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The '''Permanent Secretary''' to the [[Board of Admiralty]] (widely referred to as the "Secretary of the Admiralty") was the senior civil servant at the Admiralty, the department of state responsible for the administration of the [[Royal Navy]]. He was the head of the department's permanent staff. Although not a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, he functioned as a member of the Board, and attended all its meetings. ==Duties== ==Secretaries== *[[Evan MacGregor|Sir Evan MacGregor]], 2 April, 1884.<ref>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''. p. 120.</ref> *[[Charles Inigo Thomas|Sir Inigo Thomas]], 1 April, 1907.<ref>Ibid.</ref> *[[William Graham Greene|Sir William Graham Greene]], 2 October, 1911.<ref>Ibid.</ref> *[[Oswyn Alexander Ruthven Murray|Sir Oswyn Murray]], 7 July, 1917.<ref>Ibid.</ref> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{BibUKNavalStaff}} {{refend}} [[Category:Permanent Secretaries to the Board of Admiralty|*]]

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