Erster Lord der Admiralität

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Der Erste Lord der Admiralität, oder offiziell das Amt des Ersten Lords der Admiralität, war der politische Leiter der englischen und später britischen Royal Navy. Er war der oberste Berater der Regierung in allen Marineangelegenheiten und verantwortlich für die Leitung und Kontrolle der Admiralität sowie für die allgemeine Verwaltung des Marinedienstes des Königreichs England und später des Vereinigten Königreichs, einschließlich der Royal Navy, der Royal Marines und anderer Dienste. Es war eines der frühesten bekannten ständigen Regierungsämter. Er war nicht nur das offizielle Verwaltungsorgan der Royal Navy, sondern gleichzeitig auch Präsident des Board of Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral. Das Amt des Ersten Lords der Admiralität bestand von 1628 bis 1964, als die Admiralität, das Luftfahrtministerium, das Verteidigungsministerium und das Kriegsministerium zum neuen Verteidigungsministerium zusammengelegt wurden. Sein heutiges Äquivalent ist der britische Verteidigungsminister Secretary of State for Defence.

Geschichte

1628 wurde mit Richard Weston, 1. Earl of Portland, der erste Lord der Admiralität, ernannt.[1][2] Während des größten Teils des 17. und des frühen 18. Jahrhunderts erfolgte die Leitung der Admiralität nicht durchgängig durch eine Kommission, so dass die Liste der Ersten Lords der Admiralität Lücken aufweist.

Nach der Glorious Revolution wurde während der Regierungszeit von Wilhelm III. der Admiralty Act verabschiedet, mit dem den Kommissaren die Befugnisse übertragen wurden, die zuvor der Lord High Admiral von England innehatte. Dieser wurde ab diesem Zeitpunkt zu einem ständigen Kabinettsposten[3] und entwickelte sich zu einem der Great Officers of State. Die Admiralitätskommission wurde 1701 aufgelöst, nach dem Tod des zum Lord High Admiral ernannten Georg von Dänemark[1] 1709 wiedereingesetzt. Seitdem war das Amt mit Ausnahme von 1827 bis 1828, als der Herzog von Clarence Lord High Admiral war, ständig aktiv. Das Board of the Admiralty bestand aus einer Reihe von "Lords Commissioners", die vom Ersten Lord geleitet wurden.[3]

Seit Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde das Amt immer von einem Zivilisten bekleidet. Zuvor hatten auch Flaggoffiziere der Royal Navy dieses Amt inne.[4] 1832 leitete der Erste Lord Sir James Graham Reformen ein und legte das Board of Admiralty und das Navy Board zusammen. Nach den Bestimmungen des Admiralty Act von 1832 konnten zwei Lords im Ausschuss jede Maßnahme des Board genehmigen.[5]

Die Zuständigkeit und die Befugnisse des Ersten Lords der Admiralität wurden durch Kabinettsorder vom 14. Januar 1869 festgelegt und die Verordnung vom 19. März 1872 machte den Ersten Lord gegenüber dem Souverän und dem Parlament für alle Geschäfte der Admiralität verantwortlich.[6][7] 1946 wurden die drei Ämter des Kriegsministers, des Ersten Lords der Admiralität und des Secretary of State for Air formell dem Amt des Verteidigungsministers untergeordnet, das 1940 zur Koordinierung von Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitsfragen geschaffen worden war. 1964 wurde das Amt des Ersten Lords der Admiralität abgeschafft und die Funktionen der See Lords wurden auf das Admiralty Board übertragen, das Teil des dienststellenübergreifenden Defence Council of the United Kingdom ist.[8]

England (1628–1701)

NameAmtszeitKönig/Königin
Richard Weston, 1. Earl of Portland[9]1628–1635Karl I.

(1603–1649)
Robert Bertie, 1. Earl of Lindsey[10]1635–1636
William Juxon[11]1636–1638
Algernon Percy, 10. Earl of Northumberland[11]1642–1643
Francis Cottington, 1. Baron Cottington[11]1643–1646
Henry Capell, 1. Baron Capell of Tewkesbury1679–1681Karl II.

(1685–1688)
Daniel Finch, 2. Earl of Nottingham[12]1681–1684
Arthur Herbert, 1. Earl of Torrington[12]1689–1690Wilhelm III.


