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==Duties==
In his unpublished memoirs, Admiral [[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Sir Dudley de Chair]] reproduced a memorandum on the duties of the Admiral Commanding:

<blockquote>1.  Coastguard.<br>The Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves is directly responsible to the Board for the General Administrative Control, and the non-naval Duties of the Coastguard.<br>Under the heading of General Administrative Control, he will keep in close touch with Coastguard Officers and men and their work, and will be responsible for :-<br>(a) Promotions and retirements.<br>(b) Appointing officers and men to the various Stations and making equitable transfers from Station to Station.<br>(c) Examination of ratings.<br>(d) The issue of Coastguard instructions and keeping the same up to date.<br>(e) Pay, allowances, and grants.<br>(f) Housing.<br>(g) Uniform.<br>(h) Leave of absence.<br>(i) Medical attendance.<br>(j) Education of the children of the Coastguard.<br>(k) Religious ministrations.<br>(l) Complements of stations.<br>(m) Rosters of Coastguard Pensioners (not R.F.R.)<br>Under the heading of non-Naval duties, he will deal with all questions in connection with :-<br>(a) Protection of the Revenue.<br>(b) Lifesaving.<br>(c) Commercial maritime signalling for Lloyds.<br>(d) Collection of Fishery Statistics.<br>2.  He is the central authority with whom the following authorities deal in regard to the non-Naval duties of the Coastguard :-
{|
| Board of Customs. || Board of Trade.
|-
| Royal National Lifeboat Institution. || Trinity House.
|-
| Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. || Meteorological Office.
|-
| || Lloyds.<ref>Memoirs.  Volume V.  pp. 80-81.  De Chair Papers.  Imperial War Museum.  PP/MCR/C4.  Reel 2.</ref>
|}
</blockquote>
On 31 March, 1923 the greater part of the Coastguard was transferred to the Board of Trade and the Board of Customs and Excise.  Consequently, when Vice-Admiral [[Hugh Henry Darby Tothill|Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill]] succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer on 24 July of that year, his title became "Admiral Commanding Reserves."<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 24 July, 1923.  Issue '''43401''', col C, p. 20.</ref>

==Office of the Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves==
On the eve of the Great War the staff of the Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves numbered seventeen; one Captain, one Secretary, one Engineer Lieutenant, one Commander, one Lieutenant, three Assistant Paymasters, one Signal Boatswain, one Chief Petty Officer torpedo instructor, five Chief or First Writers, one First Writer, and one lithographer.<ref>''Navy Estimates for the Year 1914&ndash;1915''.  p. 156.</ref>

==Admirals Commanding==
Dates of appointment given:

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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Ernest Rice|nick=Sir Ernest Rice|appt=21 May, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 May, 1903.  Issue '''37076''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Position}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Sir Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=24 February, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 14 January, 1905.  Issue '''37604''', col B, p. 6.</ref><ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|ass=24 February, 1905<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=31 December, 1909<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Frederick Samuel Inglefield|nick=Sir Frederick S. Inglefield|appt=31 December, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 30 December, 1909.  Issue '''39156''', col C, p. 8.</ref><ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 473.</ref>|end=31 December, 1912<ref>Inglefield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Arthur Murray Farquhar|nick=Sir Arthur M. Farquhar|appt=1 January, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 31 December, 1912.  Issue '''40096''', col F, p. 4.</ref>|end=1 June, 1915<ref>Farquhar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 444.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alexander Edward Bethell|nick=The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell|appt=1 June, 1915{{NLDec16|p. 423}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Admiral|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe|appt=5 December, 1916<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 130/264.</ref>{{NLJan17|p. 423}}|end=8 August, 1917<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 130/264.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=26 August, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 423}}<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>|end=22 July, 1918<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|nick=Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair|appt=23 July, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 1109}}|end=23 July, 1921<ref>De Chair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 259.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Morgan Singer|nick=Sir Morgan Singer|appt=23 July, 1921<ref>"Naval, Military and Air" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 23 July, 1921.  Issue '''42780''', col E, p. 14.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Hugh Henry Darby Tothill|nick=Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill|appt=24 July, 1923<ref>Tothill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 186.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves|end=29 July, 1925<ref>Tothill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 186.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Lewis Clinton-Baker|nick=Lewis Clinton-Baker|appt=1925|end=1927<ref>Clinton-Baker Service Record.  {{ADM196|42|D7579083}} f. 394.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=1927<ref>Clinton-Baker (his predecessor) Service Record.  {{ADM196|42|D7579083}} f. 394.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=John Donald Kelly|appt=1 August, 1929<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 109.</ref>|end=24 September, 1931<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 109.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=4 August, 1931<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 156.</ref>|ass=4 August, 1931<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 156.</ref>|end=28 February, 1934<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/156.|}} f. 156.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Knightley Chetwode|nick=George K. Chetwode|appt=5 October, 1933<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>|end=14 February, 1936<ref>Chetwode Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 228.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=15 October, 1935<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}}  f. 231.</ref>|end=21 November, 1938<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=21 November, 1938<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|end=January, 1931<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. named "END".</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=13 January, 1941<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=26 March, 1941<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}} (retired)|name=William Penrose Mark-Wardlaw|nick=William P. Mark-Wardlaw|appt=1944<ref>His Obituary.</ref>|end=|as=Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
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==Assistants==
Dates of appointment given:

