Talk:The Royal Navy of Great Britain & Ireland/@comment-4875046-20111030215831

First Lord if thew Admiralty isn't the leader, First Sea Lord is. Lord High Admiral isn't either. The president of the Board was known as the First Lord of the Admiralty, or sometimes First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, who was a member of the Cabinet. After 1806, the First Lord of the Admiralty was always a civilian, while the professional head of the navy came to be (and is still today) known as the First Sea Lord. From 1805 the various Naval Lords were assigned specific duties, e.g. (1941):[1]