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Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

April 22, 2023

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 a civil officer of the British Royal Navy. It was usually filled by a Member of Parliament. Although he attended Board of Admiralty meetings informally he was not made a full member of that Board until 1929.[3] He served as the deputy to the First Lord of the Admiralty in Parliament and was mainly responsible for all naval finance and spending proposals from 1625 until 1959.

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 holderSir Edward Nicholas
Final holderCharles Ian Orr-Ewing
Websitewww.gov.uk

History

The office was originally created in 1625 with the post holders holding 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 formally created which lasted until 18 June 1763 when the office was then restyled First Secretary to the Admiralty this remained in place 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. In 1929 the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary is made a full member of the Board of Admiralty. In 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.

Responsibilities

His duties have included at various times[5]

  • All proposals for new and unusual expenditure
  • All questions involving reference to the treasury financially
  • Accounts cash, store, and dockyard expense.
  • Contract business except as dealt with by the controller
  • Finance
  • Estimates
  • Exchequer and audit department—questions with
  • Expenditure generally
  • General labour questions, including annual petitions
  • Payment of hire of ships
  • Purchases and sales of naval and victualling stores
  • Purchase and sale of ships
  • Purchase and sale of stores generally.
  • Questions involving reference to the treasury financially, except as provided for under civil lord

Office holders

Secretaries to the Lords Admiral, Admiralty, Committees and Commissions

Included:[6][7][8]
Notes: From 1645 until 1652 there were two joint secretaries.

  • Sir Edward Nicholas, 1625–1638
  • Sir Thomas Smith, 1638–1645
  • William Jessop and Robert Coytmore, (jointly), 1645–1652
  • Robert Blackborne, 1652– July 1660[9]

Secretaries to the Admiralty

Included:[10][11][12]

First Secretaries to the Admiralty

Included:[13][14]

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

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Admiralty

Parliamentary and Financial Secretaries to the Admiralty

office abolished on 16 October 1959

Departments under the office

See also

Citations

  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.
  5. ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty – The Dreadnought Project". dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley & Lovell, 14 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 2. ISBN 0900963948.
  7. ^ Lords, Great Britain House of (1642). Journals of the House of Lords. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 357.
  8. ^ Winfield, Rif (2010). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. p. xxiii. ISBN 9781783469246.
  9. ^ Tomalin, Claire (2002). Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  10. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 18. ISBN 0900963948.
  11. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 34. ISBN 0900963948.
  12. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 52. ISBN 0900963948.
  13. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 69. ISBN 0900963948.
  14. ^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: T. Dalton. p. 91. ISBN 0900963948.

General and cited sources

  • Haydn, Joseph; Ockerby, Horace (1890). The Book of Dignities; containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire, Civil, Diplomatic, Heraldic, Judicial, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Naval, and Military, From the Earliest Periods to the Present Time. London: W. H. Allen & Co. pp. 186–187.
  • Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Lavenham: Terence Dalton Ltd, Suffolk, England, ISBN 0900963948.