(1689–1702)

Thomas Herbert, 8. Earl of Pembroke1690–1692[12]
Charles Cornwallis 3. Baron Cornwallis[12]1692–1693
Anthony Cary, 5. Viscount Falkland[12]1693–1694
Edward Russell, 1. Earl of Orford[12]1694–1699
John Egerton, 3. Earl of Bridgewater[12]1699–1701
Thomas Herbert, 8. Earl of Pembroke[12]1701–1702

Großbritannien (1709–1801)

NameAmtszeitKönig/Königin
Edward Russell, 1. Earl of Orford[13]1709–1710Anne

(1702–1714)
John Leake[13]1710–1712
Thomas Wentworth, 1. Earl of Strafford[13]1712–1714
Edward Russell, 1. Earl of Orford[13]1714–1716Georg I.

(1714–1727)
James Berkeley, 3. Earl of Berkeley[13]1717–1727
George Byng, 1. Viscount Torrington[13]1727–1733Georg II.

(1727–1760)
Charles Wager[13]1733–1741
Daniel Finch, 8. Earl of Winchilsea[14]1741–1744
John Russell, 4. Duke of Bedford[15]1744–1748
John Montagu, 4. Earl of Sandwich[14]1748–1751
George Anson, 1. Baron Anson[14]1751–1756
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2. Earl Temple[16]1756–1757
Daniel Finch, 8. Earl of Winchilsea[16]1757
George Anson, 1. Baron Anson[16]1757–1762
George Montague-Dunk, 2. Earl of Halifax[16]1762Georg III.
George Grenville[16]1762–1763
John Montagu, 4. Earl of Sandwich[16]1763
John Perceval, 2. Earl of Egmont[16]1763–1766
Charles Saunders[16]1766
Edward Hawke 1. Baron Hawke[16]1766–1771
John Montagu, 4. Earl of Sandwich[16]1771–1782
Augustus Keppel, 1. Viscount Keppel[17]1782–1783
Richard Howe, 1. Earl Howe[17]1783
Augustus Keppel, 1. Viscount Keppel[17]1783
Richard Howe, 1. Earl Howe[17]1783–1788
John Pitt, 2. Earl of Chatham[17]1788–1794
George Spencer, 2. Earl Spencer[18]1794–1801

(1801–1900)

NameAmtszeitKönig/Königin
John Jervis, 1. Earl of St Vincent[18]1801–1804Georg III.
Henry Dundas, 1. Viscount Melville[18]1804–1805
Charles Middleton, 1. Baron Barham[18]1805–1806
Charles Grey, 2. Earl Grey[18]1806
Thomas Grenville[18]1806–1807
Henry Phipps, 1. Earl of Mulgrave[18]1807–1810
Charles Philip Yorke[19]1810–1812
Robert Dundas, 2. Viscount Melville[19]1812–1827
William Henry, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews,

Earl of Munster[20]

1827–1828Georg IV.

(1820–1830)
Robert Dundas, 2. Viscount Melville[21]1828–1830
Sir James Graham, 2. Baronet[22]1830–1834Wilhelm IV.

(1830–1837)
George Eden, 1. Earl of Auckland[23]1834
Thomas Robinson, 2. Earl de Grey[24]1834–1835
George Eden, 1. Earl of Auckland1835
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2. Earl of Minto[25]1835–1841
Thomas Hamilton, 9. Earl of Haddington[26]1841–1846Victoria

(1837–1901)
Edward Law, 1. Earl of Ellenborough[27]1846
George Eden, 1. Earl of Auckland[28]1846–1849
Francis Baring, 1. Baron Northbrook[29]1849–1852
Algernon Percy, 4. Duke of Northumberland[30]1852
Sir James Graham, 2. Baronet[31]1852–1855
Charles Wood, 1. Viscount Halifax[32]1855–1858
John Pakington, 1. Baron Hampton[33]1858–1859
Edward St. Maur, 12. Duke of Somerset[34]1859–1866
John Pakington, 1. Baron Hampton[35]1866–1867
Henry Lowry-Corry[36]1867–1868
Hugh Childers[37]1868–1871
George Goschen, 1. Viscount Goschen[38]1871–1874
George Ward Hunt[39]1874–1877
William Henry Smith[40]1877–1880
Thomas Baring, 1. Earl of Northbrook[41]1880–1885
George Hamilton[42]1885–1886
George Robinson 1. Marquess of Ripon1886
George Hamilton1886–1892
John Spencer, 5. Earl Spencer1892–1895
George Goschen, 1. Viscount Goschen1895–1900

(1900–1964)

NameAmtszeitKönig/Königin
William Palmer, 2. Earl of Selborne[43]1900–1905Eduard VII.

