Editing Navy Board (section)

==History==
The origins of the Navy Board can be traced back to the 13th century via the office '''Keeper of the King's Ports and Galleys''', later known as the [[Clerk of the Acts|Clerk of the King's Ships]]. The management of the navy expanded with the [[Keeper of the Storehouses]], appointed in 1514,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Oppenheim|first1=Michael|title=A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in Relation to the Navy from 1509 to 1660 with an Introduction Treating of the Preceding Period|date=1988|publisher=Temple Smith|isbn=9780566055720|page=84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEUSAAAAYAAJ&q=Keeper+of+the+Kings+Storehouses+english+navy|language=en}}</ref> and the [[Comptroller of the Navy (Navy Board)|Clerk Comptroller]] in 1522. The [[Lieutenant of the Admiralty]], [[Treasurer of the Navy|Treasurer of Marine Causes]] and [[Surveyor of the Navy|Surveyor and Rigger of the Navy]] were all added in 1544, and a seventh officer, the [[Tudor navy|Master of Naval Ordnance]], was added a year later.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ranft|first1=Bryan|title=The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198605270|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzrya4r-2n8C&q=Keeper+of+the+Kings+Storehouses+english+navy&pg=PA31|language=en}}</ref>  By January 1545, this group was already working as a body known as the [[Council of the Marine]] or ''King's Majesty's Council of His Marine''.<ref name="Oxford University Press">{{cite book|last1=Ranft|first1=Bryan|title=The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=31}}</ref>

In the first quarter of 1545, an official memorandum proposed the establishment of a new organisation that would formalize a structure for administering the navy with a clear chain of command.<ref name="Oxford University Press" /> The Navy Board was officially appointed to this role by letters patent of [[Henry VIII]] on the 24th of April 1546. It was directed by the [[Lieutenant of the Admiralty]] until 1557.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ehrman|first1=John|title=The Navy in the war of William III, 1689-1697 : its state and direction|date=2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=9781107645110|page=179}}</ref> The board was charged with overseeing the administrative affairs of the navy; directive, executive and operational duties of the Lord High Admiral remained with the [[Admiralty and Marine Affairs Office]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MOD historical summary|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/49053/history_of_mod.pdf}}</ref>

In 1557 the Lieutenant of the Admiralty ceased to direct the Navy Board, and that role was given to the Treasurer of the Navy, also known as the ''Senior Commissioner''. The Navy Board remained independent until 1628, when it became a subsidiary body of the [[Board of Admiralty]] now reporting to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. In 1660, the Treasurer of the Navy ceased to direct the board and was replaced by the Comptroller, who now held the new joint title of ''Chairman of the Board''.

In 1832, following proposals by [[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet|Sir James Graham]] to restructure the Naval Service, the Navy Board was abolished (along with its subsidiary boards for [[Sick and Hurt Commissioners|Sick and Hurt]], [[Transport Board (Royal Navy)|Transport]], and [[Victualling Commissioners|Victualling]]). Operational functions were taken over by the [[Board of Admiralty]] and administrative functions were dispersed between the [[Sea Lords|Naval Lords]].