 Flag of the Lord High Admiral | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1702, 1827 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 1706, 1828 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Admiralty Building Whitehall Westminster, London |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent department | Admiralty |
The Lord High Admirals Council[1] was a series of councils appointed to advise and assist the Lord High Admiral of England and then later of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the direction of Naval Affairs[2] also known as Council of the Lord High Admiral[3] when the Board of Admiralty was not in commission the first series took place between 1702-1708 and second and final series of councils took place from 1827-1828.
- ^ James, G.F. (4 November 1936). "The Lord High Admiral's Council". SNR. The Society for Nautical Research. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ Morriss, Roger (1997). Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 165. ISBN 9781570032530.
- ^ Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of (1798). The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from His Birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A Continuation of the Same, and of His History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to His Banishment in 1667. J.J. Tourneisen. p. 245.