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The First Sea Lord or before 1904 the Senior Naval Lord was the predominant naval officer of the Royal Navy on the Board of Admiralty. He acted as chief naval advisor to the First Lord of the Admiralty and as such was subordinate to him. He was responsible for the ships of the fleet and their utilisation. In 1917 the position was combined with that of Chief of the Admiralty War Staff and the First Sea Lord became the operational as well as the materiel head of the Navy.
Duties
1 January, 1904
As of 1 January, 1904, the First Naval Lord was generally responsible for "Strategy, Fleet Organisation and Movements, Armaments, Discipline."[1]
Specifically, he was responsible for:
- Maritime Defence, Strategical, and all large questions of Naval Policy—to advise.
- Ships in Commission and in Fleet Reserve.
- Distribution and Organisation of the Fleet.
- Appointments of Commanders under Captains.
- General Supervision of Intelligence Department (including Naval Attachés) and of Mobilisation of the Fleet.
- Discipline—General and Special Questions.
- Courts Martial and Courts of Inquiry.
- Hydrographical Department.
- Signals.
- Collisions.
- Slaver Trade.
- Naval Ordnance Department (except as provided under Controller).
- Prize Questions.
- Leave to Officers and Men in Seagoing Ships.[2]
20 October, 1904
The distribution of business was altered, so that on 20 October, 1904, the First Sea Lord was generally responsible for "Organisation for War and Distribution of the Fleet," and specifically responsible for:
- Preparation for War: All large Questions of Naval Policy and Maritime Warfare—to advise.
- The Fighting and Sea-going Efficiency of the Fleet, its Organisation and Mobilisation; the Distribution and Movements of all Ships in Commission or in Fleet Reserve.
- The Control of the Intelligence, Hydrographical and Naval Ordnance Departments.[3]
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral George Greville Wellesley, 6 November, 1877.[4]
- Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, 15 August, 1879.[5]
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. A. Hood, 2 July, 1885.[6]
- Admiral Lord John Hay, 16 February, 1886.[7]
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. A. Hood, 6 August, 1886.[8]
- Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, 26 October, 1889.[9]
- Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, 28 September, 1891.[10]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick W. Richards, 1 November, 1893.[11]
- Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter Kerr, 14 August, 1899.[12]
First Sea Lords, 1904–1927
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Lord Fisher, 20 October, 1904.[13]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, 25 January, 1910.[14]
- Admiral Sir Francis C. B. Bridgeman, 5 December, 1911.[15]
- Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, 9 December, 1912.[16]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Lord Fisher, 30 October, 1914.[17]
- Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, 27 May, 1915.[18]
- Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, 4 December, 1916.[19]
- Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 10 January, 1918.[20]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl Beatty, 1 November, 1919.[21]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles E. Madden, Bart., 30 July, 1927.[22]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick L. Field, 30 July, 1930.[23]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Lord Chatfield, 21 January, 1933.
- Admiral Sir Roger R. C. Backhouse, 7 September, 1938.[24]
Footnotes
- ↑ Cd. 2417. p. 3.
- ↑ Cd. 2417. p. 4.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. [Naval Staff.] p. 118.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Naval Staff. p. 119.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 247.
- ↑ Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. p. 474.
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