Water-color, left: Board of admiralty about 1810.
The Admiralty - Her Majesty's Naval Service - of the British Armed Forces was the organisation responsible for the command of the Royal Navy in the Kingdom of England, and later in Great Britain, and until 1964 in the United Kingdom. Originally exercised by a single person, the Lord High Admiral, the Admiralty was, from the early 18th century onwards, almost invariably put "in commission" and exercised by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who sat on the Board of Admiralty.
The title of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom was vested in the monarch from 1964 to 2011. The title was awarded to Philip, Duke of Edinburgh by Queen Elizabeth II on his 90th birthday. There also continues to be a Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and a Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, both of which are honorary offices.
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block A:   In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (1 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block B:   In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (2 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block C:   In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (3 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block D:  In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (4  of 4)
 
Hour Two
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block A: Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History),  by Thomas Cahill (1 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block B: Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History),  by Thomas Cahill (2 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block C: Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History),  by Thomas Cahill (3 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block D: Heretics and Heroes: How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World (Hinges of History),  by Thomas Cahill (4 of 4)
 
Hour Three
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block A: Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, by Barry Strauss (1 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block B: Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, by Barry Strauss (2 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block C: Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, by Barry Strauss (3 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block D:  Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, by Barry Strauss (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block A: In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (1 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block B: In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (2 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block C: In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (3 of 4)
Sunday 24 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block D:  In the Hour of Victory: The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson, by Sam Willis (4 of 4)

 
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