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...G.C.B., Royal Navy (23 August, 1827 &ndash; 4 May, 1916) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Hay was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 19 December, 1846.<ref name=clowes>Clowes. '''VII'''. p. 5

...as a piece of British legislation regulating the retirement of officers of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...avy, with particular reference to the ages at which the Officers come upon the several lists.

'''H.M.S. ''Vanguard''''' (ex-''Rodney'') was one of three [[St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)|''St. Vincent'' class battleshi ...>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 2 January, 1908. Issue '''38532''', col C, p. 8.</ref>

...to sea that evening.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations, August, 1914 - Narrative of Events." Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS. 48995. f. 28-29.</re ==Letter of 30 October, 1914==

...ourse.jpg|thumb|right|450px|A group portrait of Commanders and Captains on the War Course which began in September, 1902. From left to right, standing: [ ...and then at Portsmouth. Branch war colleges were located at Devonport and the Nore.

...0.</ref> The [[Admiralty War Staff (Royal Navy)|Admiralty War Staff]] was the result. Admiralty

[[File:Fisher, NPG x12902.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable Lord Fisher, 1916.<br><small>Portrait: © National Portrai ...kground, he made friends in the right places and forged his way up through the ranks.

...1912 he was dismissed in acrimonious circumstances by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston Churchill]] and went into ret He entered the Royal Navy as Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman Simpson.

...le:Wemyss Orpen.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Rosslyn Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss, portrayed as an Admiral.<br><small>Portrait: Sir Willi ...ng the [[First World War]], followed by his elevation to the position of [[First Sea Lord]] in 1917.

[[File:Sir Henry B. Jackson.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry B. Jackson.]] ...1915 to 1916 during the [[First World War]] and being promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}} in 1919.

...Haven, NPG x28756.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet the Marquess of Milford Haven, as an Admiral.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Ga ...K.C.M.G., P.C. (24 May, 1854 &ndash; 11 September, 1921) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

[[File:ArthurHood.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral Lord Hood of Avalon.]] ...B., Royal Navy (14 July, 1824 &ndash; 15 November, 1901) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...of the Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament for the Navy. ===Order in Council of 14 January, 1869===

...stom and design he was the pre-eminent Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]]. ...14 January, 1869]], the powers of the First Lord were fixed in law for the first time:

...Navy]]. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the men. ...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>

...''Deputy First Sea Lord''' was an officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...n E. Wemyss]] was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty as Deputy First Sea Lord on 6 September, 1917. An office memorandum from that date reads:

...a Member of the House of Commons or House of Lords he usually changed with the Government. ...rangement was to persist for nearly a century until the final abolition of the Board.

...the [[Board of Admiralty]] and the naval officer responsible for supply in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...t, as shall be assigned to them or each of them, from time to time, by the First Lord."

...d Sea Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of Controller of the Navy==

...om 1911 to 1915. He was forced from office following the formation of the First Coalition government. ...rticle on Churchill will focus only on his first term as First Lord of the Admiralty.''

...of Admiralty]] from 1907 to 1911, having spent his entire career at the [[Admiralty]]. ...on 1 September, 1885, and was placed in charge of the Legal Branch at the Admiralty.

...more of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.''</div> ...">—The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Naval Service (1879).</div>

[[File:May, IWM Q 80193.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir William H. May.<br><small>Photograph: © IWM (Q 80193).</small>]] ...30) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the period leading up to the [[First World War]].

...et Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...fused a Peerage and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.

[[File:Oliver, 1917, IWM ART 1763.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, portrayed in 1917 as an Acting Vice-Admiral.<br> ...[Admiralty War Staff]] as [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Intelligence Division]].

[[File:Callaghan, NPG x65163.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir George A. Callaghan, 1918.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery ...influence on Royal Navy war planning in the last years of peace as the Sea Lords.

...t Secretary to the Admiralty]] during a time of unparalleled change within the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ay as their chief, and he was created a baronet in 1795, resuming the name of MacGregor in 1822.

...to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the [[Portsmouth Signal School]]. ...uadron (Royal Navy)|First Battle Squadron]], before being given command of the Fifth Battle Squadron which he led at Jutland.

[[File:Phipps Hornby.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, as an Admiral.]] ...vy (20 February, 1825 &ndash; 3 March, 1895) was an influential officer in the late-Victorian [[Royal Navy]].

...B., D.L., J.P. (12 September, 1879 &ndash; 9 June, 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ef>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 18 November, 1895. Issue '''34737''', col E, p. 7.</ref>

...Bentinck John Davies''', was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...Rocket'', and was appointed to ''Excellent'' for examinations for the rank of {{LieutRN}}.

...itter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...The third son William later declared, "that he would rather meet an army of Zulus than his reverend father in a bad temper."<ref>Bennett. ''Charlie B'

{{pad|800px}}''Admiralty'', 3''rd October'', 1848.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1855). p. 225.</ref ...Officer, being an Admiral or Commander in Chief, and each Commodore of the First Class being a Commander in Chief, is to be allowed to nominate ''two'' Nava

...ible command philosophy which would de-emphasise central command in favour of independent command initiative harmonised by a strong doctrine reinforced b ...of H.M.S. ''Victoria'']] in 1893, an accident he precipitated while using the stringent command patterns he disdained.

...don. p. 21.</ref> Dr. Gordon evidently hadn't seen the actual letter nor the responses to it, which are reproduced below. Jellicoe's letter, reproduced here, was received at the Admiralty on 31 October:<ref>ADM 137/995. ff. 133-135.</ref>

...K.C.B., Royal Navy (15 July, 1858 &ndash; 16 July, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...would be ushered out of active service just a month before the outbreak of the [[Great War]].

...oyte Harper|JOHN ERNEST TROYTE HARPER]] of "Ilam", Hawkhurst in the County of Kent, Vice-Admiral (retired), do Solemnly and Sincerely Declare— ...cial Record of the Battle of Jutland was prepared by me and is to the best of my belief a true statement in every respect.

...t|Lord Carson campaigning against Home Rule.<br><small>Photograph: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...of Appeal in Ordinary and sat in the House of Lords, the highest court in the land.

...from ''Commander R.N.'' (1927), by [[George Bibby Hartford]], pp. 13-40. The original can be found at Paul Benyon's [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Command ''"Or told, to make the time pass by,''

[[File:Harbord-Hamond, 1917, IWM ART 1747.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Suffield as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.<br><small>Portra ...Navy, Retired (24 August, 1865 &ndash; 2 February, 1951) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...ir William Fanshawe Martin, latterly a Lord Commissioner on the [[Board of Admiralty]].<ref>Rasor. p. 170.</ref> ...e of Admiralty business, is likely not only to possess merit, but merit of the highest order.

...l, ''circa'' 1905.<br><small>Detail from Japanese postcard from collection of Christopher Buckey.</small>]] ....C.M.G., Royal Navy (5 March, 1845 &ndash; 23 May, 1918) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

...16 to 1919, and as [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]] from 1903 to 1905. ...y, "Pretyman was not the most congenial of my chiefs, but he was certainly the ablest and it was sheer bad luck that he never reached Cabinet rank."<ref>M

...stead of the second political member of the Board, the [[Civil Lord of the Admiralty|Civil Lord]]. ...Baring, Bart. (later Lord Northbrook), First Lord from 1849 to 1852, told the Commons Select Committee on Official Salaries in 1850 that:

...al Navy, Retired (3 June, 1869 &ndash; 31 October, 1954) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...k Thorp was born on 3 June, 1869, the son of the Reverend Frederick Thorp, of Burton Overy, Leicestershire.

...Royal Navy (20 September, 1847 &ndash; 30 August, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...eldest daughter of Thomas Meggison, of Walton, Northumberland. He entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1860, being appointed to {{UK-1Britannia}} at Portsmouth.

...st politician and [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] in 1905, responsible for the notable "[[Cawdor Memorandum]]". ...13 Feb. 1847 at St. Leonard's Hill, Windsor. Known before his accession to the earldom as Viscount Emlyn, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxfor

...dash; 15 September, 1909) was a Liberal politician and [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1905 to 1908. ...the seat until the death of his father in 1894 removed him to the House of Lords.

...dGeorgeGoschen.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Viscount Goschen during his tenure as First Lord.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] ...a British politician who served as a Liberal served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1871 to 1874 and from 1895 to 1900 as a Liberal Unionist.

...) was a Liberal politician and statesman who served as [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] from 1892 to 1895. ...ical history as Viscount Althorp, was the latter's eldest son and uncle of the fifth earl.