Admiralty Board
Britishnoun
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What Mr. Churchill really did fail in was underestimating the strength of the " red tape " which bound him so securely in his dealings with the Admiralty Board and the War Office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Henry was called to the Admiralty to replace Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake as assistant chief of staff and a member of the controlling Admiralty Board.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Admiralty Board possesses, in fact, the character of a council, and its members can only be held responsible for their advice.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
No doubt the Admiralty Board determined that, but we were not present at the session.
From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson
Hay told me that for the many years he had been in office he had never met with any public officer so totally inefficient as he, not even Warrender at the Admiralty Board.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry
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