April 22, 2023
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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 a civil officer of the British Royal Navy It was usually filled by a Member of Parliament Although he attended Board of Admiralty meetings informally he was not made a full member of that Board until 1929 3 He served as the deputy to the First Lord of the Admiralty in Parliament and was mainly responsible for all naval finance and spending proposals from 1625 until 1959 United KingdomOffice of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the AdmiraltyRoyal Arms as used by Her Majesty s GovernmentFlag of the Secretary to the AdmiraltyMinistry of DefenceStyleThe Right Honourable Formal prefix Secretary to the AdmiraltyMember ofBritish CabinetBoard of AdmiraltySeatWestminster LondonAppointerThe British Monarchon advice of the Prime MinisterTerm lengthNo fixed termFormation1625 1959First holderSir Edward NicholasFinal holderCharles Ian Orr EwingWebsitewww gov uk Contents 1 History 2 Responsibilities 3 Office holders 3 1 Secretaries to the Lords Admiral Admiralty Committees and Commissions 3 2 Secretaries to the Admiralty 3 3 First Secretaries to the Admiralty 3 4 Parliamentary Secretaries to the Admiralty 3 5 Parliamentary and Financial Secretaries to the Admiralty 4 Departments under the office 5 See also 6 Citations 7 General and cited sourcesHistory EditThe office was originally created in 1625 with the post holders holding 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 formally created which lasted until 18 June 1763 when the office was then restyled First Secretary to the Admiralty this remained in place 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 In 1929 the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary is made a full member of the Board of Admiralty In 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 Responsibilities EditHis duties have included at various times 5 All proposals for new and unusual expenditure All questions involving reference to the treasury financially Accounts cash store and dockyard expense Contract business except as dealt with by the controller Finance Estimates Exchequer and audit department questions with Expenditure generally General labour questions including annual petitions Payment of hire of ships Purchases and sales of naval and victualling stores Purchase and sale of ships Purchase and sale of stores generally Questions involving reference to the treasury financially except as provided for under civil lordOffice holders EditSecretaries to the Lords Admiral Admiralty Committees and Commissions Edit Included 6 7 8 Notes From 1645 until 1652 there were two joint secretaries Sir Edward Nicholas 1625 1638 Sir Thomas Smith 1638 1645 William Jessop and Robert Coytmore jointly 1645 1652 Robert Blackborne 1652 July 1660 9 Secretaries to the Admiralty Edit Included 10 11 12 Sir William Coventry July 1660 September 1667 Matthew Wren September 1667 July 1672 Sir John Werden July 1672 1667 June 1673 Samuel Pepys June 1673 May 1679 Thomas Hayter May 1679 February 1680 John Brisbane February 1680 May 1684 Samuel Pepys May 1684 March 1689 Phineas Bowles March 1689 January 1690 James Southerne January 1690 August 1694 William Bridgeman August 1694 26 September 1698 joint with Josiah Burchett until 24 June 1698 Josiah Burchett 26 September 1698 20 May 1702 George Clarke 20 May 1702 25 October 1705 joint with Josiah Burchett Josiah Burchett 25 October 1705 29 April 1741 Thomas Corbett 1741 1751 joint with Josiah Burchett until 14 October 1742 John Clevland 30 April 1751 18 June 1763First Secretaries to the Admiralty Edit Included 13 14 Philip Stephens 18 June 1763 3 March 1795 Evan Nepean 3 March 1795 21 January 1804 William Marsden 24 January 1804 24 June 1807 Hon William Wellesley Pole 24 June 1807 12 October 1809 John Wilson Croker 12 October 1809 2 May 1827Notes The Board of Admiralty commission ceased and came under the control of the Lord High Admirals Council from 1827 to 1828 Hon George Elliot 1828 1834 George Robert Dawson 1834 1835 Charles Wood 1835 1839 Richard More O Ferrall 1839 1841 John Parker 1841 Hon Sidney Herbert 1841 1845 Hon Henry Lowry Corry 1845 1846 Henry George Ward 1846 1849 John Parker 1849 1852 Augustus Stafford 1852 Ralph Bernal Osborne 1853 1858 Hon Henry Lowry Corry 1858 1859 Lord Clarence Paget 1859 1866 Hon Thomas Baring 1866 Lord Henry Lennox 1866 1868 William Edward Baxter 1868 1871Parliamentary Secretaries to the Admiralty Edit George Shaw Lefevre 1871 1874 Hon Algernon Egerton 1874 1880 George Shaw Lefevre 1880 George Trevelyan 1880 1882 Henry Campbell Bannerman 1882 1884 Thomas Brassey 1884 1885 Charles Ritchie 1885 1886Parliamentary and Financial Secretaries to the Admiralty Edit J T Hibbert 1886 Arthur Forwood 1886 1892 Sir Ughtred Kay Shuttleworth Bt 1892 1895 William Ellison Macartney 1895 1900 H O Arnold Forster 1900 1903 E G Pretyman 1903 1905 Edmund Robertson 1905 1908 Thomas Macnamara 1908 1920 Sir James Craig Bt 1920 1921 Leo Amery 1921 1922 Bolton Eyres Monsell 1922 1923 Archibald Boyd Carpenter 1923 1924 Charles Ammon 1924 J C C Davidson 1924 1926 Cuthbert Headlam 1926 1929 Charles Ammon 1929 1931 The Earl Stanhope 1931 Lord Stanley 1931 1935 Sir Victor Warrender Bt 1935 Lord Stanley 1935 1937 Geoffrey Shakespeare 1937 1940 Sir Victor Warrender Bt 1940 1945 John Dugdale 1945 1950 James Callaghan 1950 1951 Allan Noble 1951 1955 George Ward 1955 1957 Christopher Soames 1957 1958 Robert Allan 1958 1959 Charles Ian Orr Ewing 1959office abolished on 16 October 1959Departments under the office EditDepartment of the Accountant General of the Navy Department of the Director of Contracts Contracts and Purchase DepartmentSee also EditPermanent Secretary of the Admiralty First Lord of the Admiralty Board of Admiralty British AdmiraltyCitations Edit Hamilton C I 2011 The Making of the Modern Admiralty British Naval Policy Making 1805 1927 Cambridge University Press p 125 ISBN 9781139496544 O Brien Phillips Payson 1998 British and American Naval Power Politics and Policy 1900 1936 Greenwood Publishing Group pp 12 13 ISBN 9780275958985 O Brien Phillips Payson 1998 British and American Naval Power Politics and Policy 1900 1936 Greenwood Publishing Group p 13 ISBN 9780275958985 Historical Table of Changes in Government Organisation Organisation and Methods Division H M Treasury 1957 p 15 Harley Simon Lovell Tony Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty The Dreadnought Project dreadnoughtproject org Harley amp Lovell 14 November 2016 Retrieved 26 November 2017 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 2 ISBN 0900963948 Lords Great Britain House of 1642 Journals of the House of Lords H M Stationery Office p 357 Winfield Rif 2010 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 1714 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth Publishing p xxiii ISBN 9781783469246 Tomalin Claire 2002 Samuel Pepys The Unequalled Self New York Alfred A Knopf Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 18 ISBN 0900963948 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 34 ISBN 0900963948 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 52 ISBN 0900963948 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 69 ISBN 0900963948 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham T Dalton p 91 ISBN 0900963948 General and cited sources EditHaydn Joseph Ockerby Horace 1890 The Book of Dignities containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire Civil Diplomatic Heraldic Judicial Ecclesiastical Municipal Naval and Military From the Earliest Periods to the Present Time London W H Allen amp Co pp 186 187 Rodger N A M 1979 The Admiralty Lavenham Terence Dalton Ltd Suffolk England ISBN 0900963948 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty amp oldid 1127978426, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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