(1901–1910)
Frederick Campbell, 3. Earl Cawdor[44]1905
Edward Marjoribanks, 2. Baron Tweedmouth[45]1905–1908
Reginald McKenna[46]1908–1911Georg V.

(1910–1936)
Winston Churchill[47]1911–1915
Arthur Balfour[48]1915–1916
Edward Carson[49]1916–1917
Eric Geddes[50]1917–1919
Walter Long, 1. Viscount Long[51]1919–1921
Arthur Lee, 1. Viscount Lee of Fareham[52]1921–1922
Leo Amery[53]1922–1924
Frederic Thesiger, 1. Viscount Chelmsford[54]1924
William Bridgeman, 1. Viscount Bridgeman[55]1924–1929
A. V. Alexander, 1. Earl Alexander of Hillsborough[56]1929–1931
Austen Chamberlain[57]1931
Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1. Viscount Monsell[58]1931–1936
Samuel Hoare, 1. Viscount Templewood[59]1936–1937Eduard VIII.

(1936)
Duff Cooper, 1. Viscount Norwich[60]1937–1938Georg VI.

(1936–1952)
James Stanhope, 7. Earl Stanhope1938–1939
Winston Churchill1939–1940
A. V. Alexander, 1. Earl Alexander of Hillsborough1940–1945
Brendan Bracken, 1. Viscount Bracken[61]1945
A. V. Alexander, 1. Earl Alexander of Hillsborough1945–1946
George Hall, 1. Viscount Hall[62]1946–1951
Frank Pakenham, 7. Earl of Longford[63]1951
James Thomas, 1. Viscount Cilcennin[64]1951–1956
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone[65]1956–1957Elisabeth II.

(1952–2022)
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10. Earl of Selkirk[66]1957–1959
Peter Carington, 6. Baron Carrington[67]1959–1963
George Jellicoe, 2. Earl Jellicoe[68]1963–1964

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125.3 x 101.5 cm.; 49 ⅜ x 40 in.

Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He served mainly in the West Indies and after his successful expedition in Cartagena he was knighted in 1709. Furthermore, Wager was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and Treasurer of the Navy around 1734. He was involved in the development of new bases in the Caribbean and was an early innovator in the use of citrus fruits against scurvy. He was subsequently elected MP for Westminster where his opinion was highly regarded, and his written letters survive to this day. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

The most notable likeness of Admiral Sir Charles Wager is a three-quarter-length portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the National Maritime Museum, London.
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg
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Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom from 1816 to 1837 used by King George III, George IV and William IV


Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), over all an inescutcheon, ensigned by an arched royal crown, Tierced per pale and per chevron, First Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), Second Or semée of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (For Luneburg), Third Gules a horse courant Argent (For Hanover), an inescutcheon over all three, Gules the Crown of Charlemagne Proper (As Archtreasurer of the Holy Roman Empire), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or; Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem.
  • PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple by William Hoare.jpg

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Thomas Baring Earl of Northbrook.jpg
Thomas Baring, Earl of Northbrook
Coat of Arms of England (1702-1707).svg
Autor/Urheber: Sodacan, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of England from 1702 to 1707 used by Queen Anne
Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave by Sir William Beechey.jpg

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, by Sir William Beechey (died 1839). See source website for additional information.

This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
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A V Alexander

The sketch may have been based on a strikingly similar wartime photograph taken at The Admiralty in London by Yousuf Karsh (usually known as "Karsh of Ottawa"). The pose and some details (e.g., the pattern of the tie worn by A V Alexander) are identical. The photograph appears facing page 10 in the photographer's published book "Faces of Destiny", sub-title "Portraits by Karsh" published 1947 simultaneously in Great Britain by George G Harrap & Co Ltd., London, etc., and in the United States by Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York. The foreword to the book by Yousuf Karsh is dated June 1946. His detailed description of taking the photographic portrait is found on page 10.
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Mr Henry Lowry-Corry British MP for Coun ty Tyrone. Antique wood engraved print taken from the Illustrated London News.

The Late Right Honourable HTL Corry, MP Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 22 March 1873.