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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=George Fowler King-Hall|nick=George F. King Hall|appt=1 October, 1902<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 750.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Edward Bearcroft|nick=John E. Bearcroft|appt=15 October, 1904<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>|end=17 April, 1906<ref>Bearcroft Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 85.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Thomas Philip Walker|nick=Thomas P. Walker|appt=17 April, 1906<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1378.</ref>|end=23 March, 1908<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 295/1378.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Alexander Warden|nick=Frederick A. Warden|appt=23 March, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 423}}<ref>Warden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/604.}} f. 1377.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Julian Charles Allix Wilkinson|nick=Julian C. A. Wilkinson|appt=21 May, 1908<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1419.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Purefoy FitzGerald Purefoy|nick=Richard P. F. Purefoy|appt=5 March, 1909<ref>Purefoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 107.</ref>|end=27 March, 1911<ref>Purefoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 617.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Mark Edward Frederic Kerr|nick=Mark E. F. Kerr|appt=28 March, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 30.</ref>|end=16 November, 1912<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 30.</ref>|note=replaced during one month herein due to illness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Francis Boyle|nick=The Hon. Robert F. Boyle|appt=c. 23 September, 1911<ref>Boyle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 47.</ref>|end=15 October, 1911<ref>Kerr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 30.</ref>|note=lent, during illness of Kerr}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cresswell John Eyres|nick=Cresswell J. Eyres|appt=16 November, 1912<ref>Eyres Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 9.</ref>|end=5 April, 1913<ref>Eyres Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 9.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Henry Darby Tothill|nick=Hugh H. D. Tothill|appt=5 April, 1913<ref>Tothill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 296.</ref>|end=22 December, 1914<ref>Tothill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 296.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral (Retired)|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=31 December, 1914<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 118.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Howard Colomb|nick=Philip H. Colomb|appt=31 January, 1916<ref>Colomb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 476.</ref>|end=6 February, 1917<ref>Colomb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 476.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=6 February, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''r''}}<ref>Booty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>|end=6 February, 1920<ref>Booty Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/173.|D7602512}} f. 186.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald Howard|nick=Ronald Howard|appt=10 August, 1927|end=12 August, 1929|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=13 August, 1931<ref>Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/200.|D8116121}} f. 203.</ref>|end=20 September, 1932<ref>Forster Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/200.|D8116121}} f. 203.</ref>|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=20 September, 1932<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=20 September, 1934<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=20 September, 1934<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=17 May, 1935<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=29 December, 1936|end=7 April, 1938|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves|note=vice "Mackenzie"}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Benson Jacomb|nick=Humphrey B. Jacomb|appt=7 April, 1938|end=18 December, 1939<ref>Superseded that day.  Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Vernon Saumarez Butler|nick=Vernon S. Butler|appt=18 December, 1939<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|end=13 January, 1941<ref>Butler Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/68.|D7604480}} f. 205.</ref>|as=Naval Assistant to Admiral Commanding Reserves}}
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