| United Kingdom Office of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | |
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| Ministry of Defence | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Secretary to the Admiralty |
| Member of | British Cabinet Board of Admiralty |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | 1625–1959 |
| First holder | Sir Edward Nicholas |
| Final holder | Charles Ian Orr-Ewing |
| Website | www.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 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.
- ^ 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.