Jutla It was transparent from the day Lord [[Beatty]] assumed office as [[First Sea Lord]] that attempts were being made to neutralize the effect of the plain,