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Sir Edward Carson, bw photo portrait seated.jpg
Edward Carson, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right.
George Grenville (1712–1770) by William Hoare (1707-1792).jpg
Porträt des George Grenville (1712–1770)
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (died 1830). See source website for additional information.

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Reginald McKenna photo.jpg
British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald McKenna
Thomas Hamilton.jpg
Thomas Hamilton
Coat of Arms of England (1603-1649).svg
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Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of England from 1603 to 1649 used by King James I and Charles I
Edward Hawke 1.jpg
Portrait in three-quarter-length showing the sitter turning to the right but facing towards the left. He wears flag-officer's undress uniform, 1767-83, of blue jacket and gold braid with the ribbon and star of the Order of Bath and a tie-wig. He holds his sword in his right hand and stands against a rocky background with, on the left, the fleet at anchor together with a barge flying the Union flag.
Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg
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Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1952 used by King Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII and George VI.


Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or; Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem.
  • PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.
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A 1×1 transparent image. Useful for when a template requires an image but you don't have one.
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Portrait of James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence copy.jpg
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Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington by John Closterman.jpg
Admiral Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington by John Closterman
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Portrait photograph of Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, by circle of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt.jpg
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), bust-length, in armour, with a lace-trimmed collar and silver embroidered blue sash
  • oil on panel
  • 70 x 55.2 cm
  • inscribed t.l.: Rob.t Earl of Lindsey Generall to King Charles the First.
Duff Cooper 1941.jpg
Duff Cooper pictured during a visit to New Zealand in 1941
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke by John Greenhill.jpg

Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). See source website for additional information.

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John Leake by Godfrey Kneller.jpg
Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720)
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe.jpg
Autor/Urheber:

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Der ursprünglich hochladende Benutzer war Rodolph in der Wikipedia auf Englisch, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0
Scan of photo (by me R. de Salis, talk) 01:08, 20 May 2014 (UTC)) of Rolleiflex photograph of George Jellicoe (1960s) by Philippa, Countess Jellicoe.
Rodolph 14:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Coat of Arms of England (1689-1694).svg
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Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of England from 1689 to 1694 used jointly by King William III and Mary II
George Henry Hall 1945.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Autor/-in unbekanntUnknown author, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
George Henry Hall (Secretary of State for the Colonies)
Peter Carington 1984.jpg
Autor/Urheber: Rob Croes , Lizenz: CC0
Lord Peter A.R. Carrington (Grenadier Guards)
William Henry Smith (1825–1891).jpg
William Henry Smith (1825-1891), Newsagent and politician
Peter Lely portrait of Henry Capel 1659.jpg
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely of Henry Capel (1638–1696), Baron Capel of Tewkesbury, the younger brother of Mary and Elizabeth Capel, and Arthur Capel (1632–1693), first Earl of Essex. The picture may have been painted on the occasion of Henry Capel's marriage to Dorothy Bennett in 1659. They lived at Cassiobury House, Watford. The portrait was sold with other Cassiobury estate assets in 1922-3 and now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington from NPG.jpg

Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington, by unknown artist. See source website for additional information.

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Caricature of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset from "Vanity Fair", 1869. Caption read : "Proud and sincere, yet liberal and just, he refused to serve under the most humble of premiers."
Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government, 1952-2022).svg
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Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the style used by the Government of Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2022 (as used in all places except Scotland).
Quarterly, First and Fourth Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, the imperial crown Proper; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or; Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit’ ('God and my Right') below the shield.
  • PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.
Admiral Charles Middleton, later Lord Barham (1726-1813), by Isaac Pocock.jpg
Admiral Charles Middleton, later Lord Barham (1726-1813)
Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg
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Coat of Arms of Great Britain from 1714 to 1801 used by King George I, George II and George III


Quarterly, First quarter, Per pale, dexter, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), sinister, Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Azure three fleurs de lys Or (For France), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), Fourth quarter, Tierced per pale and per chevron, First Gules two lions passant guardant Or (for Brunswick), Second Or semée of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure (For Luneburg), Third Gules a horse courant Argent (For Hanover), an inescutcheon over all three, Gules the Crown of Charlemagne Proper (As Archtreasurer of the Holy Roman Empire), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or; Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem.
  • PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.
Daniel Finch (1689-1769), 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, by Thomas Worlidge.jpg
Daniel Finch (1689-1769), 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham
  • on ivory
  • 4.8 cm
  • signed b.r.: T.W.