Private Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty
Private Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty
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Preceded by None
Country United Kingdom
Founded 1801
Abolished 1910
Headquarters Whitehall, London, England
Head Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
Role Secretariat
Affiliations Royal Navy
Parent Department Department of Admiralty
Succeeded by naval-secretary

The Private Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty was established in 1801 to provide a direct line communication between the First Lord and the Board of Admiralty members. The office was was administered by the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty until 1910 when it was renamed the naval-secretary.

1) History

The Private Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty was established in 1801 to provide a direct line communication between the First Lord and the Board of Admiralty members. The office was was controlled by the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty until 1910 when it was renamed the naval-secretary.

2) Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty

  1. 1800 – 1801 Captain John Harrison
  2. 1801 – 1802 Captain B Tucker
  3. 1802 – 1804 Captain G Parker
  4. 1804 – 1805 Captain William Budge
  5. 1805 – 1806 Captain John Deas Thompson
  6. 1806 – 1807 Captain Henry Grant
  7. 1807 – 1808 Captain Edward Golding
  8. 1808 – 1809 Captain Robert Moorsom
  9. 1809 – 1810 Captain Edward O'Bryen
  10. 1810 – 1812 Captain Frederick Edgcumbe
  11. 1812 – 1823 Captain R. W. Hay, Esq
  12. 1823 – 1827 Captain George Baille Hamilton
  13. 1827 – 1828 Captain R. C. Spencer
  14. 1828 – 1830 Captain Richard Saunders Dundas
  15. 1839 Captain J. T. Briggs
  16. 1830 – 1831 Captain E. Stewart
  17. 1831 – 1834 Major George Graham (RM)
  18. 1834 Captain George Gipps
  19. 1834 Captain J. G. Cole
  20. 1835 Captain George Gipps
  21. 1835 Captain F. W. Grey
  22. 1835 – 1839 Captain H. Tufnell
  23. 1839 – 1841 Viscount Melgund (acting)
  24. 1841 Captain W. D. Christie
  25. 1841 – 1845 Captain William Baillie-Hamilton
  26. 1845 – 1846 Captain Richard Saunders Dundas
  27. 1846 Captain H. S. Law
  28. 1846 Captain Henry Eden
  29. 1848 – 1852 Captain C. Eden
  30. 1852 – 1853 Captain F. T. Pelham
  31. 1853 – 1855 Captain H. H. D. O'Brien
  32. 1855 – 1857 Captain T. G. Baring
  33. 1857 – 1858 Captain J. R. Drummond
  34. 1858 – 1859 Captain H. H. Murray
  35. 1859 – 1862 Captain J. Moore
  36. 1862 – 1863 Captain A. P. Ryder
  37. 1863 – 1866 Captain R. Call
  38. 1866 Captain F. A. Campbell
  39. 1866 – 1867 Captain J. S. Pakington
  40. 1867 – 1868 Captain Thomas Brandreth
  41. 1868 – 1870 Captain Frederick B. P. Seymour
  42. 1870 – 1871 Captain Chandos S. Scudamore Stanhope
  43. 1871 – 1873 Captain George Tryon
  44. 1874 – 1876 Captain Michael Culme-Seymour
  45. 1876 – 1881 Captain William Codrington
  46. 1881 – 1883 Captain John O. Hopkins
  47. 1883 – 1885 Captain Lewis A. Beaumont
  48. 1885 – 1888 Rear-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr
  49. 1889 – 1892 Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale
  50. 1892 – 1894 Captain Richard H. Hamond
  51. 1894 – 1897 Captain Hedworth Lambton
  52. 1897 – 1899 Captain Wilmot Fawkes
  53. 1899 – 1900 Captain Maurice Bourke
  54. 1900 – 1902 Captain Wilmot Fawkes
  55. 1902 – 1905 Captain Hugh Tyrwhitt
  56. 1905 – 1908 Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas
  57. 1908 – 1910 Captain Charles Madden

3) Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Secretary
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