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United Kingdom
Office of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Ministry of Defence
StyleThe Right Honourable
(Formal prefix)
Secretary to the Admiralty
Member ofBritish Cabinet
Board of Admiralty
SeatWestminster, London
AppointerThe British Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1625-1959
First holderRobert Blackborne
Final holderCharles Ian Orr-Ewing
Websitewww.gov.uk

The Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty [1] also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty [2] was a position on the Board of Admiralty and civil officer of the British Royal Navy. It was usually filled by a Member of Parliament although he intermittently attended Board of Admiralty informally he was not a full member of that Board until 1929 [3], he served as the second to the First Lord of the Admiralty in Parliament, he was mainly responsible for all Naval Accounts, Estimates, Expenditure, and new spending proposals from 1625 until 1959.

History

The office was created in 1625 and was the post holders held titles under various names such as Secretaries to the Lords Admiral, Admiralty, Committees and Commissions. In July 1660 the post of Secretary to the Admiralty was created which lasted until 18 June 1763 when the office was then restyled First Secretary to the Admiralty until 1870 when the First Secretary was renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty [4], while the office of Second Secretary to the Admiralty was renamed Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty. In 1886, the Parliamentary Secretary was renamed Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty. From 1930, the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary served as Civil Lord to the Board of Admiralty. In 1959 the office of Parliamentary and Financial Secretary was abolished with the approval of parliament. In 1964 the Admiralty and thus Board of Admiralty was also abolished and merged into a new larger Ministry of Defence under the control of the Minister of State and Under-Secretary of State for the Navy.

Office holders

Secretaries to the Lords Admiral, Admiralty, Committes and Commissions

Included:[5][6][7]
Notes: From 1625 until

Secretaries to the Admiralty

Included:[9][10][11]

First Secretaries to the Admiralty

Included:[12][13]

Notes: The Board of Admiralty ceased and came under the control of the Lord High Admirals Council from 1827 to 1828.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

office abolished on 16 October 1959

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, C. I. (2011). The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927. Cambridge University Press. p. 125. ISBN 9781139496544.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Phillips Payson (1998). British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9780275958985.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Phillips Payson (1998). British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 13. ISBN 9780275958985.
  4. ^ Historical Table of Changes in Government Organisation. Organisation and Methods Division, H.M. Treasury,. 1957. p. 15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 2. ISBN 0900963948.
  6. ^ Lords, Great Britain House of (1642). Journals of the House of Lords. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 357.
  7. ^ Winfield, Rif (2010). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. p. xxiii. ISBN 9781783469246.
  8. ^ Tomalin, Claire (2002). Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  9. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 18. ISBN 0900963948.
  10. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 34. ISBN 0900963948.
  11. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 52. ISBN 0900963948.
  12. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 69. ISBN 0900963948.
  13. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 91. ISBN 0900963948